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Alexandra Robbins is a journalist, lecturer, and author. Her books focus on young adults, education, and modern college life. Five of her books have been New York Times Bestsellers.

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Alexandra Robbins about Student:

There are three elements to perceived popularity. A student has to be visible, recognizable and influential.

Alexandra Robbins about Time:

J. K. Rowling has said that she was bullied in school. She was a daydreamer and ...
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Alexandra Robbins about Good:

When I was in high school, I didn't feel like I had to pile on the ...
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Alexandra Robbins about Busy:

Popular kids don't necessarily know who they are because they're so busy trying to conform. It's ...
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Alexandra Robbins about Proud:

I was what's known as a floater. I could sit at the edge of most cafeteria ...
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Alexandra Robbins is a journalist, lecturer, and author. Her books focus on young adults, education, and modern teacher life. Five of her books have been New York Times Bestsellers.

She graduated from Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland in 1994, and summa cum laude from Yale University in 1998. She was editor-in-chief of her tall school newspaper, the Black & White.

She has along with written for a variety of publications, including Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, USA Today, Cosmopolitan, and Salon.com. Robbins has appeared in the media, such as 60 Minutes, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Coast To Coast AM, The Today Show, Paula Zahn Now, The View, The Colbert Report, CBS Early Show, The Bright Woman Survival Guide, The O’Reilly Factor, and Anderson Cooper 360°, and networks including CNN, NPR, the BBC, MSNBC, CNBC, C-SPAN, and the History Channel.

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Alexandra Robbins about Work:

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.

Alexandra Robbins about Graduation:

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 about Focus:

I tend to focus on young people and on giving a voice to groups of people who don't normally get their voices heard.

Alexandra Robbins about Proud:

I was what's known as a floater. I could sit at the edge of most cafeteria tables, but was never a part of any one group. I was also a dork. And still am. And proud!

Alexandra Robbins about Time:

I would hate to be in high school now. Psychologists talk about the 'imaginary audience' that teens seem to feel they have around them and that makes them think they have to keep up their image all the time. Now with Facebook and MySpace and 24/7 online access, that imaginary audience has become real.

Alexandra Robbins about Work:

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.

Alexandra Robbins about Time:

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.

Alexandra Robbins about Children:

It is unacceptable that the system we rely on to develop children into well-adjusted, learned, cultured adults allows drones to dominate and increasingly devalues freethinkers.

Alexandra Robbins about Respect:

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 about Busy:

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.

Alexandra Robbins about Doing:

Since 'The Overachievers' came out, I've been doing a lot of lectures and talking to kids across the country.

Alexandra Robbins about Student:

There are three elements to perceived popularity. A student has to be visible, recognizable and influential.

Alexandra Robbins about Health:

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 transparency and accountability would improve healthcare.

Alexandra Robbins about Best:

When healthcare is at its best, hospitals are four-star hotels, and nurses, personal butlers at the ready - at least, that's how many hospitals seem to interpret a government mandate.

Alexandra Robbins about Good:

When I was in high school, I didn't feel like I had to pile on the APs in order to look good to colleges. High-achieving classmates didn't use private tutors.

Alexandra Robbins about Yourself:

You should wear what you want to wear and not worry about trying to paint yourself in a certain image because that self-awareness is what's going to help you become a more independent and more interesting and healthier adult.