Are STEM majors considered "nerds" in other countries?

silence_kit
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:51:14 +0000

I was talking to an Iranian guy, and he said that the concept of ‘nerd’ didn’t even translate. Doing well in school and being smart weren’t things to be ashamed of, they were things to be proud of. He said that the ‘nerd’ thing is mostly an American phenomenon.