Scriptwriter: Richard LaGravenese Adapted from: The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell Actors/Main characters: Hilary Swank-Erin Gruwell‚ Patrick Dempsey-Scott Casey‚ Scott Glenn-Steve Gruwell‚ Imelda Staunton-Margaret Campbell‚ April L. Hernandez-Eva Benitez‚ Jaclyn Ngan-Sindy‚ Jason Finn-Marcus‚ John Benjamin Hickey- Brian Gelsord‚ Plot Summary The movie “Freedom Writers” is based on a true story. Hilary Swank as Erin Gruwell plays an inspirational teacher at Wilson High School. Her class consists
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In the Freedom writers‚ Eva Benitez was of one Ms. Gruwell students. Eva had a tough childhood growing up. She had to go through a lot‚ especially when she was a young girl. She will always remember the time when she saw her next door neighbor get shot for no apparent reason‚ just because of his race. Also a few minutes the cops took her father away‚ but they had no reason they just felt like arresting a Mexican. I think that by Eva seeing all of this at such a young age made her into a tough girl
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“Would you like to join our rewards program? It would give you a coupon for forty dollars towards your next purchase.” asked the tall blond man behind the check-out at Kohl’s. My mother confused with words that might as well have well been empty sounds‚ directed the question down to me‚ a child who was not too much taller than the counter‚ with two interrogative words‚ “Que dijo?”. Dora the Explorer‚ in her attempt to teach English-speaking children Spanish‚ had prepared me for this very moment by
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Foundation Maritime University - Arevalo Sto. Niño Sur Arevalo‚ Iloilo City Philippines In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation By: Aguilar‚ Brennan I. Alvariño‚ Rachelle Marie M. Benitez‚ Dave Jone S. Catalan‚ Al Michael I. March 2014 Background of the study Seafaring is one of the most common profession in the Philippines. Working contractually for a number of months away from their love ones and experiencing the challenges
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Spanglish: low culture versus high culture? There are numerous critics of Spanglish among both Spanish-speakers and American-English-speakers. It is commonly assumed that Spanglish is a jargon: partly Spanish and partly English‚ "with neither gravitas nor a clear identity" . It is spoken by many of the approximately 35 million people of Hispanic descent in the United States‚ who‚ "no longer fluent in the language of Cervantes‚ have not yet mastered that of Shakespeare" 3. The defenders of pure
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What is an Educated Filipino? -Francisco Benitez 1 What is an educated Filipino and what qualities should distinguish him today? The conception of education and of what an educated man is varied in response to fundamental changes in the details and aims of society. In our country and during this transition stage in our national life‚ what are the qualities which an educated man should possess? Alterations in Our Social Life Great changes have taken place in the nature of our social life during
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History The Province of Laguna was named after Laguna de Bay‚ the body of water that forms its northern boundary. Laguna de Bay‚ in turn‚ was named after the town of Bay (Laguna de Bay is Spanish which means "Lake of Bay")‚ the first provincial capital. Captain Juan de Salcedo with a band of one hundred Spanish-Mexican soldiers and many Bisayan allies conquered the province and its surrounding regions for Spain in 1571. Seven years later‚ two Franciscan friars started the work of Christianization
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Career Development Plan Part IV: Compensation Kenneth Laureano Benitez University of Phoenix Human Capital Management in Puerto Rico/HRM-531PR December 22‚ 2015 Prof. Christella Navedo-Galindez Career Development Plan Part IV: Compensation In this paper we are going to describe the compensation plan for our new team in Puerto Rico. We will explain the reasons of why we think that our payment system will be effective‚ will offer a description of three components of a total rewards package
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sisters. She had inspired so many people‚ and her actions impressed so many people around the world. “… the Missionaries of Charity established their first house outside of India in the Venezuelan diocese of Barquisimeto‚ at the invitation of Bishop Benitez. Impressed by Mother Teresa’s charitable endeavors… wanted her to assist the ‘poorest of the poor’… landless and largely illiterate descendants of African slaves… to toil in the copper mines...” (Slavicek 57) Mother Teresa pledged her life to be
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Stages of the Research Process Jorge Benitez Jr RES/351 November 11‚ 2014 Mr. David Gobeli Stages of the Research Process During my time at both Best Buy and Disney‚ the constant research being conducted is how to improve sales. The problem management has to define is how to manage its current resources‚ such as personnel. During the initial stage in the research process‚ both companies need to identify where the resources come from and how to implement them to the fullest functional impact available
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