freedom writers essay
Freedom Writers
By: Maya Mohan
Freedom writers is a book consisting of the diary entries of a classroom of a troubled youth from the inner cities struggling just to make it through each day. A courageous and kind-hearted teacher, Ms. Erin Gruwell took on the class as a first year teacher at Woodrow Wilson High school in Long Beach, California. She pushed past the students’ reputations, lack of funds and non supportive co-workers to help these kids achieve something many of them thought they’d never ever do: Graduate high school and go to college. I truly enjoyed reading the book and found so many of the stories touching and it amazes me how hard some kids have to work past the unfortunate family life or background they come from. It makes me realize how fortunate I am to have grown up in a city like Cary. I especially enjoyed reading the diary entries from Ms. Gruwells point of view because it gives you an inside feel to what kind of environment it is from someone who grew up in a society similar to what we live in. Her entries gave proof to how much she cared for these students and all of the discrimination and negativity she overcame just to prove to these kids she wanted them to succeed and that she was willing to go the distance to help them. In the movie they mentioned the fact Steven Spielberg invited the students to meet him at Universal Studios I think that was a huge deal for kids from backgrounds like that to meet a world famous movie director who wanted to help them after finding out they were being discriminated against.
I also like the diary entry on the alcoholic girl because to a certain degree it was relatable. Everyone can look normal on the outside and have that perfect life and nobody would suspect anything could ever be wrong but inside everyone has their own battle they are fighting and their own troubles nobody would ever even think to realize or notice. It just makes me think that we should all try and be a little more aware of things
By: Maya Mohan
Freedom writers is a book consisting of the diary entries of a classroom of a troubled youth from the inner cities struggling just to make it through each day. A courageous and kind-hearted teacher, Ms. Erin Gruwell took on the class as a first year teacher at Woodrow Wilson High school in Long Beach, California. She pushed past the students’ reputations, lack of funds and non supportive co-workers to help these kids achieve something many of them thought they’d never ever do: Graduate high school and go to college. I truly enjoyed reading the book and found so many of the stories touching and it amazes me how hard some kids have to work past the unfortunate family life or background they come from. It makes me realize how fortunate I am to have grown up in a city like Cary. I especially enjoyed reading the diary entries from Ms. Gruwells point of view because it gives you an inside feel to what kind of environment it is from someone who grew up in a society similar to what we live in. Her entries gave proof to how much she cared for these students and all of the discrimination and negativity she overcame just to prove to these kids she wanted them to succeed and that she was willing to go the distance to help them. In the movie they mentioned the fact Steven Spielberg invited the students to meet him at Universal Studios I think that was a huge deal for kids from backgrounds like that to meet a world famous movie director who wanted to help them after finding out they were being discriminated against.
I also like the diary entry on the alcoholic girl because to a certain degree it was relatable. Everyone can look normal on the outside and have that perfect life and nobody would suspect anything could ever be wrong but inside everyone has their own battle they are fighting and their own troubles nobody would ever even think to realize or notice. It just makes me think that we should all try and be a little more aware of things