"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 ...

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 ...

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 the students write in their journals we can see into their lives and understand the difficulties they experience daily. "Freedom Writers" is based on the real diaries of these Long Beach ...

About 150 people listened to Gruwell's story and the stories of her students, who called themselves the Freedom Writers. They were the subjects of the 2007 film of the same name. "For 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 ...

Based on the real-life experiences detailed in 'The Freedom Writers Diary', the film underscores ... a teacher who inspires his students at Welton Academy to challenge societal norms and embrace ...

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.