Gang Violence In Freedom Writers

The message portrayed in the movie was very strong and can apply to everyone in different ways. The movie showed kids who each had their own problems in life and how they overcame their difficulties and joined together. The kids were all different races. Many of the kids had suffered from losing loved ones to gang violence. A new teacher came into the school, caught off guard by all the negativity going on. She decided that something had to be done, and she had to change the paths of these kids lives. She saw the special in all of her students and never stopped believing in them, and pushed them to believe in themselves. She gave these kids hope, when they needed it most. Everybody is their own unique person and has their own situations and
In the movie, Freedom Writers, it showed kids with rough backgrounds all join together and become the best versions of themselves, this sends the message to viewers that everybody has the opportunity to better themselves no matter their
Many of the students had lost loved ones to gang violence. Gang violence is still around, and is still a big problem for America today. It is on the rise. Many times it is involved around drugs. A gang is defined as an organized group of criminals. Gangs are typically found more in the ghetto of urban areas rather than rural. In our bigger cities, such as Chicago or Cincinnati, gangs have a big presence there. It is important for our law to clean up the streets and try to decrease the deaths and crimes produced by gangs. Anybody can get caught up in a gang, but it is typically the kids who did not have parental figures growing up. Once a person finds themselves in a gang, it is hard to break out of it, especially with a clean record. There is nothing good about being in a gang. America must make a change. I believe that schools should start giving gang violence assemblies and information on it. Kids need to be educated about it. They need to know the deep, dark truths of the reality of being in a gang. Hopefully this will make them think twice about getting involved in a gang. If there is anything we can do to stop gang violence we must do it. The sadness it brings people is unexplainable, like in the movie, seeing the hurt on those kids faces, said it