For my attended speech critique, I attended Tearing Hatred from the Sky. On February 23,2017, a speaker by the name of Bree Newsome came to speak at the College of Charleston at Sotille theater. Bree Newsome or Brittany Ann Newsome is an American filmmaker, musician, speaker, and activist from Charlotte, North Carolina. She is best known for her act of civil disobedience on June 27, 2015, when she was arrested for removing the Confederate flag from the South Carolina state house grounds. The young
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Ella Baker: Freedom Bound is an insightful portrait of a valuable ambassador in the twentieth century’s struggle for African American equality. Author Joanna Grant captures the many aspects of Ella Baker’s astonishing life, from her upbringing and education, to the accomplishments and influence she had on blacks of the twentieth century. Ella Baker: Freedom Bound explores the identity of Ella Baker, who carried on the family tradition of rebellion and turned the struggles of her ancestors into lessons
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When Erin Gruwell was assigned a class full of students who were labeled "at risk," she had no idea the challenges she would face. Many would have balked at what seemed like an insurmountable, Sisyphean task. On their website, the Freedom Writers explain that "on our first day of school, we had only three things in common: we hated school, we hated our teacher, and we hated each other." A novice teacher with big ideas and an even bigger heart, Gruwell refused to allow her students' lives to become
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The 1990s freedom writers The freedom writers are people who right that they got freedom in their pass they were free to join and have fun in the world. The Thesis is that the story is about people who were fighting for they freedom and they were different color-country. First character was EVA in the beginning she was a little girl who saw one of her dad die from a gang person. Then she saw her dad go to jail because her dad was a immigrant. And the middle she was old like 17 are some like that
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The Freedom Writers Diary is a book that I truly enjoyed. It is a book broken down in diary form viewing the survival of a first year teacher and her students. This book shines light on real issues that these students as well as their teacher went through. These issues range from racism, death, and gang related violence. Although the only person that is named throughout the entire book is Ms. Gruwell, one can still identify and keep track of the situations that occur. Diary number two, by far was
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Why I Feel Called to Teach Sometimes I feel overwhelmed when I think about becoming a teacher one day, but at the same time I can’t wait. Becoming a teacher may take a lot of responsibility, patience, time, and effort, but there are also numerous rewards. First and foremost, a teacher is given the unique opportunity to make a difference in a child’s life on a daily basis. For me, making even the smallest impact on a person’s life is one of the most rewarding things a person can do. I want to
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point of history. There is more to the objectivity of history. The very essence of history is that it leaves a trace of emotion by these so called significant events in one’s and/or other people’s lives – much like what Erin did in the movie, Freedom Writers. Erin is one of the rare kind of teachers that teach you more than what the curriculum offers. More than just a teacher-student relationship, she has offered and developed friendship, trust and hope for the students of Room 203 and more importantly
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Making a Difference Freedom Writers was a controversial movie based on a true story. Watching this movie it was clear that it was not going to be your average story about a teacher and her students, but instead it was much more than what was anticipated. It was hard not to be moved by the stories of each student and the difference this teacher was able to make in their lives. This story of a young, fairly inexperienced teacher named Erin Gruwell shows just what one person can accomplish
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Freedom Writers When she realizes that her students are living in their own personal wars, she takes the Diary of Anne Frank, Romeo and Juliet (another gangster story) to read in class. She notices that her school is segregated by race and color. So, she divides her class with a colored tape taped to the middle of the floor, and she says, “ were going to play a game, o.k.?” This activity helps them realize that they are all fighting the same battles, and are living their lives very much in common
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In Erin Gruwell’s The Freedom Writers Diary, Ms. Gruwell, a teacher, helps change students for the better. Ms. Gruwell starts her new job at Wilson High School. Her new co-workers start to judge her for that class she is assigned to. She is assigned to teach delinquent students because they are failing and other teachers refuse to teach them. However, Ms. Gruwell is determined to teach her students new information. The reason why she is so determined is because only a few know about everything in
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