Films reedom Writers and To Sir with Love Show the Meaning of Education

What is education? Two words probably jump out at most people: learning and school. Yet, how much students are actually learning must be analyzed because passing through is not the same thing as experiencing. In the same case learning is the same thing as receiving information and moving on. Even so, schools are blindly addressing the two as the same thing because secondary institutions have compressed education into numbers that signify intelligence. However, when education and school become two entities, children are not able to reach their full potential which then leads to them being unhappy in life as an adult.

This relationship is also used to show that by getting to know each other, students will stop fighting. At the beginning of the film, it showed violence on the street and a narration that stated, “We kill each other over race, pride and respect” (Freedom Writers). As the film then progresses on, it demonstrates that fighting in the classroom was a daily thing. The reasoning for this was because the students believed that it was unsuitable to go against their own race. Erin Gruwell realized this when one of her students drew a racist picture of Jamal. A few days later she had them play a game that involved standing on a red line in the middle of the room if they could relate to her question. As the game started, the tone of the scene was lighthearted

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

The Freedom Writers Diary was published in 1999, the book brings insight to all the struggles the teenagers at Wilson High School had to face and had gone through. Soon after the Freedom Writers movie came out in the year of 2007, the film gives viewers a better understanding on how the students came to making their own book. The book and the movie have very unique differences. But I strongly believe the film is much better than the book. When I had finished watching the film, I thought it was great, but then I came to finding out it was based on real life stories that happened.

The film “Freedom Writers”, directed by Richard LaGravenese, is an inspiring story, and a fantastic action-packed heartfelt movie. Released in 2007, the film was produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher. It stars Hilary Swank, April Lee Hernandez and Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, and Patrick Dempsey who played their role very well. The film is based on The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell (a real person), and is about a teacher and her relationship with her students, which has a positive impact on their lives. The themes in the movie are about friendships and overcoming racism and poverty. It has a powerful message for at-risk students which helps to make this a good film to watch.

A lot has changed over the years. People have become more sensitive over words and over history. It has come to a point where it is almost impossible to go a day without saying something to offend or hurt someone. We have come to schools not teaching lessons, but teaching to avoid offensive topics. In this paper I am writing about “Modern Educashyn” a short film put together by College students about today’s Education.

As Hallam and Ireson (1999) suggest, education is about ensuring pupils learn skills and gain qualifications so that when they leave they are find employment in whatever

OVERALL IMPRESSION OF THE MOVIE Freedom Writers is a poignant film based on the book, The Freedom Writers by Erin Gruwell and her students from Room 203. I really like how the movie captures the stories of the people from Room 203. The film also shows the different perspective of the stories written by the students, it help theviewers undertsnad the problems that they were facing at the moment. Furthermore, the narration of Eva Hernandez story in the film gave a powerful impact to me. The role of Erin Gruwell was given justisce by the acting of Hillary Swank and the role of Eva was by the acting of April Lee Hernandez.

In the movie “The Freedom Writers, newly licensed high school teacher Erin Gruwell is teaching a large group of students who are different in race and ethnicity and are participants and/or indirectly affected by gang violence in L.A. The name Freedom Writers is a name given to her students by which they were inspired by the Freedom Riders activists in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. The film is based on the true story of Woodrow Wilson High School in L.A. that has given up on students such as Erin Gruwell’s English students that they are perceived by the school as hopeless students with little chance of success in life or even graduation. But Erin, alone, inspires dozens of her students into changing their perceptions of education and inspires them to break out of falling into their respective stereotypes given to them. In the film, there are struggles that Erin goes through to try to educate these teenagers such as little support from her fellow colleagues, racial stereotypes and discriminatory perceptions of her students by the staff members, hostility towards Erin from her students, racial barriers between her and her students while Erin is also having personal life problems with her marriage. But eventually, through preservation, patience, kindness, and understanding, Erin gradually makes breakthroughs with her children by giving her students journals to understand them better. Throughout the film, we learn about the background stories of the teenagers through

Gruwell quickly learned that her students had more to worry about than homework; her students went home to gunfire, gangs, drugs, and a host of other scary situations. The students were convinced that they had nothing to learn from a white woman who had never experienced firsthand the violence, discrimination, and hatred that was part of their everyday lives.

“Freedom Writers” is based on a true story about Erin Gruwell, a first time teacher who given a class of underperforming students. The students have experienced gang and racial violence which is displayed throughout the movie. I am going to focus on the leadership behavior of Erin Gruwell through her style of coaching. Through her leadership of coaching her students, she was able to open their eyes to a whole new perspective of the world that there is not just gang and racial violence, but there is something special about each and every one of them.

Freedom Writers (2007), a Paramount Pictures production, was a very motivating story of an inspiring teacher who puts herself in bad situations to change and make differences in the lives of the students in which she becomes acquainted with as a new teacher in Long Beach, California. The story took place in the year of 1994, and was documented on film to have been based on the true story of Erin Guwell (2007). Guwell who was played by Jennifer Gardner, was portrayed to be caring, tough and determined to teach her students to become more than they ever thought that they could be. The inner city school made up primarily of low income minorities proved to be filled with challenges that Mrs. Guwell was faced and she demonstrated ways to become successful in her endeavors as she focused on her beliefs. Guwell showcased an Idealist philosophy which seemed very similar to what would be considered

Education is one of the most important values in a person's life. It shapes many of our choices, attitudes and

The greatest stories that people have heard about throughout their lives are about characters who have worked hard to overcome obstacles, proving the rest of the world wrong by doing so. These underdog stories are highly effective when it comes to their ability to captivate and inspire many different audiences. One specific example of this is in the movie The Freedom Writers. This movie, directed by Richard LaGravenese, is a real life example of people overcoming the circumstances they are surrounded with and making something out of themselves. This story opens up in 1994 California when a first year educator takes on a job that involves teaching the unteachable (Freedom Writers). This movie goes above and beyond because it shows not only the students struggle to achieve better grades, but the struggle of their teacher to give her students another opportunity for their lives. The Freedom Writers is an important story that inspires many people due to the underlying theme that sometimes the outsiders and the underdogs can overcome their obstacles and achieve their ultimate goal.

When asking the question 'what is education? ' there can be many diverse and correct answers, this is down to the question being philosophical. To be able to find out what education is, understanding philosophy is can be vital. There are many different definitions of what philosophy is, according to oxford dictionary, they define philosophy as" it 's the use of reason in understanding such things as the nature of reality and existence, the use and limits of knowledge and the principles that govern and influence moral judgement" (Dictionary, 2016). The word philosophy is a geek word with the meaning of ' love of wisdom ', philosophers research meaning of concepts to clarify human nature and knowledge (Bates.J et al, 2009).