How Does Ms. Gruwell Earn Her Students’ Respect? In the movie Freedom Writers1‚ the most serious problem in the class is lacking of respect. Students don’t have respect for each other. And their teacher‚ Ms. Gruwell‚ they even hate her. This story happened at Woodrow Wilson High School2 in USA California’s Long Beach3 during 1990s. At that period racial discrimination still prevailed. Gangs4‚ violence‚ poverty were full of most people’s life. Erin Gruwell5‚ a 23-year-old first time teacher‚ was trying
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source of support‚ and an inspiration. Erin Gruwell is an American teacher‚ an education activist‚ and the founder of the Freedom Writers Foundation. She changed countless lives‚ with one distinctive teaching method. Erin Gruwell was born on August 15‚ 1969‚ in California. Gruwell earned her diploma from Bonita High School and continued her studies at the University of California. She later studied at California State University to earn her Master’s
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(Discussion section‚ para. 1). Mrs. Erin Gruwell‚ teacher from “The Freedom Writers”‚ is an effective teacher. Moreover‚ an effective teacher is a teacher who is well organized‚ teaches with clarity‚ is positive‚ models respect and most importantly “is a leader who can inspire and influences his or her students.” (Sandy‚ 2004‚ para. 3.). The qualities that made Mrs. Gruwell superior are those characteristics found in an effective teacher. Certainly‚ Mrs. Gruwell students did not make it easy for her
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Erin Brockovich Reaction Paper Erin and Mr. Masry‚ her boss were facing big problems on its huge case againts PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric) were which is a billion dollar company. While Erin investigating and collecting data on this case she came across a file regarding one of the clients that really intrigued her and decided to explore it. Later on she found out that the neighboring village of a PG&E factory had contaminated water due to the PG&E operations. She interviewed
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In the movie Erin Brockovich‚ Julia Roberts plays a poor single divorced mother of three children‚ who is not very educated but has a desire to fight for the rights of others. Erin Brockovich is an inspirational woman who is determined to fight for her citizens. In the movie‚ Erin is used to the constant rejection of job applications due to her lack of qualifications and her sense of fashion by wearing short skirts‚ skimpy tops and she was classified as a sex symbol. Julia was hired in the legal
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At the opening of the film we see Erin struggling: as a single mother‚ as a human being with potential‚ courage and individuality‚ and as a sexual being as well. Erin is a St. Joan of the white underclass‚ a Green Guerrilla‚ Mother Jones and Madonna all rolled into one. Unlike the image of second wave feminism which distanced itself from any robust sexuality it felt to be reductive at best or degrading at worst‚ Brockovich’s iconic status is post-"third wave" feminist‚ that is‚ eroticized‚ as it
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have terminated him as a result of those past experiences and that by not firing him‚ they “negligently” caused the plaintiff’s injuries. All in all‚ the charges on the Cardinals were dropped even though Joe Greene was found guilty. ERIN BROCKOVICH In 1993‚ Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) is an unemployed single mother of three
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The movie Erin Brockovich is a true story about a single‚ unemployed mother that is trying to find a job. In light of her loss in a lawsuit against a doctor‚ she convinces her lawyer‚ Ed Masery‚ to give her a job at his firm. Her unconventional dress code and less then refined manners makes it very difficult for many people at the office to take Erin seriously. However‚ she is able to change their minds quickly as she starts to investigate the suspicious real estate dealings of a local company
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woman‚ Erin Gruwell‚ who takes a job teaching in Long Beach‚ CA. She receives a class of very different people‚ with different nationalities‚ who share the same fight. She achieved helping with disadvantaged students‚ when no one else thought that they would amount up to anything. As the film progresses you see how the student’s lives change and how they turned into well thought of adults‚ thanks to the impact of their dedicated teacher Ms. Gruwell‚ At the beginning of the film‚ Erin Gruwell is introduced
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Erin Brockovich and The Promise C. Wright Mills was known for coining the term and writing the book The Sociological Imagination‚ term and book know by every sociologist to date. This referred to the intersection of history and biography‚ meaning that every individual is influenced by the past and that in turn reflects their decisions and their lives. Hence writing his or her own biography throughout life based on what an individual has experienced in the past. These influences are based on society
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