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High School

High and dry. Is Italy failing its high-school students?

(16 09 2008) Walter De Marco

One third of the high-school students in Italy do not complete their first year. It’s the heavy price they pay for having to pick a specialty without adequate guidance

Staten Island Dojo Wars

(15 08 2008) Marc Edward DiPaolo

As a new black-belt, I faced opposition from fellow students who remembered me "when." But how does one defeat insubordination?

Dial Tone

(26 05 2008) Marc Edward DiPaolo

In which I try to dig up a prom date, and accidentally make life a little bit worse for a woman whose father is dying.

The "Martin Scorsese" Syndrome

(20 05 2008) Marc Edward DiPaolo

When I was in high school, I felt like the only Italian kid who didn't act like a character from a Scorsese movie.

Water Cooler Conversations About Baptism

(08 02 2008) Marc Edward DiPaolo

Going to public school was great ... until my fellow high school students found out I was a religious Catholic. Suddenly, they were worried I was a right-wing, religious fanatic....

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