About Dr. Robert Wallace

Dr. Robert Wallace

Dr. Robert Wallace

Dr. Robert Wallace graduated from Knox College with a bachelor of arts degree, from Northern Illinois University with a master's degree in education and from Western Colorado University with a doctorate in Educational Philosophy.

He was a teacher at Hiawatha High School in Kirkland, Ill., Phoenix Union High School in Phoenix, Ariz., and La Quinta High School in Garden Grove, Calif. At all three schools he taught English and was the varsity basketball coach. He served as an assistant principal at Pacifica High School and principal at Garden Grove High School, both in southern California.

Wallace is a member of the National Education Association and the National Association of High School Administrators. He has served on the Board of Trustees at Knox College, the Orange County (Calif.) YMCA Board of Directors, The Galesburg (Ill.) Youth Athletic Association, and as a youth counselor at a psychiatric hospital in California.

The Stuttering Foundation of America selected him Print Journalist of the Year in 1997.

Check out his Q&A style column 'Tween 12 and 20.

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Should I Continue to Expose My 'Out-of-the-Box' Thinking? Mar 12, 2026

DR. WALLACE: I consider myself an avant-garde college student. I like to do things differently than most people do, and I enjoy bringing my unique style and perspectives into conversations with everyone I meet. This goes for my friends and inner circ... Read More

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My High School Dating Career Has Been Dismal Mar 11, 2026

DR. WALLACE: I'm a senior and have sadly only been asked out on a couple of dates the entire time I've been in high school. None of them resulted in ongoing relationships, so I've just suffered through a relatively weak social life thus far. I've tho... Read More

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I'm Yet Another New Year's Resolutions Loser! Mar 10, 2026

DR. WALLACE: I feel like a loser because I spent a lot of time writing out a list of 10 New Year's resolutions that I wanted to accomplish here in 2026. I'm sorry to report that we are heading now to the middle of March and I've only made a teeny bit... Read More

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I'm in an Academic Cycle of Frustration Mar 09, 2026

DR. WALLACE: I'm a freshman in high school and let's just say that I haven't had a great school year academically. I've always been a reasonably decent student back in grade school and intermediate school, but I've struggled this year at the high sch... Read More