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The Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory And Why Outsiders Thrive After High School (2009)

by Alexandra Robbins(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1401302025 (ISBN13: 9781401302023)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Hachette Books

review 1: This book in one word? Wow!I'm a high school student who plans on majoring in middle or secondary education with an emphasis in either science or social studies. I was required to read a nonfiction book for my Intro to Ed class, and I choose this one.At the beginning, I was like "Oh I don't want to read a book on stereotypes because it will be boring and I won't learn anything from it." Boy, was I wrong! This book tells the story of seven young individuals who are stereotypes of high school. While telling the stories of those individuals the author also examines topics and hot button issues relating to those stories. For instance, the author examines cafeteria fringe, the quirk theory, social networking sites, bullying, and popularity.Pros? This book can teach you A LOT ab... moreout how stereotypes are an issues and how they can be properly identified. It's nice how the book is almost half fiction and nonfiction, because it tells stories which provides a nice relief to the information in the book. Finally, the book is a real eye-opener that can really open your eyes to how bad stereotypes are and open your eyes to other important issues in high school such as bullying and social networking.Cons? This book is long! Like 350 pages, but if your an avid reader and ambitious about learning then go for it. Sometimes it may get confusing when switching in between info and stories.Overall, I think this is a pretty good book. It is one that teachers should use if they really want to know more about stereotypes.
review 2: So I've added this to my 'science' shelf but really, there's scarcely any science to it. Robbins' analysis of quirk theory and school cliques seems to involve reading a few other books and maybe a psychology news website. She has very little of interest to say. I found the stories of the kids (and teacher) she followed more interesting, but at the end of the book I struggled to see what some of them got out of her challenges. I'm not familiar with this corner of the pop psychology book world, but there's got to be something out there better than this. less

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