Asians Are Nerdy

My opponent describes a nerd as someone who is socially inept, knows a lot about something, but does not necessarily make good grades. These people are not nerds though. One is called a nerd by non nerds when they draw attention to themselves as being nerdy. The greasy kid in the back of the class room that knows a lot about Naruto and doesn't talk to anyone is not a nerd but rather just a loser. A person gets called a nerd when they do nerdy things, which may very well seems fine to other nerds, like being smart and making good grades. As I have said before, the title of nerd does not have to be a bad thing like my opponent is so eager to make it. It all depends how it is used and who is using it. Imagine these scenarios: Scenario 1: You are stuck in a regular liberal arts math class because it is required by your school. This is not your normal setting, around you there are strange people with baggy clothes speaking in jive. Now you like a smart person so what would be accepted in an honors or advanced class, you begin to answer questions the teacher asks. That may not seem nerdy to you but to the people in this particular class it is. Being smart here is the only reason you would be called a nerd. Scenario 2: You are in your honors Pre-calc class because you signed up for it. In the class room are your fellow students who were smart enough to advance as far as you in math. Answering questions posed by the teacher is no longer considered nerdy because there is no one there that is in a situation different than you. In order to call you nerdy someone in the class would have to be admitting that they themselves were a nerd. Everyone knows they would be considered nerds by people with less intellect, but it does not bother them because they know nerd does not have to be a bad thing, unlike my opponent. Yes, some Asians may get into the classes because of parental pressure, but the end result is the same. One can make a cake two different ways but the end result is still a cake. A nerd can become a nerd many different ways (self determination, parental pressure) but in the end they are still a nerd and would be considered one by the people who call people nerds in the first place. To call the Asians in my AP Physics class would be an honor for them. It would be terrible if they were just considered the same as people who weren't taking that class. Instead they have pushed themselves to acheive greatness, and that deserves a title. My opponent is having a hard time with statistics I see. She asks if we should consider the other 60% of the people in my class as nerds and I would say yes. The statistics still work out in my favor. Let's look at the results: My town has a population of 60,894 people. Asians make up 3.38%. 67.22% of the population is white. In the class Asians have a representation of about %40. In the class Whites have a representation of about %60. See how that works? Asians make up a tiny portion of my city's population yet they have a huge comparative representation in the AP Physics class. Whites make up almost %70 of my city's population, and as suspected they have about equal representation in the class. Asians manage to have 10x the representation in a very nerdy class while Whites can't even manage 1x representation. The same thing can be done with the Ivy League school statistics. Now it's time for some more statistics. Temple City California, where the Asian Debate.org member PoeJoe lives, has a population of 33,377. 38.89% of that are Asians. On their Wikipedia it states "The Temple City Board of Education labels their district as "A District of Distinguished Schools" because all the schools in the Temple City district have been deemed a distinguished school by the State of California meaning that Temple City Schools are in a higher percentile in categories such as academics, behavior, and other such categories." [1] Kissimmee Florida, with a clear majority while population, didn't get special mention of their school or student intelligence. The city of Cupertino California has a population of 50,546. 44.44% of that population is Asian. Their Wikipedia page again has it's own section for education where they are praised. "Cupertino is very well known for its high achieving primary and secondary schools. For example, Faria Elementary School is the number one ranked elementary public school in the state of California, per California API test scores. Kennedy Middle School is the third best in the state.Furthermore, Monta Vista High School is ranked number 23 out of all the public schools in the nation." [2] Daily City California has a 50.69% Asian population.[3] Their High School are chocked full of nerdy goodness. In fact they do so many things the Wikipedia page for their high school is longer than the page for my entire city. They offer a ton of advanced classes never offered to me and they have so many organized groups it's not even funny. [4] Asians are nerdy, let's not beat around the bush. I have show in this debate through various statistics and real life applications that proportionally Asians are nerdier in proportion to the general population of the United States. My opponent has just been struggling to deny the fact that being smart does make one a nerd. I do not know why though, it's not a bad thing. VOTE PRO [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org... [2] - http://en.wikipedia.org... [3] - http://en.wikipedia.org... [4] - http://en.wikipedia.org...