Nerd pride
<body> The Nerd Pride movement, modeled on the Gay Pride movement, was
started at MIT by Professors Gerald Sussman and Hal Abelson. Nerd pride
paraphernalia includes baseball hats, buttons and - of course - pocket
protectors.
"My idea is to present an image to children that it is good to be intellectual,
and not to care about the peer pressures to be anti-intellectual. I want every
child to turn into a nerd - where that means someone who prefers studying and
learning to competing for social dominance".
-- Gerald Sussman, quoted by Katie Hafner, "New York Times", 1994-08-29.
(1994-11-11)
Nearby terms:
Neon « neophilia « Neptune « Nerd pride »
NERECO » NESL » net
|
