i write this post dressed in what my husband says is really more of a dork outfit than a nerd outfit. it is nerd day in the jr. high, and i am reminded of a scene from "american splendor". if you have not seen this movie, see it! it is a great movie. in this movie, is a character, who is a real person, that is a nerd and somewhat mentally handicapped. anyway, he goes to see "revenge of the nerds" and is discussing the philisophical aspects as well as the fact that the movie now gives him self-confidence in the fact the he is a nerd. he is proud to be a nerd!
looking around at all of these children dressed up as nerds, or what they consider to be nerd wear, i am struck by a thought. we are all really nerds. deep down in the darkest parts of ourselves we are nerds. we love nerd clothing. it frees us from the constraints of rules and matching and cute. we get to "hang loose" as the hawaiin's would say. we walk funny, talk funny, and feel funny, and that makes us feel free. free to be ourselves, and to not have to be what the world expects us to be.
so my question is: shouldn't every day be nerd day?
4 comments:
Allright. Occasional nerd days can loosen us up from the constraints of "coolness"...YES...i agree..but really- lets not forget how far we can get on looks alone. So for crying out loud....Comb your hair! I gotta go gel my hair now. Later.
Nerds are really just people that are sooooo cool that we think they are different. In Europe, for expample nerd dress is acceptable -and people dress like nerds for executive meetings (especially the Dutch). Anyway - like rreyes need to go and gel my hair ---NOT.
Billytheb
Hello Mrs. Byars
Yes we are all Nerds at heart!
From one of your favorite students
Gavin
To me one of the coolest things about growing up is that you care less and less about how others view you, about being a nerd. I now wear jumpers with seeming abandon. I know they are not cool--I don't care. They are comfortable. Same with Keds. Life is too short to always be cool.
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