Ella came home from school giddy with excitement. She raced into the kitchen and held out the book she found at the library, The Factastic Book of 1,001 Lists. "Look!" she exclaimed as she turned to the pages titled 'Inventions.' I'm going to read this section and write a 5-page book report on it!"
"Is this for extra credit?"I asked.
"No!" she said, "It's for FUN."
"Oh." I was admittedly a little confused, but listened as she explained.
"I've already read the sections on mathemetical equations, the periodic table, and how to say the numbers 1-10 in different languages. I skipped the part about all the ways to tell time because that was boring. The inventions section is awesome."
"Are you planning to do this over Spring Break?" I asked.
"Yup. When I told Ryan he said, 'Nerd alert.' Mom, do you think I'm a nerd?"
"Well," I told her, "If writing about something you think is interesting makes you a nerd, then being a nerd is a great thing. Besides, 'nerd' is just a word people use sometimes to tease people who enjoy learning. Don't let that bother you."
"Oh, it doesn't bother me, Mom. I don't think of the word 'nerd' as being teasing. I think of it as identifying a species of humans."
Nerd alert.
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