Do Geeks Make Better Adults?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @03:42AM from the well-not-you-exactly dept.

mcgrew writes "What makes people unpopular in the hallways of high school, mainly an unwillingness to conform, tends to translate into success as an adult. Robbins lists several companies—including Yahoo!—that prioritize hiring quirky individuals who shun conventional thinking. She also name-checks historical and current celebrities, including director Steven Spielberg (who was taunted for being Jewish in high school) and Lady Gaga (a self-described former theater 'freak'), whose weirdness led to later fame. (Other now-validated former outsiders she touts: Steve Jobs, Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen and Angelina Jolie.)"

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Re:make your own opportunities by Viol8 · 2011-05-11 04:03 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Ah what a load of left wing reactionary crap. Schools don't train , they educate. If you can't tell the difference then you need some more education yourself - assuming you're not too "free spirited" (aka ADD) to be educated.
We all live in society and have to conform to some extent - if you don't want to conform at all then go live in a shack in the woods and shout at the bears. Society is what makes mankind strong - if everyone was a solitary individualist we'd have gone extinct a million years ago.