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I grew up in Western Europe and experienced exactly what the author of the article is talking about so it’s not just an American experience. However, there was
by iorrus 6y ago
I grew up in Western Europe and experienced exactly what the author of the article is talking about so it’s not just an American experience.
However, there was a strong American cultural influence e.g. shows like Saved by the Bell, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Simpsons etc were all popular and had strong nerd as social outcast themes.
However I don’t think they were the cause of this social dynamic, it was much older and entrenched.
- distances 6y agoThis may be very dependent on individual class composition too. I was always a nerd, and can say my school experience was very nerd-inclusive, bully-exclusive. I attribute this to the strong girl groups in my class who seemingly had a rather clear sense of what's right and ethical. Any bullying was shot down very quickly. As a caveat, it could of course be that someone else in my class had a completely different experience of the same events.