The Freedom Writers Diary By David Gruwell

During the first day of sophomore year, Erin made a party and made her class do a Toast for Change, allowing everyone to express their struggles and what they want to change about themselves. This inspired Eva to not fallow her father saying by always protecting her own rather than telling the truth. This inspired students to continue education regardless of their struggle. At the end, Erin asked her students to write their diaries in book that she named Freedom Writers. Her husband divorces her and Margaret tells her she cannot teach her kids for their junior year. Erin fought that decision, eventually convincing the superintendent to permit her to teach her kids' junior and senior year. The film ends with a note that Erin successfully prepared numerous high school students to graduate high school and attend college that made them the first in their families to do

“But even an ordinary secretary or a housewife or a teenager can, within their own small ways, turn on a small light in a dark room.” The 2007 film Freedom Writers, based on the 1999 novel The Freedom Writers Diary, includes many well-known celebrities including Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, and Mario and was directed by Richard LaGravensee (Dargis). The motion picture gives viewers a look into Erin Gruwell’s freshman and sophomore English classes at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. Gruwell, a new teacher, is hired to teach an incredibly diverse class consisting of blacks, Asians, and Latinos, many of whom are involved or have been influenced by the gang war occurring in their area. Erin soon realizes that she is not going to be able to simply teach the children in her class, she must be creative to find a new, interesting way to get her point across and received. The film demonstrates that through patience, courage, and acceptance much can be accomplished. Freedom Writers contains an apparent theme of prejudice that still applies to the world today.

Richard LaGravenese’s film Freedom Writers, released in 2007, touches upon true events experienced by the students of Ms. Erin Gruwell’s class in Room 203. Each of these students has their own story to tell about the overcoming of life-long struggles that they face, and ultimately, through the help of Erin Gruwell, become friends. Their development as people and their realisation that their lives are not as different as they first think, blossoms into mutual respect that can be found only in Room 203. Fundraisers, activities and class discussions help the students understand and respect each other. Erin Gruwell creates Room 203 as a sanctuary for the students and treats everyone in the class as an equal, and as Erin Gruwell introduces them

Freedom Writers begins with 23-year old Erin Gruwell starting her first year as a teacher. She is extremely optimistic, until a fight breaks out in her classroom on the very first day. The principal warns her not to get her hopes up, seeing as those students most likely will drop out after freshman or sophomore year. Most of them

Freedom Writers is a film about a young, idealistic teacher Erin Gruwell and her class of racially mixed students at Wilson High School in long Beach, California. It is based on a true story. The movie shows us, how can a new inspirational teacher change the inner-city and at-risk students, who all live pretty tough lives, from self -desert to feel free in mind? It’s believed that her optimism and perseverance, using proper strategies to grasp the mental change and devoting all her energy to the children, which many other teachers can learn from, make her success.

The Freedom Writers was a drama/teen filmed in 2007, starring Hilary Swank. It was directed by Richard LaGravenese. He’s an American screenwriter and film director, best known as the writer of The Fisher King. The movie was based on the story of a dedicated teacher named Erin Gruwell (Hillary Swank), who inspires and teaches her class of aggressive students that there is hope in this world for a life outside gang violence. This film will keep you curious about what’s going to happen next. Unlike most dramas, they are cliché and very predictable. In fact, Freedom Writers is realistic, and a lot of people can relate if they watch it. Does the Freedom Writers movie succeed in helping teachers engage, enlighten, and empower at-risk students to reach their full potential?

In my interviews, as stated earlier in the paper, I met with two freshman students living in Templin Residence Hall from two very different backgrounds: One an eighteen year old female from California and the other a nineteen year old male from Japan. Asking them general questions about their lives and their personal opinions on their lives, I saw a distinct pattern of answers between both of them that reflect a similar developmental stage. When asked about what they would change about themselves, they both thought about their grades, which is understandable being at a university. Not only that, but both participants, when asked about the best part of being an adult responded that it was the freedom, “Not having anyone to tell me what to do,” as our male participant put it. The idea of each participant wanting their own personal freedom puts both of them within the

In the beginning of the school year, Ms. Gruwell saw her students as ordinary kids. Once Ms. Gruwell read her student’s journals, she sees them with new eyes. The journals are her gateway into the lives of her students. When Ms.

It is nothing less than a miracle that all 150 of the Freedom Writers graduated from high school and went on to college. It is likely that none of their achievements would have been possible without Gruwell's fierce determination and

This movie Freedom Writers is based on a true story. Freedom Writers is a film which related to racial discrimination, education and many other issues. The whole story takes place in a larger environment of strong racial and gang wars. The fall of 1994, Erin Gruwell stood before her first group of student. These kids were from the poorest and the bottom of society, and lived under the serious racial discrimination. They never heard of the teacher, and they did not know how to love and respect others. They contradict to accept Erin from the hearts, but Erin did not give up them. She tried to come close to their hearts by various ways and gradually gained their trust.

When I entered high school, I was skeptical that it would go by as fast as everyone said. Then suddenly the years flew by and now graduation is only a few months away. By looking back at my fourteen-year-old self, I can see the many ways in which I have grown as an individual. My high school experiences especially enabled my character to flourish. I believe that by increasing my efforts in leadership, service, and scholarship I was able to become who I am today.

In life everyone goes through some sort of struggle or incident in life that changes them. The film freedom writer which is based on a true story, a group of young teenagers fight their own battles everyday living in long beach, California. Despite the battles that they face everyday; they had a one person who was willing to listen and do just about anything I her power to seek that they got their education and made sure they made it to college. That particular person was their English teacher Mrs.Gruwell.The film was directed by Richard LaGravenese and the movie starred Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank), Scott Cassidy(Patrick Dempsey),Steve Grawell,Erin Father(Scott Glenn),Margaret Camel (Imelda Stanton) and many more.

In today 's society, there are issues that are more important than another. There may be some disagreements on which issue is more important than the rest. Which leads to the most important topic in life, education. At a young age, we are enrolled in school from kindergarten to senior year of high school. When you hit high school you are preparing for your future; attending college, joining the work force, the military, etc. However, one thing seems to go unnoticed, this is the notion that a young ones career as a student is simply molded when they are in their elementary years. This now leads to the topic of this essay; Jonathan Kozol 's book and his research on students from the inner city.

The movie, Freedom Writers, created in 2007, and directed by Richard LaGravenese, is an exceptional movie about a class at Woodrow Wilson High School that was involved in gang violence in the early 90’s. The class’s teacher, Erin Gruwell, changes their lives and shows them that life is not all about gangs. Additionally, she has her class write in journals that later on get published into a book; the class titles the book, Freedom Writers. Throughout the film, LaGravenese does a superb job of displaying the students stories in a way that plays with one’s emotions. Furthermore, LaGravenese also delineates Gruwell’s ability to change the students lives. Overall, this is an excellent movie because it shows how a single person can make a difference, and how people can overcome the most horrific hardships.

Poring over the last of the short stories, I furiously hunted for any mistakes. Sure, this was going to be a demonstration of my skills as an editor, but more than that, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for both my inner city and continuation high school students. With the tight publishing deadline, I needed to finish this book of their works so they could revel in the success and gain an appreciation for school. I wanted my students to excel and aspire to higher education. In them, I saw a distorted reflection of myself – the poverty, lack of resources, and academic stress – but there was resilience and perseverance.