The geeks shall inherit the Earth : popularity, quirk theory, and why outsiders thrive after high school
Record details
- ISBN: 1401302025 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9781401302023 (hbk.)
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Physical Description:
x, 436 pages ; 24 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Hyperion, 2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-433). |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 that 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. |
System Details Note: | Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 4599 KB). |
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Subject: | High school students Middle school students Social isolation Conformity Group identity |
Genre: | Electronic books. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Altoona Area Public Library.
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Altoona Area Public Library | 303.324 ROB 1 (Text) | 33240004273531 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |