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

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I learned that when you individualize situations learning becomes more receptive. felt he should stick with his own kind; separate and not equal. I"tmll lie and insist that there"tms been a computer error and that I am supposed to be in the Distinguished Scholars class, even though I suck in English and have a learning disability. Students will dictate how the class is run. In schools today, I believe that separating students based upon their performance, can have two effects, either negative or positive. "Tomorrow morning, my journey as an English teacher officially begins. 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. By placing mostly upper white students in these high level classes, sometimes due to social promotion, had a major impact on the students. Meaning that they may try to "get over" or receive special treatment just because" In diary number two; this young white boy makes it apparent that because he"tms white people will listen to him. 9) Although the racism that these students went through was portrayed outside of school, it was definitely up in their face while in school. Gruwell got all the students wanting to learn. Since 5first impressions are so important, I wonder what my students will think about me.

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