I am a nerd( wtf ???)

Never before had a single, short sentence remain etched in my memory for so long. It has been many many days since I read it somewhere. I still distinctly remember where I had read it. With no colorful word used, no intellectual meaning conveyed, this sentence (I wonder if it fits the bill of English grammar to be called a sentence at all but I shall refer to it as the same in the absence of any suitable substitute to the contrary) does not have any of the quintessential requisites to keep it in memory for so long. Probably, it has something beneath.

I don’t exactly know who is a nerd or who ought to be called a nerd. As per the popular perception, a stereotypical nerd is a bespectacled geek who is invariably a bookworm drowning forever in a sea of books with a smile, an undisputed class topper in academics, and most importantly one with no or few friends. The rest of the herd comprising of the non-nerds , better referred to as “cool” dudes and dudettes on the other hand are smartly dressed, popular students of the class who excel in activities “non-academic” and are always in company of a battery of friends.

I wonder if this stereotype holds true reflection in subjective reality, why on earth would someone label him/herself as a nerd. It would repel people and one would hardly have company of friends. Won’t it amount to demeaning one’s own self???

Swap sides….

The girl who included this sentence in her introduction on a social networking site(which is from where I read it and registered it in my memory book) was not in the least a “nerd” by stereotypical barometers. She is pretty, sexy, gorgeous…in short she was GOOD looking. She isn’t bespectacled and has a long list of friends. She excels in extra-curricular activities like singing and dancing…which are not remotely academic. And besides every other adorable quality of hers, she is a student extraordinaire. She tops her class and loves reading. She is a regular in attending classes and is extremely passionate about her career.

But she is different, or at least she dares to be. She has shed hypocrisy and is audacious enough to stand up and scream-

“I am a nerd. Wtf???”

Perhaps her audacity that was so evident in her writing…..or the sense of pride that I felt for her on reading that. May be she just glorified “nerds” by calling herself one…

Cheers to her !!!

For all nerds who are reading this….the next time someone calls you a “nerd”, don’t forget to thank him. C’mmon he gave you a compliment.

For all “non-nerds” who think they are cool, brush up…..there’s competition for you….there are cooler “nerds” in the making.

p.s.: for all those who find this write-up biased in favour of nerds……yours truly would like to clarify……it indeed is a write-up FOR the nerds. An attempt to give the miniscule minority a dignified position among us. I think they deserve one and it’s long due.