The Nerd Pride movemeNT, modeled on the Gay Pride movemeNT, was started at MIT by Professors Gerald Sussman and Hal Abelson. Nerd pride paraphernalia includes baseball hats, buttons and - of course - pocket protectors. "My idea is to preseNT an image to children that it is good to be iNTellectual, and not to care about the peer pressures to be aNTi-iNTellectual. I waNT every child to turn iNTo a nerd - where that means someone who prefers studying and learning to competing for social dominance". -- Gerald Sussman, quoted by Katie Hafner, "New York Times", 1994-08-29. (1994-11-11)