Our school is having Spirit Week next week, which is kind of like the week leading up to Homecoming at an American high school. Every day has a different theme, and this Tuesday is Geek Day.
4th grade teacher Miss Z is attempting to explain what a geek/nerd is to her class and they just aren’t getting it. Finally one pipes up
“Oh, like Spiderman or Superman before they changed!”
“Exactly.”
Then another 9 year old clarified, “So, Mr. Klein and Mr. Elwell don’t really need to dress up.”
Wow. After all these years I’m back to being called a nerd by a 4th grade bully.