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

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

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.

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

“Freedom Writers” is a powerful film that is based on a true story about a teacher named Erin Gruwell, who struggles to connect with her students to make them believe that they can succeed in life, and to show them that their lives, experiences, and knowledge is valuable, all while attempting to unify them and to overcome racial segregation and gang violence that is part of their daily lives. Gruwell focuses on introducing the concepts of discipline and obedience in her classroom. She gradually begins to earn their trust and buys them composition books to record their diaries, in which they talk about their experiences of being abused, seeing their friends die, and being evicted; Gruwell refers to the composition books as “The Freedom Writers Diary.”

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

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

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

     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

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.

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

It shows that diversity doesn’t mean separation. Instead, we can live together peacefully with one another. Ethics, skin color, and how you look are the things that make you who you are. Erin does not only inspire the students, but the audience too. She never gave up on her position, moreover she is enhanced in it each day. She didn’t change the student’s character, but she changed the student’s point of view and it made them feel like their lives were worth living. She broke down the walls that separated the students from each other. This movie demonstrated that to change how we think about our life can make our life different. The song in this movie helps in making the story more interesting, you can clearly see how the story flows and how all the problems were solved. This movie shows us what is happening now in our world, they demonstrated us the conflict and showed us that many people have been suffering from it. Watching this movie with your friends and family is a marvelous idea and you will know what a great movie is

In the movie, The Freedom Writers Mrs. Erin Gruwell (Hillary Swank) plays a role of a dedicated teacher who did all she could, to help her students learn to respect themselves and each other. She has little idea of what she's getting into when she volunteers to be an English teacher at a newly integrated high school in Long Beach, California. Her students were divided along racial lines and had few aspirations beyond basic survival. Mrs. Gruwell was faced with a big challenge when a group of freshmen students showed her nothing but disrespect which made it hard for her to communicate, teach and understand them. However, Erin Gruwell was determined that no matter the cost she would teach her students not only

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.

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