Freedom Writers Discussion Questions Name ______________________ Why are the students so unwilling to associate with anyone outside their ethnic/racial groups? Where those this intolerance come from? What would you do to break the ethnic and racial barriers in Mrs. Gruwell’s classroom? Think about your own school or out-of-school activities. Are youth respectful of each other’s differences? Are there problems similar to those in Wilson High? If so‚ what steps can you take
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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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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 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"‚ and not the eager-for-college students she was expecting. The high school students self-segregate into racial groups
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Should Schools Be Allowed to Limit Students’ Online Speech? Schools should limit online speech because it could endanger people’s lives‚ be disruptive to education‚ and display offensive information. “The First Amendment to the Constitution says‚””Congress shall make no law...abridging [limiting] the freedom of speech...”” (Online Speech Mini-Q 179). Freedom of speech has limits; examples are clear and present danger‚ fighting words‚ obscenity‚ conflict with other important interest‚ and the time
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hapter 1: Donald Woods is an editor of the Daily Dispatch‚ a journal in East London‚ South Africa. One morning he gets news of a police raid in the black township Crossroads which lies in Cape Town. He also gets photos of the raid and he decides to print them although the government doesn´t allow to print such photos. Woods doesn´t believe the demand of the black people but he is trained as a lawyer and doesn´t like police brutality against black people. So he also writes an editorial about a Biko
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right to demand the examination of public records as part of freedom of information (Paterson‚ 2005). It is a public right where the parties concerned are the citizens and they can ask for information as long as it is of public interest. This is the freedom of information. It simply means the access by individuals as a presumptive right to information held by public authorities (Black’s Law Dictionary‚ 1990). The object of the Freedom of Information Act is to extend as far as possible the right
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Freedom Writers Essay In the Freedom writers‚ Eva 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 that wouldn’t be afraid of anything and always
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who sacrifices freedom for security is neither free‚ nor secure. If you really think about it‚ this quote makes you think “are we really safe in this country?” All the attacks we have witness or suffered‚ have we reached the point where we should sacrifice our FREEDOM? With the patriot act‚ torturing‚ drones flying around‚ and just having our civil liberties taken away it seems like our freedom is already gone just so we can have “security.” You shouldn’t have to sacrifice your freedom for anything
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the society gives up all of their freedoms for peace and safety. They draw the line with a tiny sliver of freedom left which is choosing where to volunteer. The Founders of the Community of the community made it this way because in the world before the community was there was pain‚ suffering‚ and death. The Founders of the Community made the community this way so that everyone in the community could live happy peaceful life. The line that is drawn between freedom and safety and that is the correct
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