Cool vs. nerd

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Taunting has been around forever. It just seems like it’s worse now than ever before.

In school there were those who were “cool”, and those who were nerds. The “cool” were totally image conscience. They had to look cool, and sound cool, which usually meant that they didn’t say much (for fear of sounding “uncool”). They “went along with the crowd”, which is what being cool is all about (pack mentality).

Nerds, on the other hand, are distinctly uncool. They don’t particularly care about how others think that they look. They study hard. They’re not afraid to raise their hand in class and speak up when they’ve got the answer to the teacher’s question. They get As when the rest of the pack gets Cs (or worse).

Mature adults realize that there’s nothing cool about being mediocre, never taking a stand, and following the pack. After all, mature adults have seen how the cool end up working for the nerds.
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