Having been a nerd meself, I'd disagree with this. Most nerds act in the traditional nerdy antisocial way because they think it's expected of them. As soon as you realise that there's no need to hold up the nerd act, you cease to be a nerd. On the downside, you lose all your nerdy friends, and struggle to find anyone who can discuss quantum theory;D
It's not up to the schools. It's up to the nerds, to do well, and to ignore the stereotypes.
But I still don't see what this has to do with legislation? So there might (might, I doubt it meself) be a technology dropoff...wat's this going to do about that, again? (nope, I didn't RTFA. this is SLASHDOT, after all!)
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Having been a nerd meself, I'd disagree with this. Most nerds act in the traditional nerdy antisocial way because they think it's expected of them. As soon as you realise that there's no need to hold up the nerd act, you cease to be a nerd. On the downside, you lose all your nerdy friends, and struggle to find anyone who can discuss quantum theory ;D
It's not up to the schools. It's up to the nerds, to do well, and to ignore the stereotypes.
But I still don't see what this has to do with legislation? So there might (might, I doubt it meself) be a technology dropoff...wat's this going to do about that, again? (nope, I didn't RTFA. this is SLASHDOT, after all!)