People who are so very knowledgeable about the sciences are often called nerds and derided for it. But the irony is that the people doing the deriding are equally nerds. A nerd is a person who knows a great deal about something. And in that sense, everybody is a nerd.
The stereotypical jock is a sports nerd. Every fact about all the players in all the teams in all the leagues throughout time is stored in these people's heads, not to mention the facts about countless individual games. When they aren't watching sports, they're watching shows about sports or they're talking to other people about sports. To any person who doesn't care about sports, these people are turbo nerds.
Whatever interest people have, they will grow a deep knowledge about it, which will be ridiculed to anybody who doesn't care about that subject. Heck, even people with a wide knowledge are nerds. Suppose you had a basic, introductory knowledge on 100 different subjects. You are still a nerd; you have a great deal of knowledge, just divied up.
Accept that you're a nerd and embrace it. Use that as your inspiration or motivation. If people are supposed to write about what they know, use your great knowledge to get you started.
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I agree with this post one-hundred percent. A lot of kids get made fun of because they are smart. When the reality is everyone is a nerd, even the bully.
ReplyDeleteEveryone has something that they are interested in. Therefore, they are going to explore that topic. They will gain a lot of knowledge about that topic and become a "nerd" themselves.