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Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth

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The book The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth is a book that everyone should read at one point or be taught from in school. It explains school cliques, high school emotions, popularity, and outcast life. The author, Alexandra Robbins, studied many years, about a decade, for this novel to come to life. Throughout her words, she explains that outcasts, whether they are nerds, punks, losers, loners, “tree huggers,” math geeks, band members, etc, are the future of our world. I agree with her when she says that the qualities that people exclude for in school help individuals exceed in life. Nerds and math geeks will be part of our technology forwardness and how our society goes on. Losers and loners have special and unique qualities about themselves …show more content…

They will improve technology, though it doesn’t seem like it needs improved. Things we cannot even imagine will be invented and/or improved. Scientists will be made from these intelligent people. New scientific theories could be proven to better our societies. Things people are unsure about will be taken care of. Medicine is changing every day, and by who? Nerds and geeks. They develop new, improved, and less-invasive surgeries and treatments. Nerds and geeks also are better when it comes to understanding things logically. Taking the time out to understand what to do about a situation is what can help our future. These people are also way more confident when it comes to their decisions. With their knowledge and their belief in themselves, “. . . when it comes to the popular students versus the outcasts, the latter are ‘more sure of themselves(even with the ridicule), and usually turn out to be more successful and well adjusted.’”(Robbins 366) Social groups including at least the geeks and nerds are more sure of themselves because they trust what they think. They deal with the ridicule, not wanting things in their way of their future, which leads to our futures. They are really our

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