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Question: does the nerd vs. jock divide seriously exist? I live in India, and back here being a nerd means you're a sort of minor celebrity. Doing well in scho
by GeneralMaximus 17y ago
Question: does the nerd vs. jock divide seriously exist?
I live in India, and back here being a nerd means you're a sort of minor celebrity. Doing well in school? You're the talk of the neighborhood. Doing well in school and captain of the school Cricket/Football/Foo team? You're a minor god. Doing all this and not aspiring to be an engineer? O NOES THE WORLD IZ ENDING!!1! U HAZ TO B ENGINEER!!1!
Of course, being a hacker does not count for much. People understand a perfect marksheet. Nobody understands elegant Python. One of the reasons I'm "good at computers, but needs to work harder on academics".
- jibiki 17y ago> does the nerd vs. jock divide seriously exist? Well, most of us, when answering that question, end up generalizing from one example. Either: "at my school, everyone was either a nerd or a jock; therefore, at all American schools, everyone is either a nerd or a jock." Or: "at my school, there was no divide between nerds and jocks; therefore, at all American schools, there is no divide between nerds and jocks." In reality, who knows.
- FooBarWidget 17y agoAsian cultures tend to value education a lot more than Western cultures. What you said about doing well in school also applies to, say, China.
- whatusername 17y agoAre you saying if Sachin Tendulkar had been smart - then he would have been pressured into becoming an engineer? Good news for future Aussie Cricket teams. I like in Melbourne/Vic/Australia so the ranking is AFL(Aussie Rules) > Cricket > God