I was just chatting with some friends last night, saying that I wished I had been less of a dork and more of an athlete in high school. Little did I know that the math geeks are actually trying to reclaim the term “athlete” from the jocks. Maybe knowing that would have made my high school experience a little less traumatic?
President Obama met yesterday with a group of “mathletes” from California, who won the national MATHCOUNTS competition this year.
![mathletes](https://reappropriate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/mathletes.jpg)
I’m not sure whether to celebrate or cry that four out of the six beaming “mathletes” were cute little Asian boys. I mean, way to represent — but isn’t this a little model minority, too?
I’m so conflicted…