Preface: A friend in my grad program is new to the country. When I met her, she had been in the States for a grand total of 3 days. She learned how to speak English in Ukraine and decided that she wanted to get her master's in the U.S.
The other day, Oksana confided in me that she occasionally has trouble understanding our vernacular. I find this understandable, particularly when Dr. Rankin drops phrases like "rolling up a fatty" and "up in my grill" during class.
"What does it mean to be a nerd?"
I snickered and then proceeded to relate society's conception of nerdery. "A nerd is generally a person who reads all of the time rather than engaging in what our society deems more 'cool' endeavors. But we literary folk," I explained, "tend to embrace this." I thus welcomed her to the fold.
"I'm not a nerd. I'm smart."
'Atta girl.
5 comments:
Ah...Brandon, but we're all Nerds. Smart as we may be.
Plus, we're hot. Nerds are hot.
ummm .... yeah, I will save my comment until you call me.
reassure her with the fact that many people are attracted to nerds
are you EVER going to post again?
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