Dr. Patricia O’Neill is a researcher, author, lecturer and former lawyer. She holds a DPhil (oxf) in sociology and social gerontology, a Juris Doctor, and Master’s degrees in gerontology, Italian history and education. She is a member of the California Bar and the British Society of Gerontology. Her recent book Urban Chinese Daughters (Palgrave, 2018) is available on Amazon.
In the last days of summer, when most of us were indulging in myriad entertainments, Florence’s secondary teachers were bracing for the fall semester. I learned this first-hand on an ...