Lesson 7

A History of Geek Civilization by Jessica Zafra

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UPD (C.L (comparative literature)

1965

You can give its meaning by:

1. Synonym
2. Antonym
3. Use it in a sentence
Geek (noun) from the work Geck which means fool
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Smart
Wearing glasses
Introvert
Socially awkward
Bookworm

Synonym: nerd
Antonym: socialite, extrovert
Why people exclude them in the society:
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some are jealous and envy from them

no active, introvert
being bullied by their physical features *

1st paragraph
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All bout being geek

Describes how to be a geek
Wears thick glasses
Use words of many syllables
Little red-riding hood
Little mermaid

3rd and 4th paragraph

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Childhood days/ experiences

Describing the playments : D.C. Comics
Lousy game : Open the Basket

5th and 6th paragraph

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Grade school days

Lunch hours were spend prowling in the library

Recognized as the resident geek
Spelling bee and to all categories of the Quiz bee, she was able to wipe the floor with the
competitions that She got trounced every time
Official geek
Principal gave she a copy of Edith Hamiltons Mythology
At St. Theresas, reads Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
Spelling Bees
Discovery of her hobbies as a geek
Cyrano de Bergerac = book of her Mother

7th paragraph
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Molded by books at the young age

Molded by books in English
Call her a Little Brown American
Pilipino childrens book that was widely available in the 70s is Komiks (ex: Aliwan)

8th paragraph
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6th grade, classmates discovering that there was another gender called boys
Reads John Carter of Mars series by Edgar Allan Burroughs
Science fiction books
Beauty is useless, character is the Best

9th paragraph
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Freshmen year
Coeducational HS
Tormentors (Stevie)

10th paragraph
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She was into literature

Barely passed Chemistry, Physics and Math, English was great but the Humanities were
secondary concerns

11th paragraph
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2nd year HS one of the pits of her history

Went to Harold Robbins, Sydney Sheldon, Judith Krantz and Robert Ludlum

12th paragraph
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Junior year, geek hood was rewarded with the editorship of the school paper
Kurt Vonnehut, John Steinbeck
Woody Allen movies and Without Feathers and Getting Even
Senior year, she discover her new friends.

13th paragraph
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we Literary geeks got together and ran the school paper

14th paragraph
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The great Gatsby

On F. Fitzgeralds birthday she actually ordered a birthday cake

15th paragraph
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Determined in her studies

16th paragraph
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Calculus the World According to Grap

Physics Tess of the Durbervilles
Chemistry manual for the Catcher in the Rye

17th paragraph
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Except for one page of news and one page of sports, the paper was a motley
assortment of rambling book reviews, science fiction ravings, and whatever editors were
into lately.

18th paragraph
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College life
Finished in Comparative Literature