The main events depicted take place between 1994–1996‚ beginning with scenes from the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Swank plays the role of Erin Gruwell‚ a new‚ excited school teacher who leaves the safety of her hometown‚ Newport Beach‚ to teach at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach‚ a formerly high achieving school which has recently put an integration plan in place. Her enthusiasm is rapidly challenged when she realizes that her class are all "at-risk" high school students‚ also known as "unteachables"
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The 17th Century Travelogues of Ahmad bin Qasim and Ilyas Hanna al-Mawsuli In the 17th Century‚ Christianity had begun to spread beyond the borders of Europe. With the Spanish conquest and Christianization in the New World (Latin America)‚ the spread of Christianity had reached all throughout the world. In 1611‚ a Spanish Muslim named Ahmad bin Qasim‚ left for France and Holland as a Moroccan ambassador. He recorded his theological and intellectual discussions with the people he encountered in
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There is an obvious discrimination shown in the movie “Freedom Writers”‚ where everybody hates everybody and they got no choice but to live in a world full of pandemonium. Random cultural implications are shown in the movie. Where one has to accept his/her society since birth‚ or someone has to really join a gang to keep up and belong to a hood. In the case of the students in the movie‚ they are just simply hopeless and what they all just do is to keep raging flames in their hearts. Until one tough
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The artist and the writer are increasingly seen as ‘the guiding light‚ the revealers of truths.’ (Bunce 1994) Through the study of two pieces of children’s literature‚ demonstrate how the widely acclaimed ‘rural idyll’ comes to be represented. The representation of the ‘countryside’ is one of the most ‘stubbornly resilient and ideologically freighted of ideas’ (Horton 2003: 73) in society today. The conventional rural idyll is often associated with adjectives such as ‘picturesque‚ tranquil‚ and
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In her work “The Inspired Writer Vs. the Real Writer”‚ by Sara Allen is about two different type of writers‚ the inspired writers and the real writers. The inspired writers are the kind of people who don’t have a problem writing essay‚ or anything that has to do with written in general. They are very confident about their work. On the other hand‚ real writers are people who seem to have writers block way too often. This writers seem to also have trouble in handing in papers without looking over
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Freedom Writers Diaries – Their Story‚ Their Words‚ Their Future One of the main concerns that Erin Gruwell would face was teaching a group of kids that the school system process having an integrated school was a good thing in front of board members that had issues at that certain time in history. The school system did not look at how this integration with mixed cultures would affect everyone involved. This system would suddenly take them out of their own element and put them with mixed cultures
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The Freedom Riders and the Civil Rights Movement In 1947‚ the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) planned a special journey called the “Journey of Reconciliation” designed to test the Supreme Court ’s 1946 decision in the Irene Morgan case‚ which declared segregated seating of interstate passengers unconstitutional. An interracial group of passengers met with heavy resistance in the upper South. Some members of the group served on a chain gang after they were arrested in North Carolina. The South
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Join a team already formed and operating in your place of work or community (e.g. church group‚ scouts‚ homeless shelter‚ other clubs/organizations). I chose to participate in a church function at a church I do not usually attend. The church‚ Life Bridge Inner City Ministries‚ provides meals‚ clothing‚ and spiritual leadership to the homeless. Every Monday evening they have prayer and dinner for anyone who wants to attend. The past couple of weeks I have volunteered my time to help out and
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Imaging a world where you have to fight to survive. A world where you could die when you step out your house. A world that is full of hatred and racism. Racism runs through the city’s blood‚ and has thus led to a high amount of street and gang violence. A world where being in school is the same as being on the street. Gang war can broke out anywhere at any time. Eva Benitez came from a family with a strong gang heritage. When she was younger‚ she witnessed her uncle got shot in a drive-by
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Continental Drift Theory Announced By Basira Wakil January 16‚ 1915 Berlin‚ Germany – Alfred Wegener announced today that it will be merging with Miami-based crab shell superstore HermitHomes effective December 21‚ 2012. Company officials are expected to meet with Crab Construction Union officials later this month to discuss employee benefits and retirement packages. CrabTech officials expect this merger to improve investor confidence and widen its customer base. In addition to shells
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