Alexandra Robbins
Alexandra Robbins
Alexandra Robbinsis 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. Three of her five books have been New York Times Best Sellers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
CountryUnited States of America
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Random, meaningless groups can adopt an us-versus-them mentality.
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Social standing does not necessarily translate to social acceptance.
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In one survey, respondents listed Princeton as one of the country’s top ten law schools. The problem? Princeton doesn’t have a law school
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There is nothing wrong with you just because you haven't yet met people who share your interests or outlook on life. Unless you are doing something unhealthy or destructive, take pride in your beliefs, passions, and values. Know that you will eventually meet people who will appreciate you for being you.
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...make sure you are still living in the present, rather than for an uncertain future.
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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.
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Popular kids don't necessarily know who they are because they're so busy trying to conform. It's the outcasts who are more attuned to who they are. They're more self-aware, more real.
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There are three elements to perceived popularity. A student has to be visible, recognizable and influential.
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J. K. Rowling has said that she was bullied in school. She was a daydreamer and had her nose in books all the time, much like some of her characters today.
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If someone doesn't spell 'you' out in an e-mail, ... I assume the writer is in middle school. E-mail is today's form of a postal letter.
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If someone doesn't spell 'you' out in an e-mail,
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In the black sororities, they celebrate achievement academically, and they really do work toward community service. As much as the white sororities claim that's the case in their groups, it's not really so. White sororities focus on relationships.
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I tend to focus on young people and on giving a voice to groups of people who don't normally get their voices heard.
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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 patient-satisfaction survey question.