The Freedom Writers Diary

STAR Analysis “Freedom Writers” “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

The films “Freedom Writers” and “The Great Debaters” tell inspirational success stories of students fighting racism on their way to the top. Freedom Writers tells a story of a school filled with gang violence. One class, led by teacher Erin Gruwell, is taught to overlook their differences and unite. The Great Debaters accounts Wiley College’s debate team and how they had to fight extreme racism, on top of becoming a successful team. In both movies, discrimination based on race is clear. A group in

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

In the movie “freedom writers” kids learn to be tolerant and respect others for their color and race. It shows how these kids from the streets improve and change their perspective on color. The help from their teacher Ms. Gruwell really inspired and changed them. In their minds everything is about color. Slowly throughout the movie they change and accept others. In the beginning of the movie Erin Gruwell the new teacher is excited happy and tolerant of everyone. Her husband and she are happy and

Tolerance in Freedom Writers In the movie “freedom writers” kids learn to be tolerant and respect others for their color and race. It shows how these kids from the streets improve and change their perspective on color. The help from their teacher Ms. Gruwell really inspired and changed them. In their minds everything is about color. Slowly throughout the movie they change and accept others. In the beginning of the movie Erin Gruwell the new teacher is joyful and tolerant of everyone. Her husband

On the surface, Dangerous Minds is a film about a teacher who helps her students to change their lives for the better. The start of the film begins with LouAnne Johnson accepting a full time teaching job at Carlmont High School. Ms. Johnson did not know that the kids she would be teaching were tough and rowdy kids that come from under-privileged backgrounds. As the film goes on, Ms. Johnson wins the hearts of her students by connecting with them and standing up for them against a resistant administration

The author of Hate List, Jennifer Brown, used many interesting writing techniques to add a unique touch to the novel. The novel is about a girl named Valerie Leftman who must deal with the aftermath of a school shooting that her boyfriend, Nick Vel, caused. Before the shooting occurred Nick and Valerie had a list of people they hated called the Hate List. Unfortunately, this was the list that Nick used that day to pick his victims. Although she wasn’t the one pulling the trigger, Valerie had some

There are a group of students from Woodrow Wilson Classical High School who were apart of the new integration plan following the L.A Riots in 1994. Due to the unfamiliar school setting, students separated themselves into different groups: the Latinos, the African-Americans, and the Caucasian. A new caucasian teacher, Erin Gruwell, comes to the school to teach English to the Freshman and Sophomore class. Before the school year started, the Principal handed Erin Gruwell a list of students who were

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

Both Erin Gruwell in Freedom Writers and Jamie Esclante in Stand and Deliver faced students stuck in low-income backgrounds and neighborhoods of crime. Despite the low achievement of these students, both teachers were able to foster a mastery of a subject to their students. Even though the subjects of English and math are extremely different, one method united both teachers and allowed them to teach their students effectively— trust. Erin and Jamie were successful because of the trust they put