<p>Guys in a button up shirts are kinda hot. I agree. I don't think thats very nerdy but then again.. I don't think lots of things are nerdy that are considered nerdy by others..</p>
<p>^ that is so true.</p>
<p>when u wear glasses
when u hang out with losers
when u have a rolling backpack--ewww lol
when u don't really care about what you wear</p>
<p>^Hey, I wear glasses! lol
You know you're a nerd when the teacher asks a hard question and everyone looks at you to either answer it or to tell them the answer</p>
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<li>when you know the difference between a nerd, a geek, and a dork</li>
<li>you have a readability statistics calculator on your bookmarks bar and you put random webpages in there to see how hard they are to read</li>
<li>you also have a binary translator bookmarked</li>
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<p>button up shirts are HOT!! but i like them not to be tucked in and if you wear it under khaki shorts.. oo la la</p>
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When you get all nostalgic about your graphing calc b/c you've had it for 5 years and the keys are all sideways but you really don't want another one b/c you've been through so many boring math classes and awful probs together (this is me right now)
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I used an 89 in jr high
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<p>-When you build a potato cannon for fun, miscalculate the launch angle, and send a potato flying into your neighbors yard at 200 mph.
-Actually host something called a 'nerd night'.
-are talking to a girl, notice her cringe, and realize that you just used seven words in one sentence that she couldn't understand.
-When you spend a two weeks vying for the opportunity to conduct a thermite demonstration yourself.
-When you feel sad that you scored a 790 on your Chem. SAT II.
-Learn to weld so that you can turn a shopping cart into a go-cart.</p>
<p>You are a nerd when you laugh at the possibility of even getting a 790 on your chem sat II.</p>
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<p>I confess my sin, I used an 89 in algebra 2.</p>
<p>Or when your calendar has pi day printed on it.</p>
<p>When you read Inside Higher Ed for fun.</p>
<p>You know you're a nerd when...
- You've taken more AP's and honors classes than anyone in your grade
- You *<strong><em>ed off because that mother</em></strong>*ing art teacher gave you a B in art, and that caused you to lose your valedictorian status for graduation
- You only get turned on by nerdy guys/chicks
- everything you say involves a Calculus/Physics related pun
- CC has been your homepage in the past
- You have nothing better to do over winter break than post on CC and self-study for the 10 AP's that you're taking in addition to the 3 AP's you're already taking at school.
- The thought of losing that middle school speech contest & science fair still burns in the back of your mind
- you have a five-shelved bookshelf filled with ONLY textbooks and prepbooks
- You prefer amazon over barnes and nobles because amazon has cheaper prepbook prices and no taxes
- You spend time on amazon looking at "used textbooks" to see if you can find any cheap deals
- you've always dreamed of having a pdf/ebook reader for your bday present
- you print more than 500 pages at your school library per day
- you ditch school to study for the SAT/AP/college apps
- you can do integrals in your head just by closing your eyes
- you type faster on the Ti89 than you can on a QWERTY keyboard when it comes to entering math equations
- you've memorized the location of EVERY BUTTON on the ti89 from using the ti89 so many times that it's as easy as walking
- you carry an extra set of 4 AAA batteries
- you have a Ti89 link cable + usb cable in your bag at all times
- you've learned to be a "left-handed" ti89 user if you're right handed so you could write with your right hand and type with your calculator on your left hand
- you learned how to use chopsticks with your left hand so you could do homework on your right hand and eat with your left
- you take classes at community colleges during summer
- you have no clue what "American Eagle," "Abricomie and Fitch," etc. is
- you cry over a 2390 & 790
- it's the end of the world when you get anything but a 5 on the AP test
- you know it's impossible for you to get anything but a 5 on the AP test
- you spend your breaks/lunches at the library
- you celebrate pi day and mole day
- you wear nerdy t-shirts that have an underlying physics/calculus/chemistry joke on it
- you made your mom a mother's day card using Java</p>
<p>When you go to my school, no joke. </p>
<p>When: the other group had to be made politically correct
You have backup batteries for your graphing calc in your backpack
You know that there's a graphing calculator black market
You consider 89.4% a fail
You can survive on fewer than 3 hours of sleep a night
Your SAT classes, SAT books, AP books, and AP exams cost more than your first car, which still cost more than some teachers cars</p>
<p>Five or more Rubik's Cubes come out the minute your teacher finishes the lecture
You cry of shame if you have to "settle" for Stanford
Mockcon is a place for people to mouth off about what they think is politics
Varsity badminton players are more popular than varsity football
You can't go the Junior Prom because you have to study for SATs</p>
<p>some of this stuff^ might not make sense because it really only applies to my school and all other nerd schools united. lol.</p>
<p>@lawlmao:
we cry over 800s on SAT IIs. </p>
<p>Here, a graduating class is considered "the dumb grade" when they have less than 20 valedictorians.</p>
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<p>So true. </p>
<p>You know you're a nerd when everyone - including students a year ahead of you - asks you for help on their homework.
When you explain the difference between and endothermic and exothermic reaction to your mom while watching TV.
When you spout puns all the time, just because you can.</p>
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- You *<strong><em>ed off because that mother</em></strong>*ing art teacher gave you a B in art, and that caused you to lose your valedictorian status for graduation
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<p>Funny, I lost my valedictorian status because I twice got an A instead of a pass in homeroom.</p>
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<p>Who needs to close their eyes?</p>
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<p>Typing math equations on a QWERTY keyboard can be quite difficult.</p>
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- you have a Ti89 link cable + usb cable in your bag at all times
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<p>TI link cables are just mini-USB's so...</p>
<p>Hmm...let's see</p>
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<li>You constantly have some nerdy or "boring" channel on 24/7 (i.e. science channel, national geo, CNN)</li>
<li>You'd rather spend a Saturday at some academic competition than sleeping</li>
<li>You tried to memorize the periodic table, and succeeded</li>
<li>You'd rather go to a program at some college over the summer than hang out with friends</li>
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<p>When your history teacher required all students to memorize the first ten presidents and you could already name all the presidents in the order they were elected.</p>