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Raising a 'geek' truly a cool idea
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Daily Breeze
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July 13, 2008
- Author:
- Betsy Hart
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I never thought in terms of "bringing up geeks." But for much of
my young life, I was a geek. Full disclosure: While other girls in
junior high school had pictures of Leif Garrett in their lockers, I
had pictures of Ronald Reagan.
It's hard to get ahead socially in such a case, but so it was.
I blossomed a good bit in high school, I suppose, though I never
ditched my adoration of Ronald Reagan.
But I don't think my own parents ever gave a thought to whether I
was a "geek" or "cool." In contrast, I seem to regularly come across
and read about parents who are desperate to have "cool" kids.
But here's the big difference between the "cool" kids when I was
young and the "cool" kids now, ...
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308 words
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139 words
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444 words
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503 words
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493 words
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