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I'm 50, so nerds vs jocks was a thing in the US in the 1980s, but not so much these days when "nerdy" things align more with pop culture. Also, back in the 1980
by jhbadger 6y ago
I'm 50, so nerds vs jocks was a thing in the US in the 1980s, but not so much these days when "nerdy" things align more with pop culture. Also, back in the 1980s, except for severe cases where physical violence was involved, bullying was more or less tolerated and the advice to the bullied was just not to react, which was supposed to cause the bullies to lose interest. These days even name calling by bullies is taken seriously and can result in punishment of the perpetrators.
- npsimons 6y agoI'm 42, jocks versus nerds was still a thing in the 90's, can't speak to after that. I hope and would like to believe things have gotten better, but that's probably only on the social fronts (less social division between cliques these days), and that the problem of a one size fits all approach inherent to didactism is still there. This has long been a recognized problem with the "standard" schooling institution, just look into deschooling or unschooling.