Freedom Writers - Movie Review

As a child one admires the people around them growing up. The danger in admiration is a big once since a young child can’t tell from right or wrong. Yet in some cases a child has no one to admire. Just like in the movie freedom writers directed by Richard LA graveness in long beach California 1992 in the school. In the movie it’s 1994 in Long Beach, California. Idealistic Erin Gruwell is just starting her first teaching job that as freshman and sophomore English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School but the integration has ruined the school, whose previously stellar academic standing has been replaced with many students who will be lucky to graduate or even be literate. Despite choosing the school on purpose because of its integration program, Erin is unprepared for the nature of her classroom, whose students live by generations of strict moral codes of protecting their own at all cost. Many are in gangs and almost all know somebody that has been killed by gang violence. The Latinos hate the Cambodians who hate the blacks and so on. The only person the students hate more is Ms. Gruwell. It isn't until Erin holds an unsanctioned discussion about a recent drive-by shooting death that she fully begins to understand what she's up against. And it isn't until she provides an assignment of writing a daily journal that the students begin to open up to her. As Erin tries harder and harder to have resources provided to teach properly which often results in her needing to pay for them herself through working second and third jobs, she seems to face greater resistance, especially from her colleagues, such as Margaret Campbell, her section head, who lives by regulations and sees such resources as a waste, and Brian

Gelford, who will protect his "privileged" position of teaching the senior honors classes at all cost. Erin also finds that her teaching job is placing a strain on her marriage to Scott Casey, a man who seems to have lost his own idealistic way in life. Out of everyone in the class room of strong students one stands out the most. Thus, Eva is admirable because of her courage and independence.

A reason Eva is admirable is because of her courage. Courage is when a person faces the odds knowing the odds will be negative to them in some way. Like when Eva has to justify in court being the only witness to her boyfriend’s crime. Saying the truth knowing it goes against her father’s word and it’s going to get her jumped. This reminds of a time when I needed the courage to speak out on what I believed was right even tough knew there was going to be negative consequences. From this experience I learned that right thing to do