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    period‚ teenage gang members felt that high school was forced education and that they were only in there because the government forced them in there. The movie first portrays the students as kids who don’t know any better than to survive on the streets‚ Erin Gruwell inspired her students to success far greater than any street life can bring. Freedom Writers is historically accurate. (ChasingTheFrog‚ http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/freedomwriters.php) Racial segregation is characterized by boundaries

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    Child Advocacy is an issue in the United States and in our society. In our society‚ we swept issues that involve abuse under the rugs. Its an important issue to look at and take notice in the united states. Many associates that are involved with child care and protection are called child advocates. Child advocates are people who are advocating for children that are involved with any kind of abuse or endangering their protection. Child advocates comes in all different sizes with the main goal to

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    collected from the diary of the 203-grade at Long Beach in the late 20th century. It is the stage in Los Angeles riots took place continuously‚ skin color each person decides their fate. This film tells about Fresh-faced‚ idealistic twenty-three-year-old Erin Gruwell who is ready to take on her educaton career when she steps inside Wilson High School for her first day of teaching. The school was previously a high achieving school‚ but a system of Voluntary Integration

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    shots are used frequently in this scene to accentuate the different attitudes of both the individuals and to establish the conflict that will erupt between them. Erins appearance and clothing‚ particularly her pearls are brought to attention. The pearls will become a symbol of her defiance and determination throught the film Erin is a yound idealistic new teacher about to begin her first jos t a high school that has numerous problems.

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    view in your novel. Discuss how the novel would be different if told from a different point of view. Student Name: Caroline Roby Title of Book: Warriors: Into The Wild Author: Erin Hunter Genre: Realistic Fiction Number of Pages: 272 In the novel “Into The Wild”‚ Erin Hunter weaves together a masterpiece about survival and trust in which Rusty‚ a domestic cat leaves his human home and finds where he truly belongs: The wild. There‚ cats are divided

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    challenged by a group of Black‚ Latino and Asian gang members who have extreme hate for the new teacher‚ Erin Gruwell. Over time Erin begins to listen and realizes that by listening to these students she begins to understand that getting through the day alive is enough and that these young teenagers are not normal they are fighting a war on the streets that had began long before their time. Erin works out that by giving these children respect they will respect her and by these she can make these young

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    book “The Freedom Writers Diary” written by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell. The movie was first released on January 5th 2007 in the USA‚ and on May 18th 2007 in Norway. The director of the movie is Richard LaGravenese and the screenwriters are the Freedom Writers‚ Erin Gruwell and Richard LaGravenese. The Music is made by Mark Isham‚ will.i.am‚ Talib Kweli and other various artists. The main actors are Hilary Swank as Erin Gruwell‚ Patrick Dempsey as Scott Casey‚ Imelda Staunton as Margaret

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    Police Search warrant (AFFIDAVIT) Detective Lisa Ivory swears under oath that the facts expressed by her in this search warrant and Affidavit. and in the attached and incorporated statement of probable cause are true and that based thereon‚ she has probable cause to believe that property and/or person described below is lawfully seizable pursuant to Penal Code Section 1524 as indicated below‚ and is how located set forth below. Wherefore‚ The people of the State of California to any Sheriff‚ Police

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    A Reward Allocation Decision Reward allocation is a significant organizational issue‚ as it affects the working attitudes of the employees as well as the efficiency of the organization. Many people would say that the reward allocation must be equal for each employee‚ giving each of them equal amount of reward; some people would say equity should be used‚ basing it on performance and the competency of each individual; and other people would say that it should be given based on the needs of each

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    Freedom Writers Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank) is a first-time teacher who wants to make a difference. She has little idea of what she’s getting into when she volunteers to be an English teacher at a newly integrated high school in Long Beach‚ California. Her students are divided along racial lines and have few aspirations beyond basic survival. When Erin discovers how much of their lives are blighted by racial prejudice‚ she introduces them to books like ’The Diary of Anne Frank’ and begins

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