High School Stereotypes

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There’s something all schools around the world have in common. This commonality describes characteristics of a person; it doesn't define one as a person, but rather one as a stereotype. There’s only one stereotype at the top of the kingdom, and its not your who your are thinking. Its the nerds, and this paper will prove why.

I chose the article “High School Nerds Make More Money, Says social Science” by Jordan Weissman. This article touches on the subject of the all time low nerds actually becoming the men after high-school. The research conduced in this article was the probability of how or if a higher GPA in high school will effect your average future income. The paper states “A study showing that students who earn better grades in high

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