Contemporary Literacy Jorge Q

            Music is a sanctuary for many people in today’s society and it provides a moment of peace to many people. In the other Wes Moore’s Hip Hop played a special role is Moore’s life. The role that music plays in my life is small but important. Music for me presents an adrenaline rush and a push to go harder. Since a young kid I have been listening to classical music from my country but as soon as I moved to the United States everything changed. Since I moved to Jersey City my music taste has completely changed. I started listening to many Rap/HipHop artist since it was the most popular in my area.             In the book, “The other Wes Moore” the author gets pranked into thinking that he could escape military school and go back home. In my life many people have tried to trick me into certain things, but I haven’t fell for any but one. When I was about 13, I was tricked by a classmate w...

                                                                           Wes Moore Life Path    The author describes Wes Moore life different because he made different decisions when it comes to life correlating to me, I have made a decision that I believe could have altered my life path. A decision that I made that could have altered my life path was making the decision to move to America. This was a joint effort from my mother and I. My mother having a six-figure job in Colombia was the hardest to leave since it is really rare for a person to reach a six-figure income in COL. I also had to make the decision to leave all of my friends and all of my family behind for this new life. This would have altered my life because I wouldn’t know the things I know...

                                                                                                Wes Moore      In today’s society the greatest battle we face is stopping the youth from involving themselves in crime and violence. In my opinion, we are products of our expectations. Since youth there was a time in all our lives were someone paved the road. Someone we looked up to install this expectation in our head from wanting us to be a police officer to being the highest rank gang member. This question means a lot to me in many ways. Since a young kid I always had really high expectations of myself disregarding the hardships I had to go through. When I first arrived in th...