young people that are hurting and are just adapting who they are to survive in their toxic environments. It’s from that point on that she makes it her mission to show these kids that they are worth something and they are important. One example of how Erin Gruwell fought for her
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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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In one of the most powerful scenes in the film‚ Erin draws a line in the center of the classroom and divides the students into two groups. She then asks a series of questions‚ telling the students to step up to the line if their answer is yes. • Do you own the new Puff Daddy CD? • Have you seen the movie Boyz in the Hood? • Do you know anybody who has been in jail? • Do you know where to get drugs? • Have you ever been shot at? • Have you have lost a friend to gang violence? • Two
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person that represents harmony‚ symmetry‚ and proportion. In my decision making‚ I look for the outcome that best suit all factions involved but should the need arise‚ I will put the needs of the many above the needs of the few‚ myself. For example‚ Erin‚ an administrative assistant of a major printing corporation found during idle lunchtime chit
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California. Erin Gruwell is just starting her first teaching job‚ that as freshman and sophomore English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School‚ which‚ two years earlier‚ implemented a voluntary integration program. For many of the existing teachers‚ the integration has ruined the school‚ whose previously stellar academic standing has been replaced with many students who will be lucky to graduate or even be literate. Despite choosing the school on purpose because of its integration program‚ Erin is unprepared
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depending on their social and cultural history. The task was centered on how language is shaped by a cultural context‚ represented with a diary entry written from a character from the movie: Ben. He talks about his and his classmates’ experiences with Miss Erin as a teacher and how her life changed together with their own‚ and how social differences interfere in their social relationship. This diary is separated into different sections according to what he lives every day‚ talking in present tense. Along
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Serpentine threw Steven‚ Erin‚ and Sapphire into three different cells. An electric field formed in front of Sapphire’s cell‚ while bars came down in front of Erin and Steven’s. Erin stood up and was about to grab the bars. “DON’T TOUCH THEM!” shouted a voice. He looked ahead at the cell in front of him. A girl about his age was sitting across from him. She had olive skin‚ sea green hair in a double bun‚ and wore a light green midriff jacket‚ office green blouse with yellow‚ white‚ and blue diamond
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followed‚ thousands of people rioted through the city‚ angered by the verdict. Damages of around US$1 billion dollars were incurred‚ and 53 people died along with thousands more injured. Based on the best-seller novel ‘The Freedom Writers Diary’ by Erin Gruwell‚ director and writer Richard LaGravenese – best known for his films “P.S. I Love You”‚ “Paris‚ je t’aime”‚ and “The Fisher King”‚ which earned him an Academy Award nomination – sets his film in Long Beach‚ California‚ just after the riots
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make money. She was able use the social cues to interact with customers to help her get a better tip. I would say she uses her knowledge to do her job in an efficient and effective manner. In “The Consequences- Undoing Sanity”‚ the candidate that beat Erin for a job at the Rolls Royce factory‚ also confirms that blue-collared
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screaming‚ gun shots‚ and many news reporters talking about the Los Angeles Riots. Erin Gurwell‚ played by Hilary Swank‚ was a new‚ excited‚ and courageous teacher that wanted to teach at Woodrow Wilson High School were it had recently become integrated. Once she is there she finds out that she will be teaching the “at-risk” students (LaGravenese). The students segregate themselves in the classroom through gangs. Erin decides she wants to be the person to make a difference. She fights through gang
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