Getting the Tag
To be labeled as a geek in this day and age can be a difficult thing. Geeks choose to isolate themselves from the world. They choose to hide from the public eye where they won’t be judged. Where they can be themselves. This often leads to depression and loss of confidence.
Today’s society may have forgotten the significance of having people around you. People who could be there when you’re down. People who could pick you off the ground and get you back on the right track. Bullied geeks don’t have that.
Everyone should think about what struggling geeks have to go through in today’s society. Teens suffer ridicule, peer pressure and the like. It’s important to have someone guide you through this rough phase. If not, a person is susceptible to make wrong decisions which in turn could prove fatal.
Take the school shootings for example. The suspects turned out to be students who had been pushed around one time too many. That horrific incident should never had happened should these kids had proper guidance and counseling – not by school personnel but by friends. Friends who could understand what these kids are going through.
It doesn’t matter if you’re popular or not – every one of us needs someone to confide in. And I think it’s about time that we stopped pushing the geeks away.
