Social Issues In The Freedom Writers

telling these students, was they are not worth having anything new because the administration felt it would seem like they were rewarding deviant students.

The effects of this social problem benefits most people who are wealthy because in order to get a higher education one would need the resources and money to pay for it. America is a credential society. You can only achieve and get ahead depending on what credentials you obtain from school. Those who are poor are not able to afford college and most will not be able to obtain a higher education. People who are not able to get a higher education are not able to get a high paying job. People are then stuck where they are and not able to get themselves out of poverty. With low paying jobs, …show more content…
In regards to the film, The Freedom Writers, it took one person, in this case, a teacher, Erin Gruwell, to stand up to the bureaucracy of the school system and provide students with respect, trust and hope. Though others feel students like the one in classroom 203 should be punished than rewarded. The result of punishing them does not work. Multimillionaire Eugene Lang returned to his old school which was located in a poor neighborhood, he gave the students hope and offered to pay for the college education for anyone who stayed in school and graduated. He also gave the community the support needed for students to do well in school, like tutoring and career counseling. The result of this was 90 percent in Lang 's group stayed in school and graduated high school. A promising future is necessary for success in school, especially if teachers as well as students believe that success is possible (Basirico et al. 2009). Another way would be if the United States has a federal board of education instead of a board of education in every school district. This will allow parents to send their children to any school they choose to. Right now students who attend a public school in New Jersey are not able to this. They are told where they can go to school in regards to where they live. Having a federal board of education will allow every student to have an equal opportunity to …show more content…
It is disturbing to think how minorities like myself were not and still are not provided the proper resources to achieve the right education. When coming here from Peru my parents always wanted me to live the American dream. That is to have the opportunity to have a successful and respectable occupation that provides a stable income to live comfortably in America. I always had a different perspective about people who did not take advantage of the free education that was given, but I have learned that education is not free at all. Instead, it is a business and those who can afford to pay for it are the ones who are able to live the American dream. The film, The Freedom Writers, has shown what is wrong with the educational system. I have analyzed the film from the power conflict and functionalism perspectives, I have discussed the effects of the social problems in all levels, analyze how society has influenced these social problems and identify possible strategies to resolve or to alleviate these social problems. The Freedom Writers, are an example of what can happen to a group of at risk kids when someone in the education system gives them hope for a better