Comparing Gruwell, Miss Campbell, And Eva Benitez In Freedom Writers

Pedro Noguera, a phenomenal urban sociologist and a professor at New York University confronts the problems which exist in our nation’s education system in his book, City Schools and the American Dream: Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education. Noguera describes what he views to be the main problems facing urban education and suggests strategies for improvement. From years of experience as a teacher and school board member, he reflects on what he believes to be the real problems. Noguera blames the school’s failures on students, parents, and teachers which leads to blame local government officials or policymakers. Noguera states in City Schools and the American Dream, “The central argument of this book is that until there is a genuine commitment to address the social context of schooling — to confront the urban condition — it will be impossible to bring about significant and sustainable improvements in urban public schools” (pg.6). Noguera believes that we must address the central problem to make any type of solutions for improvement.

In the writing Fremont High School by Jonathan Kozol he discusses the reality of urban schools and how they are unable to obtain the proper education. At Fremont High School children are not always able to eat during their lunch period, the proper education needed for college is not obtained, the school reflects institutional discrimination, and the building is overcrowded limiting course offerings for children.

     In Savage Inequalities, Jonathan Kozol documents the devastating inequalities in American schools, focusing on public education’s “savage inequalities” between affluent districts and poor districts. From 1988 till 1990, Kozol visited schools in over thirty neighborhoods, including East St. Louis, the Bronx, Chicago, Harlem, Jersey City, and San Antonio. Kozol describes horrifying conditions in these schools. He spends a chapter on each area, and provides a description of the city and a historical basis for the impoverished state of its school. These schools, usually in high crime areas, lack the most basic needs. Kozol creates a scene of rooms without heat, few supplies or text, labs with no

However, Wacquant brings the term “inner city” to light, breaking down its meaning: “black and poor.” Living in Chicago gives one an exemplary example of the term “inner city” meaning “poor, black ghettos.” The references to “inner city” schools being synonymous with “poor quality” and “mostly African American” are damaging to urban terminology and creating a predetermined perspective of those who call the “inner city” home. The “hypersegregation” of the city of Chicago is a topic within itself, but the institution of segregation is, without question, existent here. In addition, “inner city” is becoming a label which implies unavoidable incarceration.

The Freedom Writers is a book that is based on real events things that has happened in real life. This story was written by a teacher and her name is mrs. gruelle and also by some of her students at Wilson High School. Mrs.gruelle had hope in the students when they would say that the group of students at Wilson High School were a lost hope and a group that society had given up on then but Mrs. Gruelle didn't she had hope this book was published in 1999 and the movie that they made was released in 2007. There was some different things and some things that were similar in the book and in the movie in the book it tells you more details but then the movie and but in the movie it shows you more things that didn't happen in the movie or in the book. I think that the book gives you more detail the movie just gives you the pictures and a little better understanding. In the movie all it shows and telling about Mrs. Gruelle's story more and her personal life. Like

A young girl named Maria has been bullied by Jawanna because; she took Maria’s brownies and her lunch money in the cafeteria during lunch. Jawanna is the antagonist character because; she bullied a young girl named Maria. Maria was scared of Jawanna. After class Ms. McMillian talked to Maria about her teacher had been bullied by the character Carrie Carter when she was in school when she was Maria’s age. Carrie Carter asked Ms. McMillian to do her homework for her. Ms. McMillian didn’t give her Carrie Carter her lunch money during lunch. Maria sat there and she thought about it during dinner time. The next day during recess Maria and her friend named Jessica sat on the bench why the rest of the kids were playing at recess. Suddenly the Jawanna

Cameron  Morgan is a young girl who goes to a school called The Gallagher Academy For Exceptional Young Women, a school for spies. Cammie’s mother is also the headmistress of the school. At the beginning of the semester, Cammie is reunited with her friend, Liz. All of the students are told to head down to the Grand Hall to await greeting. While walking down the grand staircase Cammie and Liz both wonder where their friend, Bex is. As greeting is going on, Cammie and Liz  find out that they have a new teacher.(Which is very weird for their school). While Cammie’s mom is greeting the new students, the new teacher bursts in halfway through and so does their friend Bex. This leads Cammie to wonder why they came in

Yvette Jackson, Chief Executive Officer of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, is internationally recognized for her deep knowledge of the learning potential of marginalized urban students. Her book, The Pedagogy of Confidence: Inspiring High Intellectual Performance in Urban Schools, dispels the theory that student achievement is best improved by implementing policies that focus on weakness. It is written in hopes to “rekindle educator’s belief in the vast capacity of their urban students and to restore their confidence in their own ability to inspire high intellectual performance by these students” (Jackson, 1). This book is inspiring and an important piece of literature for teachers, administrators, superindedants, and

Poor quality of education poses the greatest threat at this period of time in American history. In today’s society, black public schools lack enough resources for students to become aware of their own history. Money, books, overcrowded classrooms and unmotivated teachers are all the things that can negatively affect the quality of education. This type of environment for urban public schools has been around for decades, versus the more high achieving suburban schools which are often considered private schools.

Freedom writers is a story about Erin Gruwell, a teacher who tries to make her students who have lost themselves in gangs to believe in themselves. She is given a very tough class of students at Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California. Her students do not like her at first because she is a white person. However, over time they feel closer to her and learn to accept and respect her, and start calling her Miss G. During the movie miss G fights against the principal and her husband, Scott Casey, to give her best for the kids she is teaching in classroom 203.

In the film, Freedom writers contained wide variety of sensitive topics. From prejudice to racism it dived into the unspoken part of society.

The first day of taking this class is realized there was a sundry of antic people in this class. Dylan who they call, “Arms” dwindles everyone who is compared to him because of his massive size. Caleb or “Joe” gives Mrs. Fleming perturbation and fury because he does not know when to talk talking. Mrs. Fleming always gives “Joe” a mar look whenever he ask her a question that she just told us the answer to. She will then upbraid him and tell him to be quiet. I glad they never

The concept of the movie also can be used in terms of academics as persistence and hard-work are major traits any student should have in order to be successful in their studies. The documentary challenged me to think in a way I have never thought before, which is to always be aware

During a tournament in summer, Eva is not as confident of her skills and, Campbell in order to make her feel better, pronounce her the third in the line of secession if Campbell loses her position after, Skylar and Kylar. This lift up Eva’s confidence enough to take Truman High School was triumphant. Unfortunately, Campbell received bad news; she was going to be moved to Jackson High School, a school with not even a cheerleading

The imagery in this book, is when the Freedom Writers stand in a circle in Washington D.C, to commemorate those who were lost to a shooting. There is also imagery when the students stand outside of the school, due to some students being killed.