Day : One Week Marathon of Blog posts. [ Freedom Writer Diaries ]

    Freedom Writers Diary, a movie I would rate 6/10. Now don't get me wrong, it's a good movie. But my advise is, if you have a bad attitude, you should watch this movie as I believe it can truly change how one thinks about the others. It starts with a woman, named Erin Gruwell wanting to be a teacher. She has the passion and talent for it, in my opinion.

    Before Gruwell started teaching, the school was full of people that are stereotypes, prejudices and racists. This does not imply only on the students but teachers as well, someone who show results wanting to request for something but got opposed by someone who work for god knows 500 years and yet didn't even produce a hair's result. This was how their attitude were, bunch of ignorant and selfish people (I'm not angry, they're just actors).

    Well back to the story, when she first joined the school, Gruwell quickly learned that her students had more to worry about than homework. Her students actually went home to gunfire, gangs, drugs and a host of other difficult situations. The students were convinced that they had nothing to learn from a white woman who had never experienced firsthand the violence, discrimination and the hatred that was part of their daily lives.

    One day, Gruwell intercepted a note being passed between students. The paper revealed a racist caricature full of hate. Gruwell told her class that it was this sort of hate and misunderstanding that led to the Holocaust. Gruwell was shocked to learn that her students had never heard of the Holocaust.

    Gruwell introduced her class to Anne Frank : The Diary of a Young Girl and to Zlata's Diary : A Child's Life in Sarajevo. She also provided every student with a journal in order for them to have a something to write about their feelings, their fears and their experiences. For the first time in forever, the students actually took an interest in academics!

    To bring this history to life, the students organized a "Read-a-Thon for Tolerance" to raise money to bring Miep Gies, the woman whose family hid Anne Frank, to their school. They were also visited by Zlata Filipovic. The group went on to receive tremendous recognition from the media and from the government, hoping that the others would find inspiration in their story of success.

    This is where I stop before I spoil the whole movie to you. If you felt a spark of interest while reading my lousy blog, then you should go watch this movie " Freedom Writers Diary ". See you on my next blog post and Thanks for Reading!! :D