Told through anonymous entries to protect their identities and allow for complete candor, The Freedom Writers Diary is filled with astounding vignettes from 150 students who, like civil rights activist Rosa Parks and the Freedom Riders, heard society tell them where to go-and refused to listen.Proceeds from this book benefit the Freedom Writers Foundation, an organization set up to provide scholarships for underprivieged youth and to train teachersFrom the Trade Paperback edition. All 150 Freedom Writers have graduated from high school and are now attending college. Two books, The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them, by the Freedom Writers and. The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them is a non-fiction 1999 book written by The. Inspired by reading The Diary of Anne Frank and meeting Zlata Filipovic (the eleven-year old girl who wrote of her life in Sarajevo during the civil war), the students began a joint diary of their inner-city upbringings. It consists of a collection of diary entries written by the 150 Freedom Writers and their English teacher, Ms. Her students began recording their thoughts and feelings in their own diaries, eventually dubbing themselves the Freedom Writers. The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell tells the inspiring story of a determined teacher and her remarkable. Soon, their loyalty towards their teacher and burning enthusiasm to help end violence and intolerance became a force of its own. The Freedom Writers Diary is an amazing, moving, and inspirational piece of art. The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them Mentions in Our Blog. In The Freedom Writers Diary, one teacher is challenged to take on the students that other teachers just do not. Manufacturer Code: 9780385494229 Product Info. For many of these students-whose ranks included substance abusers, gang members, the homeless, and victims of abuse-Gruwell was the first person to treat them with dignity, to believe in their potential and help them see it themselves. Shocked by the teenage violence she witnessed during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles, Erin Gruwell became a teacher at a high school rampant with hostility and racial intolerance.

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