In the passage, " America Needs its Nerds," by Leonid Freeman, the author is talking about a growing issue in American Culture and academics. Freeman talks about how many kids are getting called "nerds" and "geeks" just for taking their education more seriously than others. He wants to tell his audience that America needs to end the culture of calling kids nerds and geeks and start hitting the books so that those kids can be intellectual. This is Freedman's argument. He develops his argument by using reasoning, asking rhetorical questions, and making comparisons. Leonid Freeman uses his reasoning to help develop his argument. Leonid talks about how nerds and geeks do not inherit the skills needed for life just because of
