Freedom Writers…’their story…their words…their future’. An inspirational and powerful film showing how teens ‘discovered the power of tolerance, relaimed their shattered lives and changed their world’. The teacher in the film, Ms Gruwell fought for the rights and lives of these kids. She asked her students to go home, look in the mirror and ask themselves ‘Do I want better?’ Do you want better? Reflect on this film.
November 11th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
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Reflection about Freedom Writers
My reflection about freedom writer’s film:
Is that the different color people didn’t get along with the white people there was wars to get respect, and territory’s, the teacher helped the “blacks” and “whites” get along to be friends and learn that they were all the same people were dying around them family, friends. She tried to help them by giving them a dairy and letting them write what they fell, how they live, and she gives them a choice if she can read it, the opening night for the parents.
I’ve learnt that it is a serious matter that in Australia most Black, White, Asian and other one’s get all along with each other. But in this story the American way that there are territories, it is dangerous there are so many gangs of Black’s, White’s and Asian and they don’t get along.
At the start of the movie when the new teacher Erin came to class no one respected her because she was white and no one wanted to learn some of them would show up 10 minutes late, they wouldn’t care what they did, I think that Erin did a good job and teaching them respect and every can have good grades. I think that the film was I really enjoyable movie.
November 19, 2008 @ 10:21 amReflection
The movie freedom writer’s is based on a true story.
I really enjoyed watching this movie because it was based on kids my age. The movie proved to me that there is worst stuff out there like drive by shootings, those kids can’t even walk outside without thinking they were going to get shot. I thought I had it bad, not even.
The movie showed racism and how different cultures can get along with each other. It doesn’t matter what culture you are everyone is the same. At the start it was race verse race every one blamed each other for what was happening with the shootings and deaths. They thought you could not go against your own people.
I thought that Mrs. Gruwell did a really good job as the teacher; she made the kids in her class become something like a family, she even made other kids from the smart class want to transfer into her class, that’s how much the kids loved her. The idea with the diaries was a really good idea this meant all of the kids could write about their lives into this diary and nobody would read it. The diary of Anne frank was probably the best choice of book for these kids to read as it was similar experiences that they would have. All of the kids really enjoyed the diary of Anne frank. i really liked this movie.
GRIDIRON GANG NEXT YEAH
November 19, 2008 @ 10:22 amThis movie is a true story about the gang violence in America based on the teenager gangs and a teacher who tries to help fix up theses teenagers lives.
November 19, 2008 @ 10:27 amI learnt from this movie what just a little bit of the gang violence is like in America and how it forces some people to live on the street, gets people killed, tears people/families apart. I learnt that people get into it from a young age by various different ways whether it is through friends or family. The gangs there are based on the color of your skin and what race you are, Whites, Blacks, Asians, Latinos, Cambodians etc. I’ve learnt that it is a serious matter I mean we do have it here in Australia buy nowhere near what it’s like I’m America.
I do think that the way that the teacher Erin tried to communicate, help and educate these students was good most teachers would have given up because it would be difficult and dangerous. But she had perseverance and fought the school council for what she thought was right, her collogues thought she was wasting her time and money trying to help these students, her tactics along with my own was to get the students on track and in the right direction in life. I found the students first responses to the teacher not good at all, but over time it gets better until everyone is happy in that class and all different colors and races can get along as friends and or classmate
I think that the students respect for life, themselves and for others was not good at all which means most of them shortly or maybe later on in life would have ended up in prison or living on the streets. But throughout the movie there antics change and they become better people.
All up I think the movie was ok with a point trying to prove that gang violence is wrong and it will not get you anywhere in life.
This movie is about the racism, gang violence and trying to give hope to those who have their own problems. Freedom writers is a touching film mostly because it was a true story and if that actually happened somewhere in America and if something like that happened in America that you don’t know what else could happen in the world, you don’t know what people feel in the world, you don’t even know what they’re problems even are… they could be in the middle of a brake down or their problems are just miner and they can still live their lives. Like the girl Eva. She could’ve lied and set her brother free but no she didn’t and she did the right thing because of her teacher. Mrs. Gruwell is A teacher of Wilson High School but she isn’t an ordinary “I’ll just teach these kids so I can get my pay” nah she isn’t one of them teachers. See Mrs. Gruwell really cares of her students she actually wants to help them, wants to go the extra mile for them because they have suffered losing friends, family and other loved ones thanks to gang violence and to other individuals becoming so obsessed with something that they think matters more to their family and become corrupted and eventually their anger and hatred take over forcing them to give up the thing they wanted the most.
November 19, 2008 @ 10:29 amTHOMAS says:
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i thought that freedom writers was
allright i have seen it before so it a good movie alot of gangster themes i dont like alot of gangster but it sent a messige of u can do annything if you put your mind to it wich is in alot of movie plots like that rat movie who wants to cook umm rat a toll ee dam that is hard to spell ratatulie? anyway the movie was good oh i know
how it spellt RATATOUILLE YESS MOVIE WAS GODD THAT IT the teacher in real life is rich that what wikapedia said
well.. Freedom writers are about what they can achieve and for what they believe in. i found that the movie was inspiring only abit. And i think that the movie was ok cause i like gangs and gang violence and i found it interestig how other races at first hate each other then but then become friends so yeh.tanx:)
November 19, 2008 @ 10:32 amthe movie is based on a true story its about all these gang wars in this school and all around america. what i learnt from this film is that gang wars is mostly started by the different races in the world like blacks whites asians and cambodians and they wont stop until their enemy race is all dead the teacher in the movie tried everything to communicate and earn the respect of her students which i found inspiring like she wouldn’t give up hope to this kids who have to face war everytime they left their house i found the movie cool to watch because its got violence and shooting and thats what im into in movies.
November 19, 2008 @ 10:43 amI think this film “Freedom Writers” was an inspiring film to all the teenagers around my age that is 12 – 18.
Because it show us how life can be in America in the 20th century, when there were heaps of gangs and violence, in families and on the streets.
It has shown me that not everyone is useless, even no matter whatever color or what your race is. It tells me that if we work together we can make it through life and make things better for us all to live in. xD
November 19, 2008 @ 10:45 amThis movie is about a true story on the civil rights racism caused by the blacks and whites in California. So the story was in a High school where gang wars on racism were common and then new teacher named Erin Gruwell gets first time a teacher job at this school. She struggles few days teaching her class and she find ways to know about each student and she also convinces her students how they can improve their lives.
December 3, 2008 @ 10:18 amI have noticed how the gangs on racism are described as the color of your skin and what race you are, Whites, Blacks, Asians, Latinos, Cambodians etc. I’ve learnt that it is a serious matter I mean we do have it here in Australia buy nowhere near what it’s like I’m America.
I’ve learnt that how the young fall into gangs, drugs and racism. I’ve also seen how families get separated apart when ordinary people fall into gangs.
The freedom writers
Response: this movie showed me what it’s like in the streets of America were people have to fight just to survive and where gangs, violence and crime is nothing but a war where everyone has to fight and will keep fighting until one gang is totally destroyed. This movie is about a class of teenagers who learn to get along with each other no matter what race they are or what color their skin is they all write diaries about their lives and what they have been through what they have witnessed through their lives and through the movie they see the true side of the gang life and change their lives to become someone better then what they used to be. They all learned that racism is wrong and shouldn’t be used against any one and also learned how the Jewish
December 3, 2008 @ 10:21 amFreedom writers-Reflection
The movie Freedom writers is a movie based on a true story that happened in the fall of 1994. It’s about a class that is located in room 203 and a teacher coming in and changing the kid’s lives inside and outside the classroom. After watching the movie I was inspired by what Hilary Swank who in the movie played Mrs. Erin Gruwell (teacher) had done to change the life of the teens she had in her class. She had brought together different cultures that didn’t like each other when she first started teaching. She teachers the students about holocaust which is about the millions of Jews that were murdered by the German. After teaching them about the holocaust era she gradually begins to earn their trust. After that she started asking them questions about their lives if they have been shot and all of them raise their hands and show the scars to her of where they had been shot. She confronts other colleagues about the students and saying how they deserve to have a good education and should have books supplied to them from the library and the lady says no. so Mrs. Gruwell goes and takes it into her own hands and goes to buy them books to use and read. I thought the job that Mrs. Gruwell did was really inspirational, because she made the kids become like a family. She even had kids from the smarter class wanting to transfer to her class which really showed how much of a good teacher she was in bringing other cultures together. I liked this movie because it was a movie that showed how other cultures that didn’t like each other come together.
December 3, 2008 @ 10:21 amFreedom writers
December 3, 2008 @ 10:24 amI couldn’t help but to feel sorry for these kid’s in this movie. All of them were going through a rough time, and to be honest I don’t blame them for being negative towards themselves and to the teacher.
No wonder why they were so caught up about respecting people and what not.
Those kids are so grateful that a lovely lady came into their lives and helped them through what they were going through. At the start of the movie by the way they acted, I thought they were pigs. The teacher didn’t just walk out on them like everyone else. She took the time to get to know them even though it was ruining her own marriage. She cared a lot.
This movie has proven to me that you really can’t judge a book by its cover.
These kids were lost, heartbroken, going through pain each and every day. This teacher stopped all that pain and heartache.
She reached her goal, and so did these kids.
They learnt not only about one another, but themselves too.
She was making them do well in school, getting their grade high and all as well as getting the time to get to know each and every one of them.
She sacrificed her marriage, the man she loved for these kids. She took up 2 jobs as well as being a teacher to get the money for these kids. She stayed back at school planning different activities for them, and even stayed back looking after students.
What the teacher did for them is just all so much. The words “thank you” just wouldn’t be enough to express. Those kids would be so grateful.
They can actually be something in life and not just an adult with problems living out on the street.
They were completely different kids at the end of the movie.
After saying that they could never do anything, to saying that they can do it and they can be the person they want to be.
This was a really great movie. Very inspirational (:
The freedom writers
Response: this movie showed me what it’s like in the streets of America were people have to fight just to survive and where gangs, violence and crime is nothing but a war where everyone has to fight and will keep fighting until one gang is totally destroyed. I learned that it doesn’t matter what other people think about you and that if people feel good about themselves then what others think. I really believe that most people should change their perspective on how they view other people around them. I liked the movie
December 3, 2008 @ 10:32 am