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YOUTH CORRESPONDENT
You know that nerd in high school who walks like a duck down the hall carrying a 50-pound knapsack, with his nose nudged in a science fiction book?
Well, to me, that dork resembles America's recent lame fad, "Harry Potter."
Isn't it amusing to see masses of young people flock to theaters to see this stereotypical geek?
Let's say, for instance, Harry was a real person who attended school in our area.
Would students purchase a $7 ticket to go see him?
No. They'd take his calculus homework, flush it down the grimy toilet and continue by making fun of his hideous glasses.
It's rather amazing to see cliques--people who would typically torture geeks--pay a ridiculous fee to see the king of them all.
On another note, "Harry Potter" is such a chick flick.
There is not one normal male I've met who is obsessed with Mr. Magic the way the female population is.
When "Potter" arrived, I hadn't heard so much female hype since "Little Women" came out in 1994.
Why do various females love the movie-made geek, when they shove him aside in real life?
If a realistic geek asked these females out on a date, the ladies would blow him off and tell him to go get a scoliosis examination.
Instead, the Hollywood, non-nerdy Daniel Radcliffe (who plays Potter) has obviously wooed them in.
My friends, the time will soon come when this "Harry Potter" garbage has no place in our society.
I think next year Daniel Radcliffe turns 50, and maybe he can stop playing the part of a 12-year-old.
Hopefully, once it's over, we can stop seeing families draped in hideous wizardry attire, and instead watch them having a nice picnic in a park.
Magic is not real and neither is "Harry Potter."
It's a fad that will soon accompany Pogs, Tickle Me Elmo and Furby.
JESSE SCOTT is a recent graduate of Stafford High School and a rising freshman at George Mason University.