Freedom Writers

Freedom Writers

            I think Erin Gruwell is a great teacher and inspirer. The techniques she used and the books that she chooses. Such as Shakespeare novel or the Diary of Ann frank. I think that brought value to her student through her method of teaching. Most students cared more about survival than Shakespeare. She had faith in her children and was a positive role model for them.  “Mrs. G” as the students called her, Helped her students put there feeling and emotions in there diaries. The students wrote them anonymously, calling the book “Freedom Writers”. That book won an Ann frank award. The students grades went from D’s and E’s to A’s and Bs’. The greatest gift Mrs. G gives her students is a second chance. Some students were the first to graduate in their family. Mrs. G first wanted to be a lawyer; but after looking at her students, she wanted to teach students that were less fortunate than others. Some students did the Michel Jacksons moon walk as they turned their papers in.  The students sang cambia’s songs. Mrs. G taught over 150 students most were below the 25^th percentile. I think that the toast to change was a great start for the students to show their true feeling and start to open up. Students learned to put down their fists and could relate to their writing for the first time in their lives. Mrs. G and the students sent there book out like a “message in a bottle” as she called it. “The little book that could” now became a number one seller in America. This sent all 150 kids to college, some took as long as six years and some ten years to graduate college but they did it. I believe the effort from Mrs. G help them succeed.