{"id":11247,"date":"2019-11-23T16:39:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T15:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=11247"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:24:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:24:49","slug":"nerds-vs-popular-kids-who-wins-in-adulthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2019\/11\/nerds-vs-popular-kids-who-wins-in-adulthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Nerds vs Popular Kids: Who Wins in Adulthood?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve seen movies about high school life where students are divided into popular ones, who are at the top of the hierarchy, the nerds, who are at the bottom and somewhere in between are the less cool kids. The popular ones tend to bully the nerds and the ones in the middle are playing along with it. This is a reality. In all social groups, there are leaders, followers, and the oppressed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s watch the video and learn more about the likely future of these youngsters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Nerds vs Popular Kids: Who Wins in Adulthood?\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ppGovJuIFdA?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How would you classify your status when you were still in high school? Were you one of the popular or nerdy ones?<\/li><li>What are your experiences with popular and nerdy kids?<\/li><li>Explain instrumental targeting. Have you been a subject of it? Have you ever used this approach?<\/li><li>Describe the high school reunion effect.<\/li><li>Do you agree with the study that nerds\/geeks are more likely to be successful in adulthood?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate We&#8217;ve seen movies about high school life where students are divided into popular ones, who are at the top of the hierarchy, the nerds, who are at the bottom and somewhere in between are the less cool kids. 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