Originally Posted by Bostonian
I am surprised that even here, people use pejoratives like "nerd" to describe the gifted. Better IMO to title the post "My summers at genius camp".
I thought about that, B, but opted to retain the title of the article that prompted my post.

FWIW, within CTY they consider "nerd" to be a badge of honor and not a pejorative at all. "Nerd Pride" is celebrated.

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