"I need you to teach me about you," he said, in an exercise reminiscent of the "Freedom Writers" movie. As students stood affirming their experiences with difficult life situations including abuse ...

On Wednesday, Gruwell, who inspired Oscar winner Hilary Swank’s role as a teacher in the 2007 movie Freedom Writers, told 5,000 students and ... A Child’s Life in Sarajevo”, and taught ...

Before Erin Gruwell could even begin sharing her life story ... into the movie “Freedom Writers” in 2007. She also founded the Freedom Writers Foundation in 1997 to inspire students to use ...

“Stand up if you know someone who lost their life to senseless violence ... of education nonprofit the Freedom Writers Foundation — to speak with students to give them some inspiration.

The raw emotion and honesty of her students’ journals were published in a book called The Freedom Writers Diary ... their own diaries based on their life stories.” Cohoes High School will ...

As Erin Gruwell — the real-life teacher who, with her students, wrote “The Freedom Writers Diary” — she is a delicate piece of fresh meat for a school of young high schoolers who are ...

Erin Gruwell, 50, is known for her unique teaching method, which led to the publication of “The Freedom Writers ... life’s many obstacles, and have gone on to lead successful lives, our ...

After a racial incident in her classroom, Gruwell threw away the curriculum and used such true-life ... Writers (a nod to the freedom riders of the 1960s civil rights movement) became better students.

The day many students and teachers ... she had felt her entire life. She began to believe, in herself and in her future. And one day, along with 149 other Freedom Writers, she stood in a line ...

Today, Gruwell runs the Freedom Writers Foundation ... trying to teach essay writing while the students revolt. What happened in real life when you tried to teach those kinds of lessons?

It's because this film fails to earn what Gruwell earned in real life: credibility ... and their journals became the book The Freedom Writers Diary, on which this film is based.

Because the film is based on a real ... in “Freedom Writers” as it becomes a 21st century redo of “Blackboard Jungle.” The Bottom Line Empty Because the film is based on a real-life ...