it is important every student is able to reach their fullest potential. Erin Gruwell, born in southern California on August 15, 1969, roves to be a symbol of hope and change as she forever changed the lives of her troubled high school students at Woodrow Wilson High School who were “written off by the education system”(Rea,2012) by allowing them a voice and instilling infinite potential in every student. Long before Gruwell became a teacher she aspired to be a lawyer. However, after seeing the violent
Diary” by Erin Gruwell. The movie begins showing the 1992 race riots resulting from the beating of Rodney King. This sets the scene for the racial tension present in Long Beach, California. This racial tension has touched the lives of every student assigned to Mrs. Gruwell’s freshman English class. In order to give the students an opportunity to open up about their individual thoughts and experiences, Erin buys composition books and encourages her students to write each day. Erin Gruwell goes above
change. This topic is presented many times throughout history. Erin Gruwell and her class of Room 203 support this topic as they went through change several times through the movie. Mrs Gruwell influences all kinds of changes in her classroom. The class as a whole of room 203 faces the greatest change of their lives. Tupac Shakur relates to this topic greatly as well from his song, Changes. Throughout the Freedom Writers movie, Erin Gruwell was the face of change. “I realize that if you can change
a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world”, is what Erin Gruwell said when speaking about her calling as a teacher in an inner city school. Erin Gruwell identifies as an author in the time period of postmodernism. Postmodernism is characterized by being of the late twentieth century, and by the style in which it is known to test the boundaries in a rebellious way. When Erin Gruwell was given the task of managing a less than excited high school class, she took the opportunity
sizes. They can be fictional or nonfictional. Maybe a hero is a child or possibly an ordinary person. People can also have multiple heroes. Whatever, I think of my current hero, Erin Gruwell comes to mind. She is caring, selfless, and inspiring. Sometimes in life a hero commits minute acts of kindness. When I think of Erin caring, selfless, and inspiring are all great words to use. In the movie The Freedom Writers, when she walked on to the school campest it was like a war zone. The school was racially
recognize or make a certain connection. The connection between the novel The Freedom Writers Diary and government is one that is not direct; it has invisible threads as one might say. The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell is an inspirational novel about a new young teacher, Ms. Gruwell, and her English class at Woodrow Wilson High School. The novel goes through the student’s high school careers from freshman until graduating seniors. It tells the stories of each student anonymously in the form
she is able to purchase the books through institutionalized means. Through her efforts, she is able to gain her students trust on a personal and academic level. 2. The concept of “retreatism” is seen in the scene where Scott Casey wants to divorce Erin Gurwell. Casey is displeased with how his life has become for he is not satisfied with his job, the constant absence of his wife, and his role as a husband. Anomie, the pressure he feels from his turmoil lifestyle, thus urges him to get a divorce with
where such interactions and ideals may be more concealed or masked as average. Injustice and being caught up in futile disputes leaves marks on those who experience such issues in any form. In The Freedom Writers Diary by the Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell, these ideas are brought to the attention of the reader, eliciting the same
That’s exactly what Erin Gruwell, an urban area English teacher did. She made the people around her want to achieve. We all need someone positive in our lives who makes us want to do better and strive for excellence when we want to give up. Eventually, we will be able to motivate ourselves. Now, Erin Gruwell fascinated me the moment I learned how she influenced the lives around her. The more I read her interviews and listened to her lectures the more captivated I became. Erin Gruwell influenced her students
riots. Teacher Erin Gruwell, played by actress Hillary Swank, wanted to be a part of the integration plans put in place at that time and decides to leave the security of Newport Beach to teach at a school in Long Beach, where crime rates are much higher. This school is full of teachers and administration that are bitter because their high achieving school has been going downhill ever since this integration plan has been put in place putting blame on the “unteachable” students. Erin, being the passionate
upbringing. I can’t really help Eduardo without actually knowing the person deep within himself. Reference Gargiulo, R. M. (2010). Special education in contemporary society, an introduction to exceptionality. (4 ed.). Sage Publications, Inc. Gruwell, E. (2007). Teach with your heart:lessons i learned from the freedom writers. New York: Broadway Books. Shechtman, Z., & Silektor, A. (2012). Social Competencies and Difficulties of Gifted Children Compared to Nongifted Peers. Roeper Review, 34(1)
challenges. Erin Gruwell in the Freedom Writers was very persistent. When Gruwell first starting teaching in room 203 the students were very disrespectful towards her and would not cooperate. Many of the students were not expected to graduate and go to college. The students faced problems both at home and at school with substance abuse, gang violence, and poverty. Gruwell did not let the students uncooperative behavior discourage her from helping the students. To make them more cooperative Gruwell had the
Theme Essay: The film Freedom Writers directed by Richard La Gravenese is an American film based on the story of a dedicated and idealistic teacher named Erin Gruwell, who inspires and teaches her class of belligerent students that there is hope for a life outside gang violence and death. Through unconventional teaching methods and devotion, Erin eventually teaches her pupils to appreciate and desire a proper education. The film itself inquiries into several concepts regarding significant and polemical
----------Unhie Yangsook Choi’s ‘The Name Jar’ published in the year 2001 is multicultural children’s fiction which deals with the apprehensions of a newly arrived Korean girl Unhie in the United States who is nervous about her name which she thinks kids in her new school will not be able to pronounce or understand. On the first day of her school while giving an introduction she tells the class that she hasn’t picked up a name yet post which a large jar filled with different American English names
A variety of movies have boring plots and uninteresting storylines, however they are a few diamonds in the rough like The Freedom Writers. The Freedom Writers is an in-depth perspective upon the rough suburban lives of what seems to be severely uneducated teenagers living in poverty. The movie was set in Woodrow Wilson High School which is located in Long Beach California. The school opened up voluntarily to implement an integrated program which was a major flaw and is severely unsuccessful. All
Freedom Writers is a movie of a first year teacher named Mrs. Gruwell and her students. Mrs. Gruwell is passionate of her work and her students. Her students were classified difficult because of their lifestyle. Mrs. Gruwell had all the difficult students in her class. It was challenging for her to have the school commit in helping with reading supplies for the students. This lead for Mrs. Gruwell to buy her own supplies. The administration staff and other teacher did not have any hope for the students
My entire life I have always been on the search of a career that would fit my persona, fit who I truly am, and to become someone who will constantly have the ability to help people through their difficult problems that they face. Throughout my life I have been deemed the type of person that people felt comfortable coming to with their problems. Maybe people feel this way because they sense that I have a sympathetic ear? Well, all I can say is that human behavior has always seemed interesting to me
In the movie, Freedom Writers, the students of room 203 raised money for Miep Gies, the woman who helped hide Anne Frank, to come and speak at their school. When she arrived, the students were in awe of her bravery and courage, one even claimed she was a hero, however, she rebutted and said, “‘You are heroes every day’”. She was trying to convey to the students that her actions, while monumental now, were simply her doing the right thing. Whereas everyday Ms. Gruwell's students were fighting in an
When Mrs. Gruwell first arrives at Woodrow Wilson High School, she does not know what to expect. She teaches a freshman English class with students separated into their own racial groups. It is very challenging for Mrs. Gruwell to teach her students because they refuse to work hard, and they are not united together as a classroom. Mrs. Gruwell unites her students by making them read books that relate to their life. Mrs. Gruwell assigns Durango Street, The Diary of Anne Frank, and 12 Angry Men to
The Freedom writers movie and book are based on the real diaries of high students from Woodrow Wilson Classical High School. The book was published in 1999 and was writed by the students of Ms.Gruwell class. Mrs.Gruwell was a new teacher to WWC High School in 1994. She didn’t know was she was getting herself into. She taught Freshman that were at the 5th grade reading level. Students didn't really care much for school or anything else. The campus of WWC High School was divided from different races