FREEDOM WRITERS

"ALWAYS TEACH WITH A HEART"

1. Describe Mrs. Gruwell as a teacher. How did she handle her class? What are her qualities that made her a teacher of yesteryears? 21^st century teacher?

 “A teacher must be devoted to his/her students”. This was seen in the movie “Freedom Writers”, where a teacher who suffer to teach her students to have respect, how to motivate them every day and how socialized in the other ethnic group. A freshmen students was disrespect to their teacher, named Mrs. Gruwell. Mrs. Gruwell is an inexperienced teacher and that was her first day in teaching she even think of how to become a good teacher. It was first day that Mrs. Gruwell encounter how the freshmen student disrespect her being a newly teacher, every day she always faced that kind of challenged which her students showed her a high level of disrespect and her students are hard to understand each other. While Mrs. Gruwell taught she developed different types of strategies to boost them in taking part class activities.

2. Describe the composition of Mrs. Gruwell’s class? How is racism manifested in the movie?

The students in class was so racial and only communicated with students of the same ethnic group. The students have no interest in school or in her but she still tried her best because she loves teaching and the more her students were like that, the more she determined to teach them and encouraged them. She tried different method or techniques to convince her students.

3.  Describe the principal and Mrs. Gruwell’s coordinator. How would relate their characters and views in real life?

  In the film, as Erin Gruwell becomes more devoted to her teaching, her husband Scott starts to feel neglected. Eventually, the two divorce with Scott telling her, "I'm living a life I didn't agree to." This part of the movie is true. Erin Gruwell and her husband did divorce for reasons similar to those presented in the film amd the Principal which was Margaret Campbell her attitude their is opposite to Mrs. Gruwell.

4. What are the strategies and activities she used to her class? How did it help in making her class successful?

She tried different methods or techniques to convince her        students. According to the this “Knowledge is not generated within an individual but rather is constructed through reaction with people and other objects around, such as books.” Mrs. Gruwell techniques to help students love reading and writing journals for them. She tried everything that can clutch the students to participate in group activities and to show their interest in school.

5. Is there uses of technology in the class? Elaborate

    Technology helps a lot to the freedom writers to share their story. Gruwell and her students have appeared on many television show. Her class has been featured on National Public Radio and in national newspapers and People magazine. Paramount Pictures released the feature-length film Freedom Writers in January 2007, a film based on Gruwell’s story featuring Hilary Swank in the lead role.

6.  If you’ll be assigned with a class or students in conflict, how will you handle it?

    If I will be assigned with a class in conflict. First, a teacher should always “teach with a heart” successful teaching must be a passion. I say “always teach with a heart” because teaching will be evermore challenging. In our humanist, we may sometimes get weary and the burning desire to teach might somehow waver but if we put out heart into what we do we can always find strength to move forward and handle the class until you they can show their interest in school.

7. What are your insights and leanings after watching the movie?

After I saw the movie there was no doubt in my mind that I would be a teacher. I was certain of my calling as early. I say “always teach with a heart” this will be a good result at the end. If you’re dedicated to your job you never get tired and regret everything even, you’ll be assigned with a class in conflict. The movie is truly moving I learned a lot to Mrs. Gruwell because of the determination and compassion she have.