<p>How many of you consider yourselves hardcore nerds? What about just smart, but not nerdy? There is a difference! Or nerdy and not smart perhaps? Or maybe neither...?</p>
<p>Nope. Just someone who is willing to learn. What is smart anywayyyyyyyyyy…</p>
<p>I still have not figured out what a nerd is other than the guy with a tucked-in button-up shirt and taped glasses.</p>
<p>^well said.</p>
<p>to what are we comparing “smart” and “nerd”? I guess I would have to say I’m an English/grammar nerd. I love to proofread things and find mistakes. I hope to be a book editor someday. :)</p>
<p>I am an english/grammar nerd as well…language nerd in general actually. Though I don’t hope to be a book editor…I’d rather write the book I think.</p>
<p>And by nerd I mean someone who tucks in their shirt, is very socially awkward, plays starcraft quite a bit, and doesn’t do any sports (save a no-cut one). I realize how limiting a definition this is…but common sense should guide you.</p>
<p>Well I want to write books too…just anything with books (in English) suits me perfectly. While I don’t tuck in my shirt, have a good number of friends, don’t even know what starcraft is, and do theatre (my sport), I consider myself a nerd at my school. Most of the kids around me wear Hollister and Abercrombie, have about 10 times more friends than I do, “play” with drugs and alcohol, and center their lives around their sports. Not everyone’s high school is like Saved by the Bell or something.</p>
<p>is quizbowl a sport?</p>
<p>Then I would be “smart”?</p>
<p>im just suprisingly smart, like you wouldnt expect me to know anything but once it comes down to the work and tests (i never cheat) i put on my smart hat and get good results, i kinda like it. lol</p>
<p>I read chemistry textbooks for fun. Does that count as being a nerd?</p>
<p>Smart, but definitely not a nerd</p>
<p>Yes, I do consider myself a nerd. I’m the guy who does math problems for fun, the guy who spends large portions of his time dissecting computers, etc.
I don’t do the shirt tucking, I don’t play Starcraft, and haven’t worn my glasses in months, but I also have no social skills, at least with the people at my school, for the same reasons as flowersofglass</p>
<p>I thought I was pretty nerdy. Then I went to an engineering camp with a friend. I was the coolest one there.</p>
<p>I consider myself smart, not nerdy. Of course, that’s assuming the rather typical socially-awkward devoid-of-fashion-sense nerd stereotype as definition. I’m nerdy in the sense that I’m pretty intellectual, but I don’t have the other traits typically associated with nerds.</p>
<p>But yeah I’m totally a nerd about grammar/language. XD</p>
<p>Im just super smart. A nerd about politics and the economy.</p>
<p>Basketball team captain would make me smart then. And Im in no way social awkward</p>
<p>I’m actually a geek as I’m smart, obsessed with science, and not afraid to talk about my opinions. (a nerd is shy, yet smart and obsessed with something)</p>
<p>Nerdy, yes. (I like looking at them A+'s, and I’ve got my fair share of awkwardness.) Smart, idk. (I’m pretty street-stupid.) Multiple intelligence theory, ftw. I really think it’s about time people start considering different areas of ‘smartness’, and moving away from hailing the logical brain so much and deriding others.</p>
<p>I would say that I am very “smart” artistically, and that my brain was very global. I still cannot decide which side of my brain is more developed, my right, or my left…</p>