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Posted on February 22, 2023 by Roffino
In my Comp 2 classes, I have started letting my students select a reader and one of my classes picked a great one. (This originally evolved from an issue/worry with Florida’s Governor Ron Desantis’s new restrictions on classroom topics, but in the end, it…
Posted on April 6, 2022 by Roffino
Maria Ressa, one of the most well known journalists from the Philippines, fighter for FACTS, and as a result, winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, is sharing right now (Wednesday, April 6) about how fragile Democracy is right now. She is speaking as…
Posted on April 1, 2022 by Roffino
Pranks and jokes are fun. They can lead people to laughter and high emotions. But there can be a right way to create the best pranks. For those who may not be aware, April Fool’s Day every April 1st is a tradition where people…
Posted on March 9, 2021 by Roffino
Would you risk your career and respect to share something that might shift laws and public perceptions?
Posted on July 10, 2020 by Roffino
Want to be better? Want to be taken even more seriously? Want to take down your enemies, ahem, I mean refute your opposition politely? Then it may be worth paying more attention to flaws in logic or argument. In writing circles, we call these…
Posted on June 10, 2020 by Roffino
People often ask me where to get started to learn more about race and the situation with institutional racism in the United States. These two articles are almost always discussed in my college writing classes for a number of reasons, but not because they…
Posted on June 8, 2020 by Roffino
Get a message through the fire to the other side
Posted on March 14, 2020 by Roffino
In this political landscape where so many stories one could tell are traps for this side or that side, it’s refreshing to hear a positive story about politics. This week in Stafford, Virginia, a Muslim man who is running for congress got some hate…
Category: "Conversations", Communicating With Other Perspectives, Positivity & Hope, Society Tags: christian, Civility, Good-stories, islam, positivity
Posted on February 22, 2018 by Roffino
After yet another school shooting, this one in Parkland, FL at Stoneman Douglas High School. Things are happening after this, the 18th school shooting in the US so far this year (and it’s only February). Young high schoolers are asking for change and are…
Posted on January 12, 2018 by Roffino
If you haven’t yet gotten into G. Willow Wilson’s new Ms. Marvel series, stop what you’re doing and order it. I first heard about this new Ms. Marvel storyline from a news article a few years ago that reported the new Ms. Marvel is…
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