The western world has always been divided into two types of people-the cool and the uncool . It is a division that starts in school. The cool kids are good at sports .They are popular with the opposite sex. They are good-looking and people want to copy their style. They can do their homework but they don’t make a big effort. That would not be cool .


The uncool kids are in the other corner of the playground .They are very bright , but they don’t have great social skills and they are hopeless at sports.When they are not programming computers or doing calculus in their heads , they are reading comic books and watching shows like the “X Files”, they are known as the geeks .

Here’s the news .The geeks are taking over . Make friends with them now or they will put virus in your computer and bring your maths homework to ruin . Geeks might not be popular at school, yet they do pass their examinations ,and they might not be too popular at university ,but take good degrees.

The most important industry of the 21st century ,computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks. Geek heroes like Bill Gates excite others to follow their example . Being a geek is a way of earning good money. And the creation of the Internet gave them a world of their own to work and play in, making them a global force . Besides , the effect of the geeks on popular culture has started a new trend . It is now cool to be uncool . Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture , in which what you know is more important than what you look like .

But there are also dangers .Geeks were often bullied or laughed at in school. Now a geek may be your boss. Perhaps it is time for punishment .

西方国家经常吧人们分为两类：酷的和不酷的。从学校开始就这么划分了。酷的孩子擅长运动。他们在异性中很受欢迎。他们长的不错大家都想按照他们的风格打扮。他们能够做家庭作业但是他们不会太努力。因为那不酷。
不酷的孩子在校园的另外一个角落里。他们很聪明，但是他们没有很棒的社交能力，他们在运动上没有希望。当他们不用电脑编程或者不用他们的脑子计算的时候，他们就读幽默书和看x档案。他们以奇怪而著称。
这有一些消息。怪人正在占据。和他们做朋友不然他们会把病毒放进你的电脑里毁坏你的家庭作业。怪人也许在学校不受欢迎，但是他们仍然通过考试，他们可能在大学里仍然不受欢迎但是他们拿到学位。
电脑和 IT做为21世纪最重要的工业 至少一部分是由怪人创造的。像比尔盖茨那样的怪人英雄激励人们以他们为榜样。成为怪人是一种挣大钱的方法，并且网络的创造给了他们一个属于他们的工作和玩的世界。使他们成为全球的力量。另外，怪人在流行文化的努力开始了一个新的趋势。就是现在酷的成为不酷的。怪人文化正在成为一般流行文化的重要的一部分，在这部分里你知道的比你看上去的更重要。
但是仍然有危险者。怪人在学校经常被欺负或者被嘲笑，现在那个怪人可能就是你的老板，也许是时候该惩罚你了。