Recent content by Andracciolo

I don't know if it makes any difference, but I wonder how old is this student. My own experience makes me ask this question. I was born in New York City of a Corsican father and Italian mother and lived there for 8 years. After that, I went with my parents to Canada, then Corsica. I had to...

This is what escapes me, totally. While I was born in the United States, I was raised mosty in Montreal. I went to French speaking schools there. In the equivalent of high school in Porto Vecchio, I lasted one week in public schools, because I fought with the other kids who made fun of...

.....and when I turned 18, I had to jump through hoops to get here. I didn't complain, I just did what they told me to do. It took some time, but I did it. If I, who have a right to be here by birth, have to go through steps, so do they. Admittedly, my steps were a bit easier than...