This is the story of the time that I felt like I was living in between two worlds. My parents are from Bangladesh but I was born & raised in Brooklyn, which is why consider myself more American because I
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Category: Unit 1
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
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Malcolm X-Rehana
After reading about Malcolm X”s “Saved” chapter 11, Malcolm X talks about his struggles on how he couldn’t read or write and how his grammar and spelling were very abysmal and he felt bad about it. especially writing a letter
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Resilience-Rehana
After reading Anne of green gables which is one of my favorite book, it has taught me to learn how to love yourself which I think it’s the greatest lesson of all. learning and appreciating about your self-identity is very
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Writing Task Mentor Quote-Rehana
Once upon a time, I had this friend in middle school and it was a nightmare! I was in the 6th grade and it was the first day of school, I was nervous to meet new people and make new
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Writing Task Mentor Quote- Newton
My mother tells me on multiple occasions that “you can’t be successful without putting in hard work to achieve your goals.” She has told me this plenty of times over the years but I was younger and now that I
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Mentor Quote — Adrian Example Student Post
“I wish you would apply yourself more. Not just in my class, but in everything. You are capable of doing great things.” — Ms. Glass, history teacher
It was a week before winter break in my Junior year of High
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Writing Task Mentor Quote-Devin T.
“Sometimes it’s the ones we love that hold us back the most and to move forward…eventually we’ll have to let them go.” This is a quote from the character Hannibal Lector in the show Hannibal to the main character Will
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Writing Task Mentor Quote — Jaqueline
“Ve a la escuela. Estudia lo que tu quieras. No te preocupes porque yo voy a encontrar la manera para apoyarte, auqnue me tenga que arrastrar por el piso.”
“Go to school. Study what you want. Don’t worry because I
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Writing Task Mentor Quote—Sangay
“Because you are a girl”.
Being a girl in a conservative family, there were times when my brother had all the freedom and I did not. Particularly during my teenage years, he could go out with friends for days whenever
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