REFLECTION PAPER FOR THE MOVIE “EVERY CHILD IS SPECIAL” Ishaan Awasthi an eight-year old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate and who were always getting in trouble at school for being so misbehaving and out of focus from his lessons. Too often‚ he would be caught by his teacher daydreaming and getting low grades. He even cannot read nor write‚ for him letters and numbers are his enemy. For the people around him‚ Ishaan is a naughty and lazy boy
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Freedom Writers Reflection The movie “Freedom Writers” has many differences and similarities between various cultures. In Mrs. G’s classroom there are several mixed cultures and gangs in the class. Each of the cultures sit with what is their culture and gang. None of the cultures communicate with each other but only talk about one another and how much they hate each culture that is not their own. Each individual in the classroom has to deal with his or her own problems outside of school and home
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was quite shocked when I first learned that Hystia was a philosopher and a great teacher. I regretted that idea in the end because it was like thinking so lowly of earlier women. But to think that a woman‚ found the answer on a long-debated question about the orbit of the earth‚ was quite a controversy. Of course‚ many people believed that it was Keppler who discovered the elliptical shape of the orbit‚ but actually it was already answered way‚ way back in the time of great kings and not great scientists
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Reflections as a Writer Everyone isn’t perfect‚ nor is their writing. Reflecting on what kind of writer I think I am is harder than I expected it to be. It’s because I don’t want writing to have to do with my future career. I don’t plan on becoming a journalist. I am just an average writer. When I write papers‚ I don’t try to exceed the standard of writing more than the required length‚ simply because I don’t want to. In high school‚ it seemed that the teachers were more concerned about the length
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Possible answers for Six Step Analysis of Freedom Writers exposed 1. List all the different examples of belonging evident in the text: The students are clearly identified as belonging to an ethnic group‚ based on colour‚ race and ethnicity‚ e.g. the Cambodians‚ the Latinos‚ the African Americans and the ‘whites’. They also identify themselves as being gang members and belonging to the gang‚ including having territory and ‘protecting your own’. The majority of the students live in an area
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Writer’s Reflection Where do I stand as a writer? This was a question I constantly asked myself and pondered about whether it was writing for a hobby or for a class assignment. Through the years of writing on the side‚ and creating stories from the fiction of my imagination‚ to sitting in English classes with constant interest to improve my writing‚ I found the passion and craving to write something‚ growing more vibrantly inside me‚ and feel as though it constantly changes my viewpoint and have
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Science/Math classroom‚ I have not been able to personally have a conference with Heather as she works through a writing assignment. This reflection is an analysis of her writing that I obtained from her writing journal. The analysis‚ also‚ comes from a discussion with her during the Surveys and DRA assignment. I used Carl Anderson’s book‚ Assessing Writers‚ to help analyze the two samples. I used the assessment guides‚ found in the appendix section‚ to analyze her two samples. These assessments
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Comparing Freedom Writers and The Outsiders Taking place in Long Beach California‚ Richard Lagravense directed an amazing movie titled “Freedom Writers.” Freedom Writers came out in 2007 and has inspired many teenagers all over the world. Not only do I consider this to be one of my favorite movies‚ but many others do too. Freedom Writers was a movie with many interesting characters. Hilary Swank stars as Erin Gruwell (Mrs. G)‚ a high school teacher who realizes that teaching is her passion
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the best mom that anyone could want. She gives her last to me and my brother; she puts her kids before she at all times‚ like a real women and mother should. Mother is a very trust worthy woman and I feel comfortable talking to her about anything I have concerns about‚ she always have the right thing to say. My mom teaches me to be true to myself and to be a leader not a follower and that’s why I love her and she’s a true hero. To me‚ Malcolm X would have to be a societal hero‚ because he too was
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Freedom Writers Gang violence in Los Angeles was at its prime in 1992 right after the infamous Rodney King incident and Los Angeles riots that locked down the city for three days. (Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots‚ http://www.citivu.com/ktla/sc-ch1.html) Teenagers in the rough neighborhoods of California thought that they were destined to become gang members with their respective races‚ to fight a battle that their ancestors started. During this time period‚ teenage gang members felt that
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