Revenge of the Nerds

In high school, one of my classmates used to come to school on any given day, proudly sporting a Batman cape. He sang in the school choir with an unabashedly passionate operatic voice. He was smart, witty, and a great conversationalist. He was self-actualized, so he didn’t care about being cool, which therefore made him cool. Even though he didn’t click with any of the typical high school cliques,…