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by warfangle 4644 days ago
Put it in context of a high school / middle school lunchroom...
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Where, in spite of that, your teachers were probably pushing you to perform, and when you got out you probably had no trouble getting into a good school which made it more likely for you to get a good job.

Kids are cruel, but their social order is not the real world. In the real world nerds are not a disadvantaged, let alone oppressed, group.

Absolutely. Its history stings no less for some, however.