Marta Leshyk (DePaul ‘20)
Marta Leshyk (DePaul ‘20)
Aspiring high school English teacher who hopes to help students learn to love and value themselves the way an old friend once helped her. Loves cats immensely, and enjoys iced coffee in the dead of winter. Is the proud daughter of immigrants, and learned English from Elmo, the ultimate PBS scholar.
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Musings of a Millennial MEd: Graduation 2020
There are all kinds of love in this world, but never the same love twice.
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Musings of a Millennial MEd: Student Teaching Eve
This article was written well before Governor J. B. Pritzker ordered the closure of all Illinois schools, including CPS. Marta will not be student teaching until CPS reopens.
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Call Me, Miss Americana
“But I am actually really happy. Because I pick and choose now, for the most part, what I care deeply about. And I think that’s made a huge difference.”
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Watching Impeach-a-Palooza
None of this is a “hoax”, and this isn’t “fake news”.
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How to Ruin Thanksgiving Dinner 2019
How to have some fun at Thanksgiving 2K19, or any holiday dinner, for that matter.
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My Immune System is Eating My Thyroid, Amidst Other Things I Worry About
I've got 99 problems, but...
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Hey Hailey Baldwin, Death Threats Land Normal People in Jail
For those of you who, like me, had absolutely no clue who this lady was until the internet went bananas over her marriage to Justin Bieber...
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Travel Tips For Long Flights From a Seasoned Veteran
One of the few perks of having your entire family living on the other side of the Atlantic, besides the natural language acquisition and bicultural upbringing, is becoming a pro at travel hacks.
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Musings of a Millennial MEd: I'm Like, Super Mad Right Now
In my younger and more vulnerable years, I was a fourteen-year-old freshly anointed high schooler who self-identified as a volleyball...
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The Size of a Sweet Pea
According to the American Pregnancy Association, for women in their childbearing years, the chances of having a miscarriage can range from...
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TIME Slows Down Whenever She’s Around: A Week of Taylor Swift
It’s been a WEEK, swifties. A week.
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Why I Wish AOC Could Be My BFF
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of the youngest people to ever be elected to Congress, and I have never related to a politician more. Here...
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I Never Knew How Much I Had in Common with a Supermodel
Every adolescent, no matter how rich or famous, is still very much a vulnerable child who is just trying to fit in and realize who and what they are going to be in this world.
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Manafort, Maidan, and Mass Murder
Paul Manafort has a lot of Ukrainian blood on his hands.
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An Open Letter to Those Who Gracefully Text in Class
You know who you are.
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Musings of a Millenial MEd: Why I am a Loser Teacher
Who knows what kind of trouble I can stir when I become a loser teacher!
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Reasons Why I Love Aerie X NEDA
Getting #AerieREAL is a good thing.
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Planning to be Pretty in Pink?
So the other day, I took a long, romantic stroll across campus in the icy Chicago rain (so far away from my squishy desk chair and central...
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As Notorious as Kesha Rose Sebert
The personal is political - vote November 6th.
