We are all nerds now

[Rouroni]

Overall, I am against both the stereotyping of the "outcasts" and the so-called "in-crowd."

So am I, as are many people, especially those who have felt the sting of stereotypes placed unfairly upon our heads.

But those lines have become incredibly thin. The divisions exist, but, at my school at least, it is cool to be a nerd. Or at any rate, the stereotypical nerd.

Something quite strange is going on, and it might not have altogether disasterous means.
Perhaps we are looking at an end (or at least a decline) in the stereotypes of our parents and grandparents.

Annoying as it might seem to have a girl say "O my god, I looooove Lord of the Rings! Orlando Bloom and Elijah Wood are so hot! I have seen all the movies like, ten times!", it might prove usefull in the long run, for us nerds, anyway.

As for the nerd population, it has grown from the steroetypical, plaid shirt, glasses, braces, inhaler sucking, library dwelling lizards of yesteryear. I have friends who talk both Tolkien and Sports.

Perhaps the widening of the nerd pool (so to speak)will (eventually)limit the social agony we have to go through to recieve a high school education.