in 1997‚ the Freedom Writers all went to Washington‚ D.C.‚ where they presented their diary to the United States Secretary of Education Richard Riley. During this trip they also honored the Freedom Riders by holding a peace march and prayer vigil at the Washington Monument for victims of intolerance. The Freedom Writers Diary has photos of this‚ and I can only imagine what a touching site this must have been. In 1998‚ their senior year‚ Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers won the Spirit of Anne
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The main events depicted take place between 1994–1996‚ beginning with scenes from the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Swank plays the role of Erin Gruwell‚ a new‚ excited school teacher who leaves the safety of her hometown‚ Newport Beach‚ to teach at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach‚ a formerly high achieving school which has recently put an integration plan in place. Her enthusiasm is rapidly challenged when she realizes that her class are all "at-risk" high school students‚ also known as "unteachables"
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computer to write. I wrote poetry‚ short stories‚ and even half of a book before. When I got old enough to begin visiting colleges‚ I debated on what I wanted to major in. Then I thought journalism‚ but I knew the chances of me becoming a world famous writer was slim to none. I told myself I was writing for no reason‚ I told myself no one was interested in my writing. Eventually‚ I closed my laptop and stopped writing.
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treeeeeeThe writer and his friend are stopped at the outskirts of Verona by two small boys when they drive through lower hills of the Alps. The boys are brothers Nicola‚ the elder and Jacopo‚ the younger one. They were selling wild strawberries. Next time when they meet the boys‚ they are polishing shoes in the public square. Interacting with them‚ the writer comes to know that they do various tasks. One mid night‚ they see the boys resting on the stone of a footpath. Nicola sat tired with a bundle
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Interpersonal Communication Freedom Writers Paper Freedom writer is a movie based upon classroom 203‚ filled with “unfit” students‚ and a teacher trying to reach out to them. This movie was made during the time of the LA riots where racism war was at its highest. When the school faculty and the students themselves felt it to be a helpless cause to be teached‚ Mrs. Gruwell stands her ground and tries to prove them all wrong. With violence and discrimination as a factor playing against
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In the Freedom writers‚ Eva Benitez was of one Ms. Gruwell students. Eva had a tough childhood growing up. She had to go through a lot‚ especially when she was a young girl. She will always remember the time when she saw her next door neighbor get shot for no apparent reason‚ just because of his race. Also a few minutes the cops took her father away‚ but they had no reason they just felt like arresting a Mexican. I think that by Eva seeing all of this at such a young age made her into a tough girl
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Imagine yourself as a prolific writer. With hundreds of your works being published and millions of your workpiece sold worldwide‚ lengthy careers are yours with well-maintained level of output year after year. However‚ not everyone is born with such gift. So‚ what it takes to be such a prolific writer? A highly prolific writer tends to work even when they’re not inspired which mean developing production habit. This can be achieved as they will set goals and accomplish them. For instance‚ Dame Agatha
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Clause as Exchange A. The nature of dialogue The clause is also organized as an interactive event involving speaker‚ or writer‚ and audience. Let us use the term ‘speaker’ as a cover term for both speaker and writer. In the act of speaking‚ the speaker adopts for himself a particular speech role‚ and in so doing assigns to the listener a complementary role which he wishes him to adopt in his turn (see Halliday‚ 1984a;Martin‚ 1992: Chapter 2). For example‚ in asking a question‚ a speaker is taking
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Freedom writers In this movie the main point what director wants people to understand that we are different colour‚ different religion‚ different culture but we all are same‚ we all have same blood‚ we all have feeling. Been resist is not the answer of anything. No one is superior‚ everyone is equal. We all have problems but it depends how we deal with over problems. Creating group or gangs and killing or beating each other are not going to solve anything. Education plays most important rule
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