Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Should tech schools shed the nerd image?
As an engineering student, I regularly saw others on campus wearing calculators on their belts and equations on their shirts. It's just part of the tech culture. Now, some MIT studnets are trying to shed that image. A student-produced webcast tries to convince people that engineering and science students don't just spend their Saturday nights in the lab, but that they do what other college students do--they party and play sports.
I've heard people say that part of the reason young people don't study engineering is because of the nerd factor. They don't want to be stereotyped. Do you agree?
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