The Freedom Writers Diary -Reaction
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 the most prevalent in my opinion. It gave the viewpoint of a white male student in a class where he was the minority. "What the hell am I doing in here? I'm the only white person in this English class! ...Is this really where I'm supposed to be?" (P.8) This student made it clear that he felt really uncomfortable in a class full of "rejects". Since most of the "rejects" were not white, he felt he shouldn't have been in that class. The "rejects", as he called them, were students that were labeled as problem students and or students with learning disabilities. Although this student had a learning disability, he felt that because of his race, he should have been placed in a high level class. Like many others he felt he should stick w
When teaching it is highly recommended that teachers come to class prepared with predetermined lessons, however, they should take into consideration the problems that their class faces as a whole. "Tomorrow morning, my journey as an English teacher officially begins. Since 5first impressions are so important, I wonder what my students will think about me. ith his own kind; separate and not equal. Students need to feel that their opinions matter, if teachers would only talk with instead of talking at and listen to their students, teaching would be a blast! Most teachers don't allow their students to become involved, Ms. Students will dictate how the class is run. Even though the teacher is deemed responsible for their class, he or she is really not. I learned that when you individualize situations learning becomes more receptive. Separation can be viewed as something positive because if students are placed in "honor" classes, those that are not 4will be challenged to work harder so they too can be placed in the same class. They experienced racism all the time and as a result lived by it. I know she'll believe me 'cause I'm white.
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