[ale] OT: family geekiness

J.M. Taylor jtaylor at onlinea.com
Thu Jul 17 14:58:09 EDT 2003


Does that mean I'm doomed?  Neither of my folks is geeky in the slightest,
but then I am adopted so maybe it's nature instead of nurture.

Perhaps instead of pursuing geeky careers, I should go into accounting
like dear old dad and quit fighting so hard... ;)

jenn

Johnny Preyer said:
> dad : teacher
> mom: teacher
> me: IT geek, though i taught math for 2 years! :)
>
> i agree with the influence your upbringing has; if my dad hadn't bought
> that Apple ][+ in the early 80's, i'd be teaching the finer points of
> euclidean geometry to some 10th grader.....
>

>>
>> Christopher Bergeron wrote:
>>
>> > I tend to think you're going to find a strong correlation between
>> one's  geekiness and their family / upbringing.




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