Nerds

If you haven’t yet read Why Nerds Are Unpop­u­lar, go do so now.

It’s an excel­lent arti­cle, and I’m not just say­ing that because I agree with him so strong­ly. I do think that he’s miss­ing what is, to me, the next log­i­cal step in his train of thought—homeschooling and oth­er indi­vid­u­al­ized edu­ca­tion­al options are sim­ply health­i­er for every­one. Nerds or not, being edu­cat­ed as an indi­vid­ual is sim­ply far more rea­son­able than the “fit into this mold” sort of edu­ca­tion that’s come to be the norm.