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Narrative Summary Of Freedom Writers

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Introduction

The film that I chose to watch was Freedom Writers Diary. I chose this film because I thought it would be interesting to watch this film again with the task of Cross Cultural Ministry in mind. I had previously seen this movie when it aired on television years ago. Freedom Writers Diary was a film that then spoke to an age group not too far from my own at the time. In 2007 I was a young adult professional, but I worked with students in Kindergarten through Senior Year of High School.
Movie Summary
The movie Freedom Writers is based on a true story and book entitled Freedom Writers Diary. A young teacher named Erin Gruwell was newly employed at Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach California. Woodrow Wilson Classical High School was formally a school of only very scholarly students until it became a part of the racial integration plan. Erin Gruwell, unlike other teachers at that school, encourages her students to break the odds and strive to educational perfection. These students were in their freshman and sophomore years of high school and were already seen as hopeless to other teachers and the community. Despite Erin Gruwell receiving an at-risk class students she saw the students as potential scholars. Erin Gruwell was the first teacher that had challenged the students to actually try to succeed in school and not become another statistic. The biggest challenge Erin Gruwell had when entering the classroom was getting respect and

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