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Rosa Parks—achieved what they did

not in spite of but because of their

introversion.

Yet, as Quiet will explore, many of

the most important institutions of contemporary

life are designed for those

who enjoy group projects and high

levels of stimulation. As children, our

classroom desks are increasingly arranged

in pods, the better to foster

group learning, and research suggests

that the vast majority of teachers believe

that the ideal student is an extrovert.

We watch TV shows whose protagonists

are not the “children next

door,” like the Cindy Bradys and

Beaver Cleavers of yesteryear, but rock

stars and webcast hostesses with outsized

personalities, like Hannah

Montana and Carly Shay of iCarly. Even

Sid the Science Kid, a PBS-sponsored

role model for the preschool set, kicks

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