Latilla Cain said her history was rooted in the beginning of the civil rights movement in the United States. Her father was the son of a sharecropper who lived in Selma, Ala.
He said he picked cotton when he was 3. Her mother, because she was black, was not allowed to go on stage to pick up an award for math she won in the third grade. As a program director at a nonprofit, she talks about developing programs that support mentoring relationships. She will never be forced to sit down.
Instead, she will be celebrated every step of the way. Much has changed for Gruwell and her former students in the last 20 years. Gruwell said all of the Freedom Writers graduated from high school and most went either to a city college or university.
More than half graduated with college degrees. Several had advanced degrees. Gruwell works out of her offices at an historic home on Ocean Boulevard. She has traveled a long way since she was a year-old teacher facing her first students. But that has all changed and Gruwell and the Freedom Writers now form a mutual admiration society. They are no longer alone. I am still their cheerleader, their mentor, their confidante. What is the message of freedom writers?
Why is it called Freedom Writers? What is the climax of Freedom Writers? Is Freedom Writers true story? Does Netflix have freedom writers? What does Erin Gruwell do now? Is Erin Gruwell currently married? Is Erin Gruwell a Latina?
How much is Erin Gruwell worth? Where did they film Freedom Writers? Did Miep Gies visit Wilson High? How did Eva change in Freedom Writers? How are relationships healthier when the individuals have mutual respect? How do the classmates learn to trust one another how does reading and writing initiate this change? Why is trust such an important component of a teacher student relationship?
What is a teacher-student relationship called? How do you build trust between a teacher and a student? Why do we trust our teachers? There is, in our view, no legitimate pedagogical justification for removing the book.
Some may object to violence and profanity in the book. However, literature that addresses violent themes challenges students to grapple intellectually and emotionally with events like gang violence, death, physical and emotional abuse, rape, and suicide — events that are all too familiar to some students. The book plainly resonates with students in your own community, as evidenced by the fact that, according to The Indianapolis Star , the majority of the students refused to return The Freedom Writers Diary because they wanted to finish reading it.
Moreover, if students were precluded from reading books containing violence and profanity, they would be denied exposure to a vast body of classic literature, ranging from Shakespeare to Toni Morrison. Even if the teacher failed to follow procedure in assigning the book, that issue is separate and distinct from the decision to remove it. The teacher could have been disciplined without removing the book and doing so merely punished the students who were engrossed in the book.
Moreover, the removal of the book sends a chilling message to teachers that they introduce even highly acclaimed secondary material into their classes at their peril. As a purely practical matter, the decision to remove one book paves the way for demands to remove other material.
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