Freaks and Geeks

In Leonid Fridmans "America Needs Its Nerds" students that value and focus on acadimics are shunned from the spot light and shammed for there abilities. Fridman says, " Someone dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge is compared to a freak biting the head off of a live chicken." Fridman finds the fault not only with our society but with the sytemour education. In Mary Sherry's " In Praise of the F Word", she explains thatkids are not affraid of failing because there is not such a thing anymore.…

however, where we hoped to unmake the mistakes of his past. Mistakes like me, perhaps.” When Nixie was talking about this it looked and felt like she was nervous and scared and while reading it I felt very sad for her and her situation. In Freaks and Geeks there is a similar situation of not getting along with a parent with Kim Kelly and her mother. Kim never wants anybody hanging out at her house, one of the reasons being is that all her mother does…

view of the “intellectually curious and academically serious.” In addition, when Fridman writes, “Derogatory terms like nerd and geek,” the reader senses a passive aggressiveness in the negative connotation he uses to describe the general idea of intelligence in society. Additionally he brings up the comparison between a “someone dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge” to“freak biting the head off a live chicken” in order to prove the value of intelligence in the eyes of the public.…

Where 's the one place you can find all your Jock ,Goth ,Emo ,Punk ,Skater ,Gangster ,Mexican ,Nerd ,Stoners ,Preps ,Band geeks ,Art freaks ,hoes ,rich people, and loners? Thats right high school, also known as hell school lol. The closest all these groups get together is when they go to the hell hole aka “The Cafeteria”. For the last couple weeks i 've been studying and analyzing the cafeteria. Interesting enough the results that i 've gotten are quite the surprise. You know that kid that…

In this article, the author who is named Fridman explains just what the title says, AMERICA NEEDS ITS NERDS." He uses ethos, logos, and pathos to do just that. First he uses a dictionary to tell us that geek is a freak that bites off the head of a chicken. Then he tells us that Harvard has some students that don't want to be known as people who study. He even says that they are ostracised while athletes are idolized. This happens in other schools too. Not just an IV school like Harvard.…

noticing that we do. Human nature is always so quick to judge, so quick to categorize other beings, narrowing down the diversity that exists within our society. Many stereotypical categories exist. In high school, there are the “Nerds, geeks, airheads, athletes, clows, freaks, and the ghettos.” No matter how hard one tries to avoid falling into a category, our student body, as well as the teachers, make certain that we do. Me, what can I say, i’m a Nerd. I love school! I hate when I don't get…

heard the term stereotype. You know the geek, jock, cool girl the list goes on. We see stereotypes everywhere. Whether or not we choose to believe it, we are all actually part of our own stereotypical clique. A clique that separates us as teenagers in work, school and even at home. John Hughes the god of teenage films such as the Breakfast Club, constantly portrayed the original stereotypes from which more have been created. The popular rich girl, jock, geek, outcast and criminal. Nevertheless,…

or cannot readily identify their subculture, to no avail. I am one of these individuals. I do not “fit” into any subculture that I have ever encountered. I was a “clique jumper” in middle and high school, meaning I could hang out with the freaks, the geeks, the goths, the jocks, the preps, the grunges, and pretty much any group, but I was never a part of any of these groups. Now as an adult I go through the same thing, I get along with most people, I can share ideas and concepts, like and…

adolescent who received judgment due to his appearance and his hobbies. Associates will not understand your favorite hobbies while reaching a particular age. Children would usually call an individual who is continuously playing video games a game freak. When male children reach their teenage years, they tend to lose interest in what they appreciated as a child and start becoming interested in the opposite sex. A few male…

here until Monday morning”, I thought to myself. “Harvey, where do you think you 're going?” blurted a voice from across the room. “Home, I am going home”, I muttered. “You’re going home? I was sure you’d stop by the magazine rack and buy your new Geek Weekly magazine.” Beep Beep . . . Beep Beep - Time Clock Punch Out Accepted “Nope! Harvey’s not going…