freedom writers
i saw a great movie today - freedom writers. i highly recommend it.
what makes it so great? it does a good job of showing us the plight of young students in an urban setting dealing with, not only, racial tension, but broken families in a broken world. maybe a world that a lot of us can't relate to and turn a blind eye to.
but it's great because of the story... because of one teacher who cared enough for her students to want to make a difference. did i mention that it's a true story? it takes place in long beach, california in 1994. so there was a real life person who's desire, to understand the youth in her world, so strong that it changed how she taught and had an everlasting impact on the students in her class. i consider her a hero, as well as the kids who made a choice to change their lives.
i can only imagine what kind of world we might live in if this was happening in more schools across the country.
"freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond."
(dr. jeffrey borenstein)
what makes it so great? it does a good job of showing us the plight of young students in an urban setting dealing with, not only, racial tension, but broken families in a broken world. maybe a world that a lot of us can't relate to and turn a blind eye to.
but it's great because of the story... because of one teacher who cared enough for her students to want to make a difference. did i mention that it's a true story? it takes place in long beach, california in 1994. so there was a real life person who's desire, to understand the youth in her world, so strong that it changed how she taught and had an everlasting impact on the students in her class. i consider her a hero, as well as the kids who made a choice to change their lives.
i can only imagine what kind of world we might live in if this was happening in more schools across the country.
"freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond."
(dr. jeffrey borenstein)
I plan on using the lesson plan from Freedom Writers to work with 50 middle school students in a DC high school with a project called Postcards from Katrina. The workshop will be called Post Katrina: What would MLK do? Communciating Nonviolence through the Arts. www.postcardsfromkatrina.com
Posted by
Tam |
10:46 PM
I've seen so many commercials (and good reviews) for the movie and haven't gotten the chance to see it yet. I'll add that one to my list.
Posted by
thethinker |
7:19 PM
I have not seen the movie, but it does sound like one of those rare movies that inspire us.
Posted by
Steve |
8:30 PM
We saw the movie last night, and I too thought it was a great movie. I've been talking it up all day.
Posted by
Steve |
9:47 PM
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