Ur Saldana Professor Dozier English 1010 23 September 2008 Ms. G and I What life holds for us is determined by how much we are willing to sacrifice. In the movie Freedom Writers‚ Ms. G is the main character. Her way of viewing life gives hope to the people surrounding her. In this essay‚ I am going to compare her willingness to sacrifice with the sacrifice I was once asked to make. Ms. G dedicated herself to teaching a difficult group of students. California had integrated the school system
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For this assignment I chose to watch Freedom Writers. This is a heartfelt movie about a teacher named Erin Gruwell who finds a way to unify her disadvantaged‚ racially divided students and to improve their grasp of academics‚ partly by having them keep journals about their violent‚ troubled lives. The main diversity issue in this movie is cultural‚ ethnic‚ and racial tensions. According to Storti (1999)‚ “Culture is the shared assumptions‚ values‚ and beliefs of a group of people which result in
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The Writers’ Voice A writers’ voice can easily change the mood of a story‚ whether it be a happy story or a drastic one. The voice that the writer projects through the selection of words and sentence structure shapes the story and defines its most ponderous points. When Mary Maclane wrote “Me”‚ she used a wide span of vocabulary that shaped the sentences into a more personal piece of writing. When Langston Hughes wrote “Salvation”‚ he used longer sentences to portray the important detail and feeling
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Summary of the Freedom Writers The movie “Freedom Writers” was about Erin Gruwell‚ a young teacher who accepted a position teaching freshman and sophomore English at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach‚ California. Mrs. Gruwell dramatically transformed a chaotic class of hardened inner city youths. This class was consisted of African Americans‚ Latinos‚ Asians‚ Juvenile Delinquents‚ gang members‚ one Caucasian‚ and underprivileged students from poor neighborhoods. At first‚ it was difficult
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Introduction The purpose of this essay is to describe an analysis of the film “Freedom Writers” in regards to the breadth area of Social/Civic. The film “Freedom Writers” is based on the area of Long Beach‚ CA‚ was released in early 2007‚ and directed by Richard LaGravenese. The film is about a young teacher who inspired her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance‚ apply themselves‚ and pursue education beyond high school (IMDB‚ n.d.). The film expresses the lives of students in the early
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mention about what I felt about this article‚ I would want to discuss how the behavior of implicit prejudices is developed. When I was young‚ my parents always stressed the fact that the students who study hard and get good grades grow to be great people; whatever the cases are (being rich‚ famous‚ and honorable‚ etc.) Moreover‚ most of the television programs showed us good-looking boys‚ attractive ladies‚ and well-shaped men. Friends have tended to be nicer to those who are handsome‚ smart‚ athletic‚
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“Have You Got A Positive Attitude Yet?” “Between the optimist and the pessimist‚ the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!”‚ says Oscar Wilde. One has to read between these lines in order to understand what they mean. The meaning is simple: There are two ways to look at things one is with a positive attitude and another with a negative one. A positive attitude leads to some opportunity or solutions and negative one clouds ones thoughts eventually making it
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How Do You Get People To Like You Be polite. Be yourself. That way‚ people like you for who you are. Many of us mistakenly believe that it’s wrong or conceited‚ to think we have any good qualities. We may spend a lot of time berating ourselves for our negative qualities‚ thinking that self criticism is the key to improving our performance. However‚ a constant focus on our supposed shortcomings can hinder our efforts to make friends with other people. How can we have the confidence to make
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Case: How Low Will You Go (Red Ruby) Sex sells claims many advertisers and now sales professionals. The aforementioned statement should not be the typical mindset of sales professionals because it has the potential to not only damage the reputation of a company‚ but the individual(s) who own it. In the case of OptiMotors‚ Bob Carlton‚ should take immediate steps to end discriminatory practices and restore his company’s respectability. He should take this specific action for these three sold reasons:
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Flanagan Writer Born: 22 May 1944 Birthplace: Sydney‚ Australia Best known as: Author of the Ranger’s Apprentice series of children’s books Name at birth: John Anthony Flanagan A former advertising and television writer‚ John Flanagan is now known for writing the Ranger’s Apprentice fantasy books for young readers. Flanagan grew up in Sydney‚ Australia‚ took to writing early‚ and eventually caught on as an ad agency writer. Later he moved to television and with co-writer Gary Reilly
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