The geeks shall inherit the Earth : popularity, quirk theory, and why outsiders thrive after high school
Summary
In her book, Alexandra Robbins explores the ways group identity theories play out among cliques - and the students they exclude. She reveals the new labels students stick onto each other today, the long-term effects of this marginalization, and the reasons students falling under these categories are... Full description
- Meet the cafeteria fringe
- Late summer to early fall: the popularity myth. Quirk theory and the secret of popularity
- Why are popular people mean?
- Fall: why quirk theory works. In the shadow of the freak tree
- It's good to be the cafeteria fringe
- Winter: outcast profiling and other dangers. Challenges
- Misperceptions
- Late winter to early spring: being excluded doesn't mean anything's wrong with you. A brief introduction to group psychology
- Why labels stick: the motivations of the normal police
- Spring: quirk theory's origins: why these issues are hardest in school. Changing perceptions
- Two steps forward, one step back
- Late spring to early summer: popular vs. outcast. Popularity doesn't lead to happiness
- The rise of the cafeteria fringe
- Cafeteria fringe: lucky and free.