Freedom Writers Foundation

The movie Freedom Writers was by far the most phenomenal movie I’ve watched in years. It’s a crime and biography movie about students who were born in the projects and were part of various gangs. The students who attended Woodrow Wilson High School was thought to have little to no potential solely because they neither knew how to read or write. Since the students had such a tough background teachers quit on the group of students because they felt it was useless. As a new teacher comes along (Ms…

In The Freedom Writers directed by Richard LaGravenese, Eva is able to “go against her people” because of what she has learned in school and through her experiences, as well as through the relationships she has made. Mrs. Gruwell assigns Eva two books in school including Durango Street and The Diary of Anne Frank including violence and gangs. She can relate to them and gains the understanding of the Holocaust with the Nazis killing many innocent Jews to “protect their own people” just because…

The film Freedom Writers incorporates various elements of intercultural communication that were discussed throughout the semester, which is why I chose to analyze this film and focus on how the concepts discussed in this course are portrayed in the film. This film is centered on gangs and racial tensions so many elements of intercultural communication are touched upon and integrated into the central theme. Three major issues I chose to examine in this film were the concepts of co-culture,…

The magic of that is foundation which comes in a variety of shades for every skin tone out there. However, not all foundations are the same. For example, my first time wearing foundation at the young age of fourteen, I wore starlight beige from Cover Girl thinking it would hide my freckles and pimples, yet I did not know I would be the laughing- stock in middle school with people saying I looked like an Oompa loompa from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory because my foundation was too dark. After…

visual arts, the theater, music, literature, and dance. Today, writers such as as Sandra Cisneros and Pat Mora and artists such as Rafael López continue to explore the creative legacy of a cultural heritage that crosses…

greatest of writers, as Lucy Maud Montgomery indicates in her insightful journal entry titled, Publishing Anne. Writer’s block cannot be generalized, it has separate causes and therefore, separate solutions. Writers often have difficulty producing original ideas when creativity in a written work is absent. Personal issues, causing a specific state of mind, can have a significant impact on an author’s ability to create, thereby hindering their means of communicating effectively. Writers,…

Writer and Artist Sometimes we think why those people were strongly influence in their society or generation. But the life and career of a person is more important to leave a legacy to society. With the time we've had big names that have left an impressive legacy in their career as an artist or writer. William Blake and Pablo Picasso are people who not only influenced their careers without also played an important role for society. They left a legacy that has endured over time and even today we…

experiences by using second person pronouns like the word “you” which could denote any age. He also reflects on prior time periods, using phrases like “us.” In the fourth chapter, he acknowledges the writing skills of today’s youth as “far better writers.” Hugo expresses the need to shift from traditional styles of writing. Styles of writing that is independent of the influence of another. The author emphasizes the use of language based on individual observations created from personal…

just plain old writing. Alliterations, metaphors, similes, and so on can help in creating a vivid narration. Frederick Douglass uses a variety of figurative language in his pieces, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and My Bondage and My Freedom. His use of figurative language, strong verbs, and the fact this his collection of writings is a narrative style format is also the reason it is so effortless to read and understand his literature. In Douglass’ My Life and Bondage, he writes…

Breaking down large academies to smaller educational communities is a reform strategy to create stronger learning infrastructure for youth. In turn, these smaller educational communities provide more attention and personalization to better prepare youth for the real world. Internal changes of educational structure work in collaboration with teachers, advisors, and community advocates. Personalization programs that connect youth with adults are becoming more and more common. Mentoring…