TeachaKidd asks When did you first realize you were a Geek?

38 responses to this plurk.

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  August 25, 2008 at 02:26 n2teaching says when I first heard the term.
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  August 25, 2008 at 02:38 lbilak says wait-I'm a geek?
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  August 25, 2008 at 02:37 McTeach says lbilak: Hey! That was my question!!
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  August 25, 2008 at 02:38 Lori says when my daughters called me one!
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  August 25, 2008 at 02:39 Yurk in WI says define geek
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  August 25, 2008 at 02:44  raw_knee says when my friends started calling me one...
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  August 25, 2008 at 02:46 joebjr says when my son complained elem teachers were keeping him in from recess to format and organize folders on their floppies cuz geek dad taught hm
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  August 25, 2008 at 02:47 LParisi says Me, a geek? Never. Just cause my daughter says I am does not make it so.
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  August 25, 2008 at 02:46 thetechtiger says I am reminded everytime I figure something out on my own and get that "oo,oo" feeling
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  August 25, 2008 at 02:52 LParisi says Darn, techtiger, then maybe I AM a geek.
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  August 25, 2008 at 02:53 thetechtiger says LParisi we are geek 2.0. much cooler version.
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  August 25, 2008 at 02:52 LParisi says Oh good. I like the cool version.
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  August 25, 2008 at 02:57 ImaGeek2 says the first time I put my hands on the keyboard of an Apple IIE
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  August 25, 2008 at 03:01 mindelei says I haven't made that realization yet...am I missing something?
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  August 25, 2008 at 03:07 McTeach says omyers: Ah, I remember the Apple IIE...dad couldn't wait to bring it home!
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  August 25, 2008 at 03:09 tabor330 Back when it meant that I had a slide rule and knew how to use it.
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  August 25, 2008 at 03:14 ImaGeek2 says McTeach: I had the Sesame Street Keyboard and we connected it to the TV for our boys.
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  August 25, 2008 at 03:17 TeachaKidd says Sesame Street keyboard
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  August 25, 2008 at 03:19 wsigele is a geek girl and VERY proud of it!!!
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  August 25, 2008 at 03:19 wsigele was a late bloomer but bloomed quickly. Programming classes in 2001 was my first V8 moment!
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  August 25, 2008 at 03:45 KarinBeil was a geek wannabe in HS (a long time ago!), but didn't become a geek until my school got our first Apple IIes and I became the 'go to girl'.
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  August 25, 2008 at 04:19 GingerTPLC says if I taught in a reg school, I'd be a geek, but in my school, I'm in the "slow" class.
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  August 25, 2008 at 04:23 kwhobbes says I didn't know it was still a term that was used. Been so long since I heard it and seems that, today, everyone's a geek!
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  August 25, 2008 at 04:29 dgrice High School. Cross-Country, School Band, and Computer Club. "Luke, it is your DESTINY..."
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  August 25, 2008 at 04:56 bookjewel I'm a late bloomer!
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  August 25, 2008 at 08:15 kimcaise says awww, i like geek 2.0. i definitely want to be a cool geek.
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  August 25, 2008 at 09:24 bknittle says been a geek ever since I can remember, but really knew it when my mom bought her then 6month old grand daughter a ..
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  August 25, 2008 at 09:24 bknittle says a geek in training t-shirt.
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  August 25, 2008 at 09:29 TeachaKidd says Geek in Training t-shirt! I like that!
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  August 25, 2008 at 16:48 √๔ย๒144 says What? Are you calling me a Geek? I didn't know you thought I was a geek... Man. Break it to me in a Plurk - like getting dumped by on the
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  August 25, 2008 at 16:50 √๔ย๒144 says huge scoreboard at the ball game.
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  August 26, 2008 at 10:15 TeachaKidd says LOL
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  August 26, 2008 at 14:14 mindelei says When I was in Houston...our apt. complex was wired with T1 lines (this was 2001) and they had an intel-like sign that said "Geeks Inside".
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  August 26, 2008 at 14:24 DWindsor says When I saw how much faster a dot matrix printer could print out a paper than I could on a typewriter.
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  August 26, 2008 at 14:54 √๔ย๒144 fondlY remembers mY first dot matrix that rePlaced mY thermal Printer. No lower case below the line, so G, P, etc. alwaYs looked caPital!
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  August 26, 2008 at 15:04 nichole says when couldn't sleep night b4 the iphone 3G was released, called in sick 2 wait in line for 2 hours to get it.
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  August 26, 2008 at 15:13 √๔ย๒144 When I drilled a hole in the case of my Volksmodem to insert Radioshack switch to short two pins in my Commodore 64 to create "reset button"
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  August 27, 2008 at 09:58 TeachaKidd says nichole Oooooh, you are BAD!