In the two decades since its original publication, the book has sold more than one million copies and inspired a major motion picture Freedom Writers. Another student, Grant Rice (Armand Jones) is frustrated at losing an arcade game and demands a refund from the owner. Her students began recording their thoughts and feelings in their own diaries, eventually dubbing themselves the "Freedom Writers."Ĭonsisting of powerful entries from the students' diaries and narrative text by Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary is an unforgettable story of how hard work, courage, and determination changed the lives of a teacher and her students. One night, two students, Eva (April Lee Hernández), a Hispanic girl and narrator for much of the film, and a Cambodian refugee, Sindy (Jaclyn Ngan), find themselves in the same convenience store. One day she intercepted a note with an ugly racial caricature, and angrily declared that this was precisely the sort of thing that led to the Holocaust - only. So she rebooted her entire curriculum, using treasured books such as Anne Frank's diary as her guide to combat intolerance and misunderstanding. She was met by uncomprehending looks - none of her students had heard of one of the defining moments of the twentieth century. She had intercepted a note with an ugly racial caricature and angrily declared that this was precisely the sort of thing that led to the Holocaust.
In 1994, an idealistic first-year teacher in Long Beach, California, named Erin Gruwell confronted a room of "unteachable, at-risk" students.
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