NERDS RULE THE WORLD

November 6, 2008 by
Filed under: preschoolers 

Nerds rule the world.

Bill Gates is a nerd. Warren Buffet is a nerd. Mark Cuban tries not to be, but he’s a nerd. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were high school nerds. I can’t imagine any of the Supreme Court Justices are not nerds. And Drew Carey is a nerd.

I was watching the ‘Power of 10’ a while back and Drew Carey reminded a contestant that “nerds rule the world”.  My husband turned to me and said,

“Let’s encourage our Little Man to be a nerd.”

“What, by example?” I replied.

Then we talked about letting our son decide what he wants to do with activities, stress that learning is fun and making sure he doesn’t top out in high school.

Drew Carey hosts ‘The Price Is Right’ and he is hilarious (I’ve always been a big fan)! He also strikes me as an intelligent investor and I know he made gobs of money from his long-running sitcom. And Drew Carey is a nerd… a funny nerd, but still, a nerd.

Nerds can communicate an idea effectively; they are just not the most popular kids in their class. And who really cares about being popular after you turn 18 anyway?

Embrace the nerd!
They run corporate America, the Government and your local toy store.
There are worse ways for your kid to turn out.

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7 Comments on NERDS RULE THE WORLD

  1. Joel Klebanoff on Thu, 6th Nov 2008 11:05 am
  2. Yes, but nerds have trouble getting dates, so our breed will probably die off.

  3. Stimey on Thu, 6th Nov 2008 7:59 pm
  4. “What, by example?”

    Dude, you’re funny. My kids also have no choice. They’ll be nerds because my husband and I are.

  5. PunditMom on Sun, 9th Nov 2008 5:39 pm
  6. YAY! All us nerds can finally fit in!

  7. Beth - total mom haircut on Sun, 9th Nov 2008 10:29 pm
  8. Oh, definitely no concern here as to whether or not our kids will end up nerdy. As you say, we lead by example. Big. Time.

  9. Nicole on Mon, 10th Nov 2008 6:25 pm
  10. I’m so thrilled, my son shows all the signs of a math nerd.

  11. KC on Mon, 10th Nov 2008 10:37 pm
  12. In response to Joel: Um, dude, there are girl nerds…

  13. Lindsay Lebresco (Graco) on Mon, 10th Nov 2008 11:21 pm
  14. I was moderately popular in high school and I’m averagely smart (not even sure that’s a word- perhaps I’m not even averagely smart) and my husband and I are moderately successful. Our motto is “Be average!” (and fly under the radar – it’s great down here!)

    Of course that only works for us – I will surely expect both my children to do better than us- isn’t that the way it’s supposed to be anyway? :)

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