first century athletes are recognized more and treated better than someone who is just an ordinary student or a person who is considered a “smart kid‚” or “nerd.” Just like Leonid Fridman states in “America Needs its Nerds‚” “Nerds are ostracized while athletes are idolized.” (Fridman‚ P. 256) Fridman states that he was what is now considered a nerd Media rarely reports on the person who made a cure for a medical condition‚ someone who starts a new business or enterprise or build ground breaking technology
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“America Needs Its Nerds”‚ by Leonid Fridman‚ analyzes American society’s approach on how it views its intellectuals. In the following passage‚ Fridman describes how American society should stop looking down on academically serious people‚ by calling them “nerds” and “geeks”. Instead‚ these individuals should be treated with more respect. Also‚ he explains in the passage how Americans stress being social and athletic‚ rather than being intellectually adroit. Fridman develops his argument that America
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In the passage‚" America Needs its Nerds‚" by Leonid Fridman‚ he claims that there is a problem with the values in society. society uses terms like "nerd" and "geek" to describe people that are academically serious. Fridman is stating that people in society shouldn’t be ashamed of how much they study or being dedicated to pursue knowledge. He says that society should set their values straight for America’s sake. Nerds are ostracized and gets compared to freaks. Many do not learn decent social skills
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AP English Language and Composition Multiple Choice Fridman’s “America Needs its Nerds” Teacher Overview AP* is a trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board. The College Entrance Examination Board was not involved in the production of this material. ® Copyright © 2009 Laying the Foundation ‚ Inc.‚ Dallas‚ TX. All rights reserved. Visit: www.layingthefoundation.org Multiple Choice Leonid Fridman’s “America Needs Its Nerds” (References the 2008 AP* English Language Exam Question 2‚ Form
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“Why does America needs its nerds”? In the passage “America need it nerds”‚ author Leonid Fridman expresses his fear and concerns on why Americans needs their nerds. Fridman emphasizes his argument by comparing and contrasting American’s on-going social beliefs and misperceptions of nerds and the actual role taken on by the nerds and why the role that they play is so vital to society. Friedman begins with‚ “bringing to our attention”‚ the type of terms our society uses to describe the “intellectually
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Anyone who’s ever experienced a love of learning has felt the sting of derogatory terms associated with being intelligent. Argued by Leonid Fridman in “America Needs its Nerds”‚ the offensive label of the intellectually elite will ultimately lead to our downfall. The author’s argument accurately states one of the cold hard facts about school life; that many intelligent people are being treated unfairly as a result of their intelligence. Meanwhile those who are most likely responsible for the mistreatment
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America Needs its Nerds In the passage from “America Needs Its Nerds”‚ author Leonid Fridman dissect his argument by comparing and contrasting America’s on-going social beliefs and perceptions of the geek and the actual positive role taken on by the nerd and why the role that they play is so vital to our society. Since we live in an anti- intellectualist society‚ nerds are ostracized while athletes are idolized. And this all starts from elementary or middle school. We rarely have a child who will
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The passage “America Needs Its Nerds” by Leonid Fridman compares athletes to nerds and geeks. Fridman made an analysis suggesting that society rewards the athletically apt for their skill while the “intellectually curious” as Fridaman puts it‚ are put down. Fridman’s passage was fluent and well written because of his range of writing techniques such as logos‚ tone‚ and his use of rhetorical questions to finish off the strong passage. Throughout the passage Fridman uses logos to appeal to the readers
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Final Fantasy of the Nerd Stereotype In today’s modern society‚ there are many stereotypes used to categorize people by their race or social standing. Everyone has watched a movie or television show that has used stereotypes like the dumb jock‚ the snobby cheerleaders‚ or the socially awkward nerd. Our society has become sensitive on the issue of racial stereotypes‚ but these negative social stereotypes receive little attention. Perhaps the most common and hurtful of these social terms is the aspects
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Stereotyping a Nerd When we look into a class room‚ we can usually classify each student into one of the following categories: preps‚ jocks‚ rebels‚ Gothics‚ and nerds. We easily classify people into these groups because of their characteristics. Some people might dress or look a certain way. Others may wear designer clothes while others are still wearing last year addition outfits. What about nerds? A nerd is a descriptive term‚ often used pejoratively‚ indication that a person is overly intellectual
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