"I Am Such A Nerd"

The big glasses that they don't really need, the claiming of loving video games, pretending to know how computers work. The list could go on, but I'm pretty sick of these nerds that seem to have popped up randomly in last 2 years. That picture above is one I made from a post I saw on my Facebook feed. I wanted to comment on her status so bad saying, "oh hey me and my brother have played through tons of video games about a thousand times, but we aren't bragging of our nerdom." I just I can't stand it. None of these kids are actual nerds. It's a stupid social trend where people, especially girls, use it to get brownie points with others. It makes you seem "interesting" I guess.  I may not look like it now, but I have always been a geek. And you know what, IT WASN'T A GOOD THING.

Try being the new kid in school with braces and glasses in 3rd grade. Your only friend is the teacher because no one wants to associate with that kid. That was me.

Make straight A's your entire life and practically spiral into depression when you make a B. That was me.

Actually enjoy school and learning. Science and math are the fun subjects. Totally me.

Try getting beat up at daycare by a group of boys solely due to the fact you had glasses. That kid was me.

Like reading books and I'm not talking about those silly girly teen books about romance. Books with substance. Books for education. Check mark for me.

Actually be blind as a bat and require a special order of contact lens because of your eyes that don't work. Still me with that 20/2000 vision.

Play video games with your brother since you were about 6 and play through them dozens of times because of the awesome stories and game play. Then once in middle school, discover computers and HTML, teach yourself and pretty much abandon most of a social life to play games and learn about computers (when not playing soccer). Oh hey, me again.

Have boys say yes to going to a school dance with you because THEY FEEL SORRY FOR YOU and then not go with you. Why me?

I'm not looking for pity. It made me who I am today and I'm okay with that. But claiming to "be a nerd" when you've never experienced what it's actually like makes me want to slap you. You aren't a nerd unless you've been socially rejected and or isolated for being the way you are. I still love and do the things I do even after people have said cruel things to me. I'm not trying to fit a social trend. I don't do those things to impress or make others happy. I do it for me, and that's what a nerd does.