The Blog of Cinzia La Strega

I'm trying, but old habits die hard.

It's that time of the year again, when students stir from their somnolent states, look up from their smart phones for a moment, squint i...

I teach remedial English to students in a community college who are not native speakers.  They are mostly international students from Asia o...

Although we're only halfway through the quarter, one of my students has already failed another class because she plagiarized an essay, a...

When I'm not tearing my hair out, my students' papers sometimes make me laugh.  Last week I showed my class the "Blackfish...

Matt Forney ‏ @ realmattforney If you are a teacher or work in edu...

My therapist suggests I "intellectualize" my emotions, and she's absolutely right. My question is, What's wrong with that?...

Over at the Men's Rights Subreddit this morning, a high school student is plaintively soliciting help in dealing with his English teach...

Over at Captain Capitalism , a rave review of Roosh V.'s new compendium The Best of Roosh, Part I . First of all, Capt. Cap warns othe...