Geeks And Geniuses?

If you have survived the label of ‘geek’ all through in your school and college life, irrespective of whether you have been one or not, then congratulations- you can spend your entire life striving to meet people’s seemingly unrealistic, and overtly far-fetched expectations of carving an impeccable career curve.

So whether it is about landing on a white collared job with a phenomenal pay, or getting admission into the top MBA colleges in India for higher education, ‘geeks’ are the worst hit. Boggled down by the expectations to score exceptional, they study. And study. And some more.

Geeks are Gods. Or they are considered so. But are they really?

I remember a few average students in my class whose names had the notorious label hinged to them. Average students, I will say again. Just because they have their noses buried deep into books and stuff all the darn time doesn’t imply that they are some Greek Geniuses. They are, at most, hardworking and diligent, and perhaps way too serious for studies and the typical future-cum-career-stuff.

So while a college professor aired her favouritism for a ‘geek guy’ in my class last week, I was NOT taken aback. Yeah, teachers have their favourite student, that’s absolutely normal. But then when she reposed belief in him saying he would make it to the top b school in India, I was a little bewildered. Okay, being hardworking to score a 90% graduation is one thing, cracking CAT to get into top-notch colleges by making a slash through the cut-throat competition is quite another.

Geeks are NOT gods. They are human beings, average human beings rather who study aggressively in a hope to make through the cruel competition. There is nothing particularly exceptional about them, only that their behaviour, which is often a hazy portrayal, is often misconstrued as something as plain and extreme as ‘geeky’.