abundance of "Revenge of The Nerds"-type data. Alexandra Robbins, author of the book The Geeks Shall Inherit The World, found that the characteristics that made teens less popular with their peers, such as individuality and creativity, led to more success later in life, The Washington Post reports.
SHE'S LISTENING Siblings Max and Noemi Moritz met Alexandra Robbins when she spoke at School of the Future in Manhattan. By JUDITH NEWMAN A FEW years ago I wrote an article about Rosie O'Donnell that made her mad. She told a gossip columnist I must ...
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I'm currently reading Alexandra Robbins' book, The Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School. In it, she proposes the qualities that often lead teens to being excluded, such as creativity, ...
Moving tales of how outsiders find their way after high school
By Alexandra Robbins Walk through a typical North American high school and it won't take long to realize one aspect of teenage life may never improve -- the great divide between the popular kids and the nerds, dweebs, geeks and weirdos. ...
By Alexandra Robbins Every high school cafeteria has its fringe element, those kids who never sit with the popular gang, and whose failure to fit in makes them vulnerable to bullying, parental displeasure, and crushing hopelessness. ...
Alexandra Robbins' new book, "The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory, and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School," makes the case that "different" is good. Alexandra Robbins' new book urges parents to let their kids' quirk flags ...
All these memories came alive last week as I was reading excerpts from a newly-published book, The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth, by acclaimed American journalist and writer Alexandra Robbins. The critics, mostly applauding, have already labeled it an ...
You should be more concerned if they are, says author Alexandra Robbins. By LiveScience FUTURE LEADERS?: A high school electronics club in 1986, building their own computer. (Photo: extraketchup/Flickr) While on the speaking circuit at high schools ...