Category Archives: ESL Links

Once again, after a protracted break, the Dowbrigade is back in the classroom on a daily basis. For the next twelve weeks we will be working with a group of 16 foreign business students, representing nine different countries: Korea, Japan, … Continue reading →

Wonder of wonders, handwriting is making a comeback. After twenty years of neglect, and flying in the face of technologically advanced alternate data recording methodologies, the art of writing legibly is back in vogue, and in the curriculum. Handwriting is … Continue reading →

It is always gratifying when one of our ridiculous rants is immediately ratified by an unrelated local news story. It was just yesterday that we (the Dowbrigade and his buddy the wisecracking traffic cop) were decrying the lack of manners … Continue reading →

The US government is doing its best to drive the Dowbrigade back into international exile. In addition to dismaying us with Orwellian distortions of reality and scaring the shit out of us with dire predictions of terroristic disaster, they are … Continue reading →

It is not only at the university level that foreign students are an endangered species in the United States these days. That time-honored stable of the 60’s and 70’s, the foreign exchange student, is disappearing from high schools across the … Continue reading →

Since 9/11, recruiting the raw material on which the Dowbrigade’s day job depends has become increasingly difficult. We are talking about foreigners who come to this country to participate in and contribute to the finest and most extensive university system … Continue reading →

It is clear that American culture has become so litigious that our court system and the medical profession are in danger of paralysis due to superfluous lawsuits. For a reminder that things do not necessarily have to be this way … Continue reading →

A scary insight into the level on which our fighting men and woment are trying to overcome the language and culture gap on the ground in Iraq. Most of these brave American boys and girls are in their teens and … Continue reading →

Springfield, Mass (Dowbrigade News) An enraged driver at the Massachusetts State Fair today crashed his monster truck into the Demolition Derby Bumper Car ride about half a mile from the Monster Truck pit. Leroy Fenstermeister, the driver of the Monster … Continue reading →

  Yesterday Dave Winer mentioned in passing an idea which we have been thinking about more and more lately. He wrote, "I want Internet access to become ubiquitous and free as soon as possible." Let us take that thought to … Continue reading →