Through pages 34-65 Esme mainly talks about the issues she encounters with not only the students but also the staff and parents. In the beginning, she talks about the situation about Shira and Twanette. Twanette stole a pen that belonged to Shira and lied about it. When Esmé approached Twanette parent, she first gave a positive feedback and then she discussed the situation. By the next diary entry, things went well with Twanette. There were also another conflict with a student that was not her own. One being that there was a boy who threw a rock at a bus that held several students. She confronted the boy the next day and firmly addressed what he has done.
Esmé always counts her books after the students and one day she finds out that a book …show more content…
Turner. Instead of using her creative ways to deal with Mr. Turner, she firmly addressed the situation. One situation is when he insisted to take her to court because the students were calling Madame Esmé rather than Ms. Esme. She told him that she already told the teachers union and they see no problem with it. Another situation is when Esmé had an assembly devoted to Connie Porter the author Addy, and in the assembly there was a raffle in which one lucky student will win a doll. Well, that lucky student was a boy and when Mr. Turner realized it was a boy he tried to pick another name. Fortunately, Esmé stopped him and used that opportunity to express how the boy loves Addy and that he deserved the …show more content…
For instance, Esmé rather uses library books than the textbooks. When the students are given the same textbooks when the library was temporary closed, it significally changed the way the students learned. Initially, the students loved learning but once the students received the same books other 5th grade classroom were receiving, they complained. Esmé uses creative approaches throughout her teachings to envoke the love of learning. She extended it by creating an afterschool club alongside other teachers. She also created an assembly in which the author of Addy, Connie Porter, came to visit. Addy was a significant story to the children of Chicago since it talked about a black character wanting to be free in a Civil War. It is similar to the teaching from “Freedom Writers” when she gave students a book that students can relate