The Freedom Writers Diary was written by The Freedom Writers, about 150 students who named themselves in honor of the civil rights activists the Freedom Riders, with their teacher Erin Gruwell. The Freedom Writers along with their teacher waged war against a community that deemed these students as worthless and unteachable. I think the worst thing was that even many of the teachers at Wilson High School labeled them as at-risk and unsavable. This diary turned book consists of anonymous diary entries that Gruwell required the students to write in class. The entrees give an inside view into the lives of the students. I was flabbergasted at some of the situations that the students endured at home. But when I really thought about it I wasn’t surprised. There were students who were molested, homeless, drug addicts and abused. However they all shared one common factor---they all wanted to be wanted.
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The Freedom Writers sounds interesting. It was like a lot of stories in one.
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