“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
Quote 1:
“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
Quote:
“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 …
