Do we hate smart kids… really??
I somewhat agree with what Penrod is arguing in this essay because some of what she was saying was so obvious throughout high school. Throughout school the nerdy kids have always been put in their own little group together and excluded from everyone else. The one thing that is obvious that I do disagree about is that just because you’re smart and have good grades doesn’t automatically make you a nerd. The so called nerds in my school were the extremely weird ones, or the extremely smart ones that chose not to really be very social. But there were plenty of kids who were good students and chose to be social that were not labeled nerds. A lot of the time the nerds are hated just because they are so smart and so good at their academics that people are jealous and not understanding of why these kids do so incredibly well in school without seemingly needing to put in effort. I believe that you more or less make yourself a ‘nerd’, if you chose to not talk to anyone and bury your nose in a book, that’s your own doing, and people will judge you for it just because that’s how society works now a day. Tnis is why they do so well in school a lot of the time because instead of focusing some on school and a lot on social life they focus on school and studying instead.
Penrod also referenced Sammy Sosa, talking about the crazy high total amount of money that famous athletes make. Although this reference is very true, and it is ridiculous the amount of money they make, she also didn’t mention anything about what geniuses are making. All those nerds from high school turn into multimillionaires like Bill Gates and many others. Yes she may have mentioned the Jocks that turn into famous athletes but she failed to mention the smart kids who make all the money for being smart.
The sources used throughout the essay were mostly from blogs and forums. Usually this would be unacceptable for an academic essay but since nerds are judged by normal day to day people it only makes sense to be referencing them.
