In his view, �geek� is more socially acceptable and denotes intelligence and ability for academic pursuits that are generally considered hard. I don�t know how wide spread these definitions are (my daughter agrees with them), but it sounds like your daughter would be a geek rather than nerd based on these descriptions.
My daughter agrees with those definitions, thats what shes always told me also. Shes in middle school, and I think her mind is messing with her. I think she thinks that other people think of her as a nerd, but I really don't think they do. I think this because she has also told me of times when people are impressed with her, but who knows. The point is, DD has completely buried herself from doing any academic activities. She could have joined MathCounts, and she even said that she really wanted too, but that shes already a "big enough geek." I think shes feeling a bit better this year, because she made the school basketball and track teams, so she feels a bit more "popular" but still, she says she does not want to "disturb the balance of geekhood and popularity." Wow. I was never in gifted programs or anything, but I don't think being smart is anything to be ashamed of and would have given anything to be smart when I was her age. These things just don't make since.
