Brooklyn's beloved smarties have been enjoying the spotlight lately, probably for the first time in their lives. The Daily News now checks in with the self-dubbed Nerd Herd, a group of friends at St. Edmund's Elementary School, as they embark on their journey to Georgia for the Robotic World Festival. After the kids won their spot at the fest, they feared they would be low on funds for the trip, but British vacuum inventor James Dyson chipped in with the rest of the money. The paper also notes that the school has now raised $11,000 on top of what they needed! Yesterday at their send-off celebration, 300 fellow students (including the cheerleading squad!) cheered the Nerd Herd on, chanted their name, and doled out endless high fives. 1/5 of the herd, Simon Shkreli, declared, "I'm so pumped up. Look at this—it's amazing."





This is awesome, finally a few non-shitbags getting some recognition.
Can I assume they were given wedgies, purple nurples, wet willies & Texas Chili bowls with their send off as well?
Just had to google "Texas chili bowl" - SICK!
I too, have just learned something invaluable.
Nice story, but I initially thought it was a rally to save the underrated show "Chuck."