Lori Falce stories, Page 16
Lori Falce: Parents in college scandal cheated kids out of failure
I screwed up a lot in middle school. And high school. And college. I rolled my eyes with disgust at the things my mother didn’t understand. I had a moral objection to homework. If there was a way to work a shortcut, I probably tried it. I did a lot...
Lori Falce: Women’s history is quiet, nameless
My grandmother didn’t make history. She made home. Grandma was a force of nature. She was barely more than 5 feet tall and was as delicate as the robins she fed on the porch, but I never knew anyone who did more in a day. She raised a family of...
Lori Falce: Favorite teachers show more than curriculum
My favorite teacher in elementary school was Mrs. Jones. She was my homeroom teacher, and in a small Catholic school, that meant she was the default for a lot of other classes. In addition to social studies, she handled religion, health and art. But her passion was geography. There was...
Lori Falce: Can I still trust a priest? And do I want to?
I have known a lot of priests in my life. I went to Catholic school, where we were generally much more intimidated by the nuns. The priests were like visiting guest lecturers, celebrities who made appearances in the odd morning religion classes and were on hand for Friday Masses or...
Lori Falce: Do you face white discrimination?
I am white. I’m not just a little white. I’m a lot of white. According to my AncestryDNA results, if there’s a way for a human being to be white, it’s part of the unique cocktail that is me. I am mostly English, a quarter German, a fifth Scotch-Irish, seasoned...
Lori Falce: Virginia racism, sex scandals provide lesson on consequences
Yes, Virginia, there are consequences for things you did in college. Or high school. Or a hotel room in Boston. Not to pick on the state known as “The Mother of Presidents and the Mother of Statesmen,” but lately, Virginia is also the “Mother of Chickens Coming Home to Roost.”...
Lori Falce: Experience matters
My husband loved The Rock. A wrestling fan and a movie buff who owned a video store, Matthew thought Dwayne Johnson was entertaining and funny. And there’s no way he would vote for him for president. I know this because Matthew was just as passionate about Lynn Swann. He loved...
Lori Falce: Social media has no indoor voice
We all have that person who doesn’t really get technology. Maybe it’s the TV remote that’s outside their scope. Maybe it’s the smartphone he never really wanted. For many, though, this is most publicly seen with social media. For me, it is generally with family. Names and relationships have been...
Falce: Be a good man
I want my son to be a good man. It’s not just that I want him to learn to be a hard worker. I do want that. And I want him to be someone who stands up for himself. I want him to be somebody who protects and provides for...
Lori Falce: Where has all the purple gone?
I don’t agree with you. I don’t believe the same things that you believe. I don’t want the same things that you want. I don’t think the same way you think. None of that needs to be the first step in a battle to the death of my will against...
The cost of a kid’s medication
The first time I went to the pharmacy with my new insurance, I held my breath and stiffened. I looked away and braced myself the same way I do when I get blood work or a flu shot. It was going to hurt. “That will be $35.” What? Oh, no....
