“Why wasn’t I starting on the football squad this season, no matter how many passes the other guy dropped? Tell me we wouldn’t be treated different if we was white. Or Japanese. Or Hawaiian. Or fucking Eskimo.”
I started to …
Author: Leslie Martinez
Writing Task Between Two Worlds – Leslie Martinez
It’s a major challenge and stress when you’re consistently feeling like you pacing back and forth between two different worlds. I continuously fight with my inner self and outer self about 85% of my day about how I will be …
Writing Task Mentor Quote- Leslie Martinez
Quote: “you wont ever be able to be proud of yourself if you keep saying you cant. Only you can change that.”
There once this english teacher my freshman year of highschool that suprisingly actually helped me love english and …
Intro- Leslie Martinez
Hey, my name is Leslie Ann Martinez, this is my second semester at city tech and it feels great to be back. I come from a country called the Dominican Republic which is very popular so it might be familiar …
Reading Response to Malcolm X- Leslie Martinez
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“I saw that the best thing I could do was to get hold of a dictionary- -to study, to learn some words. I was lucky enough to reason also that I should try to improve my penmanship. It …
Reading Response FDouglass -Leslie Martinez
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“With their kindly aid, obtained at different times and in different places, I finally succeeded in learning to read. When I was sent to errands, I always took my book with me, and by doing one part of my …
Writing Task Resilience–Leslie Martinez
One major struggle for me during the pandemic was staying indoors. I believe this was such a hassle for me because I’m someone who loves to be outside even if it’s to take a walk down the street and walk …
