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Bill Roberts · 06-07-2003, 01:23 PM

Good reading!

You got to be bored to read it though....I think it is time to go cruising some...

http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html

X-Iceman · 06-07-2003, 03:14 PM

Ya, a long reading. Interesting for this guy to reflect on his teenage years. But ya, a long reading for when i am really bored.

Strider · 06-07-2003, 04:50 PM

WOW! that was really long. But oddly enough I read the whole thing and found it very true.

AKADriver · 06-07-2003, 05:43 PM

Interesting read, though my high school was a bit different. Maybe it was having graduating classes of 100-150 students. Maybe it was the relatively homogeneous income distribution (no "rich kids"). Maybe it was because we were all out in the woods and things were just weird there... But the popular kids were also the brightest, for the most part. That's just how it worked. My older sister and I have both had to explain to people how, the 'A' lunch table this guy describes would've been having lunchtime conversations about politics and heading off to AP classes.

Got Sileighty? · 06-07-2003, 08:48 PM

in the words of Neo/Keanu Reeves: WHOA...

this essay should be passed out to all high school students, although it may cause some type of rebellion, so maybe not. i was just planning to read like the 1st couple of paragraphs, but everything he was saying is so true. this especially makes me wanna go back even more to high school

oh well...

Quote:

I decided to major in the most impractical subject I could imagine: philosophy.

Drifting Ricer · 06-07-2003, 09:24 PM

WOW

I wish I read this while I was in high school.

06-07-2003, 01:23 PM	#1
Bill Roberts Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2003 Location: S FL. Posts: 1,538 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	For the bored, some Philosophy (nerds) Good reading! You got to be bored to read it though....I think it is time to go cruising some... http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html Last edited by Bill Roberts; 06-07-2003 at 01:59 PM..

06-07-2003, 03:14 PM	#2
X-Iceman Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: New Mexico Age: 39 Posts: 403 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Ya, a long reading. Interesting for this guy to reflect on his teenage years. But ya, a long reading for when i am really bored. __________________

06-07-2003, 04:50 PM	#3
Strider Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: SoCal, Corona Posts: 461 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	WOW! that was really long. But oddly enough I read the whole thing and found it very true. __________________ I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.

06-07-2003, 09:24 PM	#6
Drifting Ricer Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Boston MA Posts: 608 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	WOW I wish I read this while I was in high school. __________________ NER Solo 2 18 SM Last edited by Drifting Ricer; 06-07-2003 at 09:28 PM..

06-07-2003, 05:43 PM	#4
AKADriver Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Springfield, VA Age: 43 Posts: 3,517 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Interesting read, though my high school was a bit different. Maybe it was having graduating classes of 100-150 students. Maybe it was the relatively homogeneous income distribution (no "rich kids"). Maybe it was because we were all out in the woods and things were just weird there... But the popular kids were also the brightest, for the most part. That's just how it worked. My older sister and I have both had to explain to people how, the 'A' lunch table this guy describes would've been having lunchtime conversations about politics and heading off to AP classes.