Alexandra Robbins

Imagine what it must be like for teenagers who don't feel they have room to breathe in their own homes. If you…

— Alexandra Robbins

“A teach­er in Ok­la­homa re­flect­ed on the post-​grad­ua­tion af­ter­math of stu­dent so­cial di­vi­sions. “The in crowd al­ways hangs to­geth­er, even af­ter grad­ua­tion.…

— Alexandra Robbins

“Polarization is just one of many ways group membership can change an individual. Perhaps the most striking effect of group membership is…

— Alexandra Robbins

“No student should be encouraged -- by anyone -- to change himself until he's "normal," a term that says everything and means…

— Alexandra Robbins

In one survey, respondents listed Princeton as one of the country’s top ten law schools. The problem? Princeton doesn’t have a law…

— Alexandra Robbins

Social standing does not necessarily translate to social acceptance.

— Alexandra Robbins

“Instead of revamping school policies to welcome every child, many school systems are bent on revamping the students to conform to their…

— Alexandra Robbins

“Unruly geeks change the world”

— Alexandra Robbins

“He comes in entirely as an outsider. He lets his mind wander. He’s not endangering his academic position because he doesn’t have…

— Alexandra Robbins

Random, meaningless groups can adopt an us-versus-them mentality.

— Alexandra Robbins

“Awkwardness defines my life.”

— Alexandra Robbins

“Conformity is a mask behind which students can hide their identity or the fact that they haven't yet figured out their identity.”

— Alexandra Robbins

The aging aren't only the old; the aging are all of us.

— Alexandra Robbins

“Nobody’s listening to me, he thought, story of my life.”

— Alexandra Robbins

“It was the fact that they tried so hard that doomed them.”

— Alexandra Robbins

There is nothing wrong with you just because you haven't yet met people who share your interests or outlook on life. Unless…

— Alexandra Robbins

“Students usually don't refer to themselves as nerds until someone else accuses them of being one.”

— Alexandra Robbins

“What made Einstein special was his impertinence, his nonconformity, and his distaste for dogma. Einstein’s genius reminds us that a society’s competitive…

— Alexandra Robbins

“Unshackled by strict yet arbitrary, misguided norms, outcasts can be, look, act, and associate however they want. And in this ever conformist,…

— Alexandra Robbins

“Exclusion is common behavior. But that doesn’t make it unchangeable. And that doesn’t mean that anything is wrong with the cafeteria fringe.”

— Alexandra Robbins

“Some girls, of course, can be both popular and nice. But niceness involves treating others as equals […]”

— Alexandra Robbins

“In 1994, the College Board changed the test’s name from Scholastic Aptitude Test to the Scholastic Assessment Test. Now according to the…

— Alexandra Robbins

“It's not about what you've done; it's how you've experienced whatever has happened to you. Matt Lawrence in The Overachievers”

— Alexandra Robbins