Freedom Writers

I watched the most amazing movie tonight....Freedom writers. It is about a class of high school Freshman in Long Beach in the 1990's. Each of these kids had experienced countless amounts of violence, the loss of friends to jail or death, and a school system that had all but given up on them. It is the story of how one teacher really can make a difference. This teacher introduced them to Anne Frank and the Holocaust an event that none of them knew anything about. She gave them a journal that they were to write in every day. Each student had the opportunity to express themselves in their own unique ways and eventually the class became a family. There journals were compiled and published as a book...The Freedom Writers. They now also have a Foundation that strives to help other schools have the same impact on their children. Check it out here

http://www.freedomwritersfoundation.org/site/c.kqIXL2PFJtH/b.2259975/k.BF19/Home.htm

I can't fathom living in the inner cities of the United States and I can't imagine how difficult it is to get through to kids in the most violent schools. Regardless all children need someone to believe in them. All children should be given the chance to succeed.

Here's a clip of the movie preview.