Why nerds are unpopular

[Anne <urbana@charter.net>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "pengolodh_sc 
<pengolodh_sc at y...>" <pengolodh_sc at y...> wrote:
> I believe the below linked article - "Why Nerds are Unpopular", by 
> Paul Graham - will be of interest to some of you.
> 
> http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html
> 
> Best regards
> Christian Stubø

Thank you, Christian, for pointing us to that interesting and thought-
provoking article. Yes, I was definitely a nerd, especially in high 
school (and, like the author's friend (noted in a photo on a related 
web page) I too graduated second in my class "on a technicality"). 
Hermione is probably a nerd in the sense of this article, because 
being smart and doing well in school is what matters most to her; 
once she becomes friends with Harry and Ron, she no longer seems to 
become unhinged by what the other kids might think of her. I guess 
Hermione is a fairly obvious nerd, but would Ron and/or Harry be 
considered nerds as well?

Anne U
(salutatorian, school newspaper editor, and wallflower lo those many 
years ago)