reflects resilience and the capability to never give up. Resilience is an important factor and characteristic of an individual’s identity; it separates a person from ultimate failure and ensures their success. The Freedom Writers Diary was authored by Erin Gruwell and the freedom writers. It expresses 150 teen’s development and the perseverance of Erin Gruwell herself as she educates these “at-risk students”. Countless times within the text‚ empathy is proven to strengthen an individual’s resilience
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Prison is a long and lonely road to go down and with some of the craziest laws in the country‚ it’s not always clear why people go to prison or if the reasoning is even valid. The best thing that you could do to help pass the time is to write a letter to someone that desperately needs it. Things You’ll Need: * pen * paper * envelope * stamp * photos Step 1: There are a lot of things to remember when writing to a prisoner. The first thing is that you cannot talk about anything that
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that violence can massacre many people. Another way to start violence is to judge someone based on their race. In the Freedom Writers and in real life a person could be shot for waving the wrong gang banner or saying something bad about someone else’s race or gang. A good quote that describes this is from the Freedom Writers‚ “My brother taught me what the
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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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When I was reading the section of Racism in Multicultural Class‚ the facilitator’s way of handling the subject “Racism” reminds me ‘’Freedom Writers” the movie‚ which is based on a book of Erin Gruwell -a new teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach. She chose the school because of its integration program‚ but she did not expect a class consist of students who have racist problem. Students splitted into different racial groups‚ who are ready for fighting‚ hate each other‚ but also they
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Possible answers for Six Step Analysis of Freedom Writers exposed 1. List all the different examples of belonging evident in the text: The students are clearly identified as belonging to an ethnic group‚ based on colour‚ race and ethnicity‚ e.g. the Cambodians‚ the Latinos‚ the African Americans and the ‘whites’. They also identify themselves as being gang members and belonging to the gang‚ including having territory and ‘protecting your own’. The majority of the students live in an area
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English 100 section 0813 September 30‚ 2013 What Is Clarity? My educational experience has taught me where among my peers I stand as a writer. It has shown me what I am good at and what I am not good at. As well how I have improved and over all what I want to become in life. Education has shaped my identity; it has taught me how to hate writing. I feel like I have made very little progress in my writing abilities since the beginning of high school. In elementary I felt writing was not as complex
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do. What really stood out to me the most was how committed they were to their cause. None of these children were forced into this movement‚ they all joined willingly. They all felt a strong need to join in the fight for their right and for their freedom. What makes these kids so special and so important is that they don’t have children of their own to nuture and feed‚ where as an adult African American would have children that they need to care for and a job that they need to work. They could not
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"YOU WON’T FIND THE GREAT STORY OF HUMAN COURAGE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR." ANNA FUNDER’S GREAT VICTORY IS THAT SHE DOES. DISCUSS. Anna Funder’s 2002 work of literary journalism‚ _Stasiland_‚ relates her journey through a "land gone wrong"‚ the German Democratic Republic. Separated by the Berlin Wall and political ideology‚ East Germans lived under the ubiquitous and omniscient control of the Stasi‚ the secret police‚ whose "job it was to know everything about everyone". Throughout her quest‚ Funder
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multilayered structural and institutional problems. Although urban problems mainly stem from socio-political power relations rather than individuals‚ classroom teachers must shoulder the responsibility for making education caring for urban youth. Freedom Writers (2007)‚ a film released in 2007‚ addresses the complex challenges that inner-city teachers face by acting the special pedagogy of one teacher‚ Erin Gruwell. Throughout the film‚ the main character Ms. Erin Gruwell is an exemplary teacher regardless
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