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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His Personal Hygiene Is Lacking, and He Ignores It! Oct 25, 2025

DR. WALLACE: I've been dating a guy at my high school for the past three weeks, and although he's a likable enough guy, his personal hygiene is making me alarmingly aware of how poor his awareness of this is! For whatever reason, he always seems to h... Read More

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Which Repeat Would Be More Impressive? Oct 24, 2025

DR. WALLACE: I'm a high school student and a guy who loves sports. My high school teammates and I have been in a huge discussion lately. Some of us feel that if the Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani were to win the World Series two years in a row, that would... Read More

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My Mom Just Read It, Then Grounded Me! Oct 23, 2025

DR. WALLACE: My mom happened to find my diary, and of course she read it! Most of what was in there was pretty basic and not too bad. But without going into details, I did make a few notations about a boy I've been seeing lately. Fortunately, I didn'... Read More

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Will His Drug Use Cause Any Negative Effects? Oct 22, 2025

DR. WALLACE: I'm a couple years under the age of 18, and I just found out that I'm a few months pregnant. The father of this child sadly has been doing hard drugs for the past six months or more. Please don't lecture me about the mistakes I've made, ... Read More