One question that I asked was How did Mrs Gruwell even get room 203 when she started at Wilson High ?
She said "I chose to be an English teacher as a response to the Los Angeles riots following the Rodney King Verdict. At the time, I as living in Newport Beach, an affluent seaside community of California, but I chose to teach in a community that was directly affected by the riots. Wilson High was in transition: many students were being bused in from housing projects; many students had lost friends due to the rise of gang violence. Startlingly enough, there were 126 murders in Long Beach the year before I began teaching. "
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