http://themorechild.com/2008/01/01/new-book-on-nerds/ Extreme giftedness, re-forming education, homeschooling, parenting and more...as seen from the Washington, DC suburbs. Sat, 19 May 2012 02:47:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://themorechild.com/2008/01/01/new-book-on-nerds/#comment-477 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:08:09 +0000 http://themorechild.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/new-book-on-nerds/#comment-477 [...] a little googling around got me at least one theory. On the heels of Nerds: Who They are and Why We Need Them, comes American Nerd: The Story of My People,” by Benjamin Nugent. Nugent recently did a Q&A [...]

]]> http://themorechild.com/2008/01/01/new-book-on-nerds/#comment-59 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:30:29 +0000 http://themorechild.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/new-book-on-nerds/#comment-59 I wonder how much of the disparity in the SET math/verbal awardees is due to the social pressure on girls to hide their brains. I actually refused to take the SAT in 7th grade for CTY because I was desperate to fit in and scared of being publicly labeled a “genius”. I can’t have been the only 13-yr-old girl to ever feel that way…

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