Quotes by Alexandra Robbins

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Common Themes

parenting mentoring reputation influence discipleship perception pride imagination acceptance neurology unity School fear popularity power introversion hobbies expectations identity perspective atmosphere insecurity individuality talent polarization acting drama extracurricular-activities self-consciousness shyness

“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.”
— Alexandra Robbins, The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School
isolation making-friends media

“The cafeteria made him feel like an observer rather than a participant in the high school experience.”
— Alexandra Robbins, The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School
influence outsiders

“How could he encapsulate in a pithy admissions-interview line all of his unique ideas and interests?”
— Alexandra Robbins, The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School
college marketing persuasion

“Adults tell students that it gets better, that the world changes after school, that being 'different' will pay off sometime after graduation. But no one explains to them why.”
— Alexandra Robbins
School Changes World

“A Health Affairs study comparing patient-satisfaction scores with HCAHPS surveys of almost 100,000 nurses showed that a better nurse work environment was associated with higher scores on every pati...”
— Alexandra Robbins
Work Environment Better

“When Department of Health and Human Services administrators decided to base 30 percent of hospitals' Medicare reimbursement on patient satisfaction survey scores, they likely figured that transpare...”
— Alexandra Robbins
Accountability Healthcare

“Many of the differences that cause students to be excluded in school are actually the same qualities or skills that other people are going to admire, respect or value about that person in adulthood.”
— Alexandra Robbins
School Value People