Freedom Writers

5 stars

Based on a true story

Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank) is a first time teacher who wants to make a difference.  She is an English Teacher at Woodrow High School and at first, has no idea what she is getting into.  Her students are divided along racial lines, gang members and separate tribes.  Everyone does not get along with each other in the class room.  One day there was a piece of paper going around in class with a drawing of a person on it.  Everybody was laughing until the picture came to the person who it was.  You know how most teachers take the paper and throw it into there desk.  Well, Erin took the paper and asked, who drew this?  She started to talk about the Jews and how there gangs were legit.  I liked that part a lot because in that moment she started to learn more about the problems they face and what they have to go through everyday.  They fight for there pride and respect.  Erin brought journals for her students to write in.  She told them that they can write whatever they want and that she is not going to read them.  However, if they want her to read them, they can put the Journals on this shelf that she has in her classroom and she can read them.  I love this movie because it shows how any race can come together and become a family.  When her students become Juniors and Seniors, Erin would have to teach a different batch of kids.  Erin’s students did not take that very well because they been through a lot with each other and wanted to stay together throughout High School.  Watch this movie and find out if she gets her kids or not?