Leonid Fridman's 'America Needs Its Nerds'
Carlynn Kalament
Ms. Zielinski
AP English Language and Composition
15 December 2011
Leonid Fridman’s “America needs it’s Nerds” Writer, Leonid Fridman, in his composition, “America needs its Nerds”, declares that the American connotations for “nerd” and “geek” are offensive and should not be used to describe those people who are dedicated to learning. Fridman’s purpose is to convince all of those nerds and geeks to stop being ashamed and accept themselves for who they are. He adopts a sincere, but informative tone to appeal to his audience’s emotions and to inform them of specific facts that he feels his readers should be acquainted with. Fridman initiates his essay by explaining the denotation of the word geek and the comparing it
Ms. Zielinski
AP English Language and Composition
15 December 2011
Leonid Fridman’s “America needs it’s Nerds” Writer, Leonid Fridman, in his composition, “America needs its Nerds”, declares that the American connotations for “nerd” and “geek” are offensive and should not be used to describe those people who are dedicated to learning. Fridman’s purpose is to convince all of those nerds and geeks to stop being ashamed and accept themselves for who they are. He adopts a sincere, but informative tone to appeal to his audience’s emotions and to inform them of specific facts that he feels his readers should be acquainted with. Fridman initiates his essay by explaining the denotation of the word geek and the comparing it