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Communication of Respect in Interethnic Service Encounters; Language, Race and White Public Space; and The Whiteness of Nerds: Superstandard English and Racial Markedness are articles that represent the notion of cultural linguistics practices and cultural identities. Every culture has its own linguistics differences and way of representing its values, but as it can be seen in the articles those linguistics differences and racial marks, can often lead to social differences and conflicts between…

simply isn’t true. Certain people hang out with certain people, that’s just the way it is. There are the stereotypical ones, nerds, jocks, drama kids, popular girls, etc. But little do some know, it goes in a little bit more in depth than that. For example, there are the “nerds” who do their schoolwork at lunch and that’s all they do. But on the other hand, there are the nerds who sit around and make jokes with their friends. Midland High cliques are subtle, but they are still here. The…

applicants) are almost as much of a nerd as I am. My youngest brother Joseph likes to listen to Rock and Roll music, and play Dungeons & Dragons, while my other brother Dylan prefers to watch the occasional anime (also called Japanese Cartoons). I, personally, like to do everything that is stereotypical of a nerd. I’m an obsessively passionate individual who knows way too much about video games, Dungeons & Dragons, and even computers. I not only accept the nerd lifestyle, but I conform to…

I was never a sporty kid. For the majority of my childhood, my hobbies have included reading, playing video games, and other generic nerd activities. If you had asked me if I wanted to play a sport, I would have laughed at the prospect, so I surprised even myself when I answered yes to my mother’s inquiry about joining my school’s new flag football team. I worried about it for the weeks leading up to the first practice, but eventually I decided “Why not? It may end up being fun.” Soon enough,…

problem to teenagers than beneficial. Girls may feel that they need to fit in with the popular crowd while nerds need to date a pretty girl in order to avoid being ridiculed (Denby…

they agreed. I was pretty upset at my failure again. All I wanted was some peace and a peaceful and balanced day. Now all creatures are going to freeze and die out due to the coldness. I have to do something quick. I have to balance the days fast. Nerd took half of the group to talk to Team Nighttime while my group went toward the place of the Unknown. “Hello? Anyone there?” I asked. “Sun, Day, Bright.” the others shouted. POOF! Spirits have appeared. It turns out that it was the…

Grant Penrod makes the argument that academic achievement should be rewarded just as much if not more than athletic achievement. Penrod believes that nerds are disliked because of their intellectualism, yet the reason they are excluded from social activity is due to a self-fulfilling prediction. He shares with us that today’s society tends to glorify non-intellectuals, such as athletes and celebrities, while the intellectually skilled individuals get left on the sidelines with little recognition…

people that we use to compare ourselves to are photoshopped or have had plastic surgery done. The media also makes us believe certain stereotypes such as the dumb blonde or how nerds act. For example in the Big Bang Theory they set the stereotype that all nerds are online gamers and do not have a social life outside of their “nerd herd.” They also contribute to the dumb blonde stereotype. In real life when a person sees a blonde, a lot of times they automatically assume that they are not very…

They are the presidents of the science club, chess club, student council, and the whole class in general. Nerd always have their homework done, no matter the circumstance. They could’ve come down with a severe case of gang green and will still be at school thirty minutes early with a TI-34 calculator in one hand and a stack of homework in the other. A few years back, there was a nerd who physically got sick because he had received a “B” on a test. He ended up going to the nurse and got sent home…

school experience has been strikingly different than what I see on TV, in movies, or read in books. While I know some people at my school clearly identify with a single archetype, I feel that I cannot be characterized by any one of these labels: jock, nerd, or rebel. Rather, I am a unique mix of the qualities of all three. I am like a jock because I am serious about the sports in which I participate. I run cross country, winter track, and spring track. While I am not yet a varsity competitor, I…