Quotes by Alexandra Robbins

About Alexandra Robbins:

Alexandra Robbins is a journalist, lecturer, and author. Her books focus on young adults, education, and modern college life and its aspects that are often overlooked or ignored by college administrators.[citation needed] Three of her five books have been New York Times Best Sellers.
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If there is a single factor that spells out the difference between the cafeteria fringe headed for greatness and those doomed for low self-worth, even more than a caring teacher or a group of friends, it is supportive, accepting parents who not only ...

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My heart broke not only for the daughter who already was forced to become her mother's alarmingly narrow ideal, but also for the middle daughter who knew that her in mother's mind she had already failed.

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It was a relief to inhabit someone else's life for a while, to get her personal issues for a brief respite. In a play, she knew exactly how all her character's problems would be resolved. No matter how the cast performed, the end turned out the same....

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How could he encapsulate in a pithy admissions-interview line all of his unique ideas and interests?

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Imagine what it must be like for teenagers who don't feel they have room to breathe in their own homes. If you are a parent reading this book, you care about your child. If she is quirky, unusual, or nonconformist, ask yourself whether you are doing ...

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Sometimes Eli believed his mother was embarrassed by him. "I swear, my mom thinks if I do one thing differently than the average person, I'm weird," Eli said later. "It's like she thinks I'm a freak or something. No matter what I do, it's not 'normal...

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If teachers are uncomfortable at their own school, they will pass on their uncertainties or negative attitude to students.

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Students didn't much like those who verbally or physically beat the crap out of them. But when researchers began measuring aggression alongside perceived popularity, they found an undeniably strong link. Recent studies conclude that aggressive behavi...

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Group membership can modify individuals' perceptions of themselves. Unable to separate their personal introspection from the ways they believe other people perceive them, teenagers may have what psychologists call an "imaginary audience", meaning tha...

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Although she was gregarious, she inadvertently separated herself from people because she was so often inside her own head, focusing on her creativity.

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Gaming was "one of the only times when you only have to focus on one thing." But even more than that, "It's like an anchor. As long as I know it's there, it's part of me. It's some form of continuity that in my life I desperately need.

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Being an outsider doesn't necessarily indicate any sort of social failing. We do not view a tuba player as musically challenged if he cannot play the violin.

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He didn't realize that simply by mingling among various lunch tables, he was befriending people in different crowds, weaving together the fringes of the cafeteria.

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The cafeteria made him feel like an observer rather than a participant in the high school experience.

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Social standing does not necessarily translate to social acceptance.

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Part of the problem is that people at our school don't listen. They just put on the headphones and tune out the world. It's intimidating.

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He could be disciplined when he wanted to be.

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Too many parents fail to understand that there is a difference between fitting in and being liked, that there is a difference between being "normal" and being happy. High school is temporary. Family is not.

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Nonconformists aren't just going against the grain; they're going against the brain. Either their brains aren't taking the easy way out to begin with, or in standing apart from their peers, these students are standing up to their biology.

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The human brain takes in information from other people and incorporates it with the information coming from its own senses, neuroscientist Gregory Berns has written. Many times, the group's opinion trumps the individual's before he even becomes aware...

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I figure I'll win the fight in twenty years or so anyways when I end up with a decent life and their unemployed and living at home.

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Author Bio

  • NameAlexandra Robbins
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist
  • Born1976
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Author