One boring Saturday morning, I've decided to watch Freedom Writers.
I've seen, read and heard lots of stories like these before - you know, teachers making a difference in his/her students' lives and for the nth time, this movie has moved me at point or another. I saw myself crying like crazy in some of the scenes. I can still remember how the nurse looked at me when he saw me sniffing like mad.
Anyway, Freedom Writers is a film about a first time English teacher who was tasked to handle freshmen high schoolers that later on we found out has their own stories to tell. These "kids" belong to some gang ranging from Latino, Black, Chinese Cambodian and White - catch is, they all hate each other and will protect only their own. At one point or another, you'd see how these "kids" disrespect those who belong to a gang different from his/her. It was horrible.
Teacher Erin may have kept her cool for sometime, she eventually lost it when one of her students draws a "funny" face of one of her black students. She bluntly put her students' gang in shame when she told them about the Holocaust. And since then, her passion to help these "kids" change never ceased and they responded well - moved by her, well - passion.
While Teacher Erin or Miss G. to her students is busy helping out these kids, her marriage is put to test and eventually, it crumbles and her husband left. All these happen and I have realized that sometimes, it takes everything to make something.
Amidst all the drama, this is a story of how an ordinary person touched each of her students' lives and gave them a spark of hope that all is not lost.
I've seen, read and heard lots of stories like these before - you know, teachers making a difference in his/her students' lives and for the nth time, this movie has moved me at point or another. I saw myself crying like crazy in some of the scenes. I can still remember how the nurse looked at me when he saw me sniffing like mad.
Anyway, Freedom Writers is a film about a first time English teacher who was tasked to handle freshmen high schoolers that later on we found out has their own stories to tell. These "kids" belong to some gang ranging from Latino, Black, Chinese Cambodian and White - catch is, they all hate each other and will protect only their own. At one point or another, you'd see how these "kids" disrespect those who belong to a gang different from his/her. It was horrible.
Teacher Erin may have kept her cool for sometime, she eventually lost it when one of her students draws a "funny" face of one of her black students. She bluntly put her students' gang in shame when she told them about the Holocaust. And since then, her passion to help these "kids" change never ceased and they responded well - moved by her, well - passion.
While Teacher Erin or Miss G. to her students is busy helping out these kids, her marriage is put to test and eventually, it crumbles and her husband left. All these happen and I have realized that sometimes, it takes everything to make something.
Amidst all the drama, this is a story of how an ordinary person touched each of her students' lives and gave them a spark of hope that all is not lost.
