Formal schooling creates a hot-house environment for social development: it’s artificial and fosters growth of things that wouldn’t grow otherwise. The point I want to make with respect to the current discussion is that when nerd types fail to thrive in it in their formative years, it puts them behind in social development, and some have extreme difficulty catching up. Those who never catch up can fail to associate successfully even with other nerd types.
Formal schooling creates a hot-house environment for social development: it’s artificial and fosters growth of things that wouldn’t grow otherwise. The point I want to make with respect to the current discussion is that when nerd types fail to thrive in it in their formative years, it puts them behind in social development, and some have extreme difficulty catching up. Those who never catch up can fail to associate successfully even with other nerd types.