haruchin’s Reviews > Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In > Status Update

"I hadn’t consciously chosen to be a nerd but had somehow drawn those numbers in the social lottery of sixth and seventh grade. This never mattered to me until I cared, and the weight of this sudden awareness suffocated me. I cared about how people saw me, how people saw my group of friends, what they said about me, and I was now afraid and worried about it."