The Freedom Writers

I've watched a movie entitled 'The Freedom Writers'.. a quite touching movie.. it was casted by Hilary Swank and she got the Oscars becoz of this movie. It is a real life story.. bout a teacher.. teaching class of students in high school...

Her name is Erin Gruwell... and that class was a bunch of students which other teachers have given up on them.. they are the African-Americans, the Cambodians, the Latinos, the Blacks..they came from different family backgrounds which were rather unpleasant ones.. they lived in the suburban areas of the streets in America.. which they have their own territories and any intruders will get involved in a fight, eventually injured or killed. Yes, they fought for their own group's survival in the land of the 'whites' (they called it) and basically made enemies with each other.

The story begins by introducing some of the students from the class.. they were always involved in a fight or their family members or frens are in jail... they were brought up in their community filled with hatred, envy, sadness and many many more negative feelings in their hearts.

so, when Erin first came to teach them english.. she got a shock of her life when her students argued, teased and fought against each other.. later, she figured out a way to turn her students into a new leaf. She tried to understand them and used a very different way of teaching.. she let them learn from the music lyrics which they loved, and also let them read real life stories like 'Anne Frank' which have similar backgrounds with them.. then, she asked them to write diaries for their own life.. their own thoughts and let them expressed their feelings in the diaries.. she even get sponsors or used her own money to arrange her students for school trips and books for them to read..

After all her continuing efforts.. the class gets united.. the students soon realised the real value of life and changed themselves.. for only two years, they managed to increase their grades from failing to graduating passing rates.. and most of them made it to the colleges or universities. When they have graduated, they started a foundation.. basically helping the students who have the same experience like them and their diaries are published called 'The Freedom Writers'..

I felt that the teacher is a very great teacher.. she was so enthusiastic in teaching that she would not give up on all of them.. she guide them, spend time with them until her husband divorced with her.. but she stays strong and fight for her students whenever the school did not approve their activities or her way of teaching..I respect her very much.. she's really a good teacher compared to some irresponsible teachers nowadays.