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In the movie American teen, theres a geek named Jake which the reason he is a geek is because he is a gamer and he is in the marching band. Jake says a couple times in the movie that he wishes that he lived in a video game, so he could save a damsel in distress. I think I am more like Jake because we both love video games and we are both kind of nerds. In the movie he dates a girl which she likes everything he likes, but it turns out that she cheats on him and lies. He later graduated with his class and went to Lawrence University.
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