Ranak
Jan 20, 2012
Undergraduate / Stereotyped; Nerds & Geeks, embrace or reject? [6]
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Engineers have sometimes been stereotyped as "nerds" or "geeks." Do you embrace or reject that stereotype? Why?
The word "nerds" and "geeks" are both applied to people that are known in society for being anti-social and very smart people. As people emphasize it that they are very "geeky" or "nerdy" looking people, that they wear glasses and have nerdy clothes on. Well, I strongly reject that kind of stereotype because it is not a way to judge people just by their appearance or their looks. I have met and experienced some people that are straight A's students, nose in a book, super smart people and as well as outgoing and are socializing with everyone. Many smart famous people had invented things, all they did was researches, and work all day and did not have time to socialize with people so being smart comes with purposes and being productive. I think that smart people just do not have time to socialize and interact with people so everyone thinks that they are anti-social. In fact, it is just a matter of equalizing your time with everything; social time, study time, sleeping time etc. I have learned that from my best friend, she is also pursuing Electrical Engineering in University of Southern California and she is the one who motivated me into considering this without any stereotypes.
Please help me out with commenting/adding/deleting anything feel free to fix whatever you feel that is right, I need to submit this essay.
Engineers have sometimes been stereotyped as "nerds" or "geeks." Do you embrace or reject that stereotype? Why?
The word "nerds" and "geeks" are both applied to people that are known in society for being anti-social and very smart people. As people emphasize it that they are very "geeky" or "nerdy" looking people, that they wear glasses and have nerdy clothes on. Well, I strongly reject that kind of stereotype because it is not a way to judge people just by their appearance or their looks. I have met and experienced some people that are straight A's students, nose in a book, super smart people and as well as outgoing and are socializing with everyone. Many smart famous people had invented things, all they did was researches, and work all day and did not have time to socialize with people so being smart comes with purposes and being productive. I think that smart people just do not have time to socialize and interact with people so everyone thinks that they are anti-social. In fact, it is just a matter of equalizing your time with everything; social time, study time, sleeping time etc. I have learned that from my best friend, she is also pursuing Electrical Engineering in University of Southern California and she is the one who motivated me into considering this without any stereotypes.