Freedom Writers Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank) is a first-time teacher who wants to make a difference. She has little idea of what she’s getting into when she volunteers to be an English teacher at a newly integrated high school in Long Beach‚ California. Her students are divided along racial lines and have few aspirations beyond basic survival. When Erin discovers how much of their lives are blighted by racial prejudice‚ she introduces them to books like ’The Diary of Anne Frank’ and begins
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The Effects of Computer Addiction to the Interpersonal Relationship of the College Computer Studies Students Jervy Centeno Donn Geo Dimayacyac Leah Janina Duran Charmaine Marinduque Camille G. Santiago Mr. Jonathan Roque Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Chapter 1: The Problem and Its Background Introduction Computer addiction can have a variety of negative effects on a person. The most immediate are social. The user withdraws from friends and family as he spends more
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years. To help shine some light on these issues‚ several movies and books have been produced in order to inform the people of the hardships of discrimination. One movie in particular‚ “Freedom Writers”‚ has helped people to empathize with those affected by racism and discrimination. The message of overcoming adversity in “Freedom Writers” strongly relates to the real-life social issues in the world today. The movie “Freedom Writers” is an amazing story of students
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achieved before one can belong anywhere else. The protagonist‚ John Proctor‚ in The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ truly belongs only at time of death. His clear conscience provides him with a sense of self belonging before his hanging. Similarly I Freedom Writers‚ by Richard Lagravense‚ the Hispanic gang member‚ Eva‚ achieves a sense of personal identity and true belonging when she tells the truth in court. This allows her clear conscience to give her a sense of belonging to herself. “I’m not worth the
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Stating the Thesis Your thesis sets the stage for your paper. Without a well -planned thesis you have the possibility of losing your audience‚ of causing confusion‚ or not making sense to anyone but yourself. Also‚ “What matters is to present the idea of the thesis in the most interesting manner possible”. (87) What I am looking forward to in ENG 111 is to become an exciting and interesting writer. I often wonder‚ and occasionally worry if what I write makes sense to others. It is very important
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chose to write my movie analysis on The Freedom Writers (2007) produced by Danny DeVito‚ Michael Shamberg‚ and Stacey Sher‚ and written by Richard LaGravenese (imbd.com). This film is a true story about a young high school teacher who encounters a classroom filled with hostility. After showing the students what horrors racism and segregation can lead to by teaching them about the Holocaust‚ the students learn that there are better ways‚ such as writing in a diary‚ to work through their emotions. Bulman
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Tomorrow when the war began Storyline Seven Australian teenage friends from a small town go on a camping trip to be with nature. During their trip‚ they see military aircraft fly overhead. What they didn’t know was their country was being invaded by another country. Returning home‚ they discover that they are at war. With no training‚ they band together to fight the enemy.Written by Douglas Young (the-movie-guy) Response Tomorrow when the war began originally a novel by John Marsden shows
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Name ___________________________ English I Teacher _________________________ Fall 2011 Period ___________________________ Outsiders Date ____________________________ Freedom Writers Written Response Worksheet Directions: Please answer the following questions as you watch the film. Please use complete sentences. RESPECT 1. Why do the students initially only trust peers from their own ethnic/racial groups? 2. How does Ms. Gruwell earn the respect of her students? 3.
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what you deserve‚ about people wanting what they don’t deserve. About whites thinking they own this world no matter what‚ you see‚ I hate white people.” Wow! This is one of the most powerful and emotion-filled quotes that was said in the movie Freedom Writers. The movie is about a Caucasian high school teacher named Erin Gruwell that gets a job at a California public school and gets the challenge of teaching a group of kids that are deemed “unteachable.” Very quickly‚ she finds out why no one wanted
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LA Riots‚ they tried to calm us down and nothing changed since.” More than sixty people died during the L.A. riots on April 29‚ 1992. Gangs erupted afterwards‚ due to the apparent discrimination of African-Americans from Caucasian officers. In Freedom Writers‚ written and directed by Richard LaGravenese‚ a high school named Woodrow Wilson‚ suffered in the aftermath of the L.A. riots‚ turning a once prestigious school into a school for the ‘bad kids’‚ or kids who had been to juvenile detention. Erin
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