Agents of Socialization within Freedom Writers
1. Within Freedom Writers, majority of Ms.Gruwells’ students are involved with gangs. These students join a gang because they feel they are protecting their families, and in doing so, they put themselves in danger. They sacrifice important life factors, such as education, in order to stay apart of the gang. Despite knowing that gang life is dangerous and difficult to move away from, the students take pride in dying for their gang and see themselves as a “soldier”. Within the movie, gangs are comprised of the different races, such as blacks, Latinos, and Asians. The students feel they are protected by their own race and they associate with friends of the same race at school. The students in Ms.Gruwell’s …show more content…
An agent of socialization is a group of people or an institution, such as family, school, peers, or religion, which influences a child’s development. Gangs within Freedom Writers are an agent of socialization because they play a major role in the students’ decisions. The gang life influences the people Ms.Gruwell’s students become friends with because they will only befriend those who their gang see as suitable. Also, each student’s respective gang influences their behaviour. For example, a gang can tell one of the students to shoot someone and they would do it. Finally, a gang influences what the students see as important. Due to the gang life, many of the students do not see education as important until Ms. Gruwell comes along. Some of the students even see their gang as more important than themselves. Positive agents of socialization are necessary in a child’s development, and the gangs in Freedom Writers are a detrimental agent of socialization to each …show more content…
Even though Ms. Gruwell’s students originally did not care for their education, Ms. Gruwell’s classroom soon becomes a positive agent of socialization for the teenagers. The students immediately write down their feelings in their journals, and confine in Ms. Gruwell to keep their secrets safe. Ms. Gruwell’s field trips and teachings help the students emphasize with the Holocaust victims of the past, and with each other. The students slowly become friendlier to their classmates of other races, and they become happy to be in school. They feel that their problems disappear in Ms. Gruwell’s class and that it is the only place where they can express themselves. Before Ms. Gruwell’s class, the students did not care about their future, but Ms. Gruwell’s teaching methods influence the students to make dreams for college and to move on to better things. School becomes a positive agent of socialization for the students that changes their behaviour, their education, and their future plans for the
1. Within Freedom Writers, majority of Ms.Gruwells’ students are involved with gangs. These students join a gang because they feel they are protecting their families, and in doing so, they put themselves in danger. They sacrifice important life factors, such as education, in order to stay apart of the gang. Despite knowing that gang life is dangerous and difficult to move away from, the students take pride in dying for their gang and see themselves as a “soldier”. Within the movie, gangs are comprised of the different races, such as blacks, Latinos, and Asians. The students feel they are protected by their own race and they associate with friends of the same race at school. The students in Ms.Gruwell’s …show more content…
An agent of socialization is a group of people or an institution, such as family, school, peers, or religion, which influences a child’s development. Gangs within Freedom Writers are an agent of socialization because they play a major role in the students’ decisions. The gang life influences the people Ms.Gruwell’s students become friends with because they will only befriend those who their gang see as suitable. Also, each student’s respective gang influences their behaviour. For example, a gang can tell one of the students to shoot someone and they would do it. Finally, a gang influences what the students see as important. Due to the gang life, many of the students do not see education as important until Ms. Gruwell comes along. Some of the students even see their gang as more important than themselves. Positive agents of socialization are necessary in a child’s development, and the gangs in Freedom Writers are a detrimental agent of socialization to each …show more content…
Even though Ms. Gruwell’s students originally did not care for their education, Ms. Gruwell’s classroom soon becomes a positive agent of socialization for the teenagers. The students immediately write down their feelings in their journals, and confine in Ms. Gruwell to keep their secrets safe. Ms. Gruwell’s field trips and teachings help the students emphasize with the Holocaust victims of the past, and with each other. The students slowly become friendlier to their classmates of other races, and they become happy to be in school. They feel that their problems disappear in Ms. Gruwell’s class and that it is the only place where they can express themselves. Before Ms. Gruwell’s class, the students did not care about their future, but Ms. Gruwell’s teaching methods influence the students to make dreams for college and to move on to better things. School becomes a positive agent of socialization for the students that changes their behaviour, their education, and their future plans for the