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Room 203 was a ghetto within a school, a place with gangs, guns and nonexistent expectations.a place where the wider world was suddenly real and relevant to the students, where dazzling success was the norm and where the students were motivated to give back to society. This is a story about one mavgroup of teenagers who overcame the odds. Our film is prompted by asking: "Why does the world's richest eco ettle for a poor education system?" And, more importantly, "How can we change that?" This film points to one classroom where ans

SUMMARY OF FREEDOM WRITERSThe storyline of the movie takes between 1992-1995, bscenes from the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Hilary Swank plays the role of Erin Gruwell, a new, excited schoolteacher who leaves the safety of her hometown, Newport Beach, to teach at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Bformerly high achieving school which has recently had an integration program put in place. Her enthusiasm is quickly challenged when she realizes that her class are all "at-risk" students, also known as "unteachables", and not the eager students she was expecting. The students segregate themselves into racial groups in the classroom, fights break out, and eventually most of the students stop turning up to class. Not only does Gruwell meet opposition from her students, but she also has a hard time with her department head, who refuses to let her teach her students with books incase they get damaged and lost, and instead tells her to focus on teaching them discipline and obedience.

CHOICES One night, two students, Eva (April Lee Hernández), a Hispanifor much of the film, and a Cambodian refugee, Sindy (Jaclyn Nganthemselves in the same convenience store.

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Another student, Grant Rice (Armand

Jones) is frustrated at losing an arcade

game and demands a refund from the

owner.

When he storms out, Eva's boyfriend

attempts a drive

to kill Grant but misses, acciden

killing Sindy's boyfriend. As Eva is a

witness, she must testify at court; she

intends to protect her own kind in her

testimony.

EDUCATION At school, Gruwell intercepts a racist drawing of one of her students and uses it to teach them aboutShe gradually begins to earn their trust and buys them composition books to record their diaries, in which they talk about their experiences of being abused, seeing their friends die, and being evicted. Determined to reform her students, takes two part-time jobs to pay for more books and spends more time at school, to the disappointment of (Patrick DempseyHer students start to behave with respect and learn more. A transformation is especially visible inof her students, Marcus (Jason Finninvites several Holocaust survivors to talk with her class about their experiences and takes them on a field trip to the Museum of Tolerance

Room 203 was a ghetto within a school, a place with gangs, guns and nonexistent expectations. Room 203 became the site of an academic miracle, a place where the wider world was suddenly real and relevant to the students, where dazzling success was the norm and where the students were motivated to give back to society. This is a story about one maverick teacher and a group of teenagers who overcame the odds. Our film is prompted by asking: "Why does the world's richest eco ettle for a poor education system?" And, more importantly, "How can we change that?" This film points to one classroom where answers were found.

SUMMARY OF FREEDOM WRITERS The storyline of the movie takes place

1995, beginning with scenes from the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Hilary Swank plays the role of Erin

, a new, excited schoolteacher who leaves the safety of her hometown, Newport Beach, to teach at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, a formerly high achieving school which has recently had an integration program put in place. Her enthusiasm is quickly challenged when she realizes that her class are all

risk" students, also known as "unteachables", and not the eager

he was expecting. The students segregate themselves into racial groups in the classroom, fights break out, and eventually most of the students stop turning up to class. Not only does Gruwell meet opposition from her students, but she also has a hard

ith her department head, who refuses to let her teach her students with books incase they get damaged and lost, and instead tells her to focus on teaching them discipline and

One night, two students, Eva (April Lee ), a Hispanic girl and narrator

for much of the film, and a Cambodian refugee, Sindy (Jaclyn Ngan), find themselves in the same convenience

Another student, Grant Rice (Armand

Jones) is frustrated at losing an arcade

game and demands a refund from the

When he storms out, Eva's boyfriend

attempts a drive-by shooting, wanting

to kill Grant but misses, accidentally

killing Sindy's boyfriend. As Eva is a

witness, she must testify at court; she

intends to protect her own kind in her

At school, Gruwell intercepts a racist drawing of one of her students and uses it to teach them about the Holocaust. She gradually begins to earn their trust and buys them composition books to record their diaries, in which they talk about their experiences of being abused, seeing their friends die, and

Determined to reform her students, she

time jobs to pay for more books and spends more time at school, to the disappointment of her husband (Patrick Dempsey). Her students start to behave with respect and learn more. A transformation is especially visible in one

nts, Marcus (Jason Finn). She invites several Holocaust survivors to talk with her class about their experiences

s them on a field trip to the Museum of Tolerance. Meanwhile, her

Room 203 was a ghetto within a school, a place with gangs, guns and Room 203 became the site of an academic miracle,

a place where the wider world was suddenly real and relevant to the students, where dazzling success was the norm and where the students were motivated

erick teacher and a group of teenagers who overcame the odds. Our film is prompted by asking: "Why does the world's richest eco ettle for a poor education system?" And, more importantly, "How can we change that?" This film points to one

unorthodox teaching methods are scorned by her colleagues and department chair Margar(Imelda Staunton). The next year comes, and Gruwell teaches her class again for sophomore (second) year.

RESPECT In class, when reading ''The Diary of Anne Frank'', they invite Miep Gies (Carroll), the woman who sheltered Anne Frank from the German soldiers to talk to them. After they raise the money to bring her over, she tellexperiences hiding Anne Marcus tells her that she is his hero, she denies it, claiming she was merely doing the right thing. Her denial causes Eva to rethink lying during her testimony. When she testifies, she finally breaks down and tells the truth, much to some of hfamily members' dismay. Meanwhile, Gruwell asks her students to write their diaries in book form. She compiles the entries and names it ''The Freedom Writers Diary''.

AT THE END… Her husband divorces her and Margaret tells her she cannot teach her kidstheir junior year. She fights this decision, eventually convincing the superintendent to allow her to teach her kids' junior and senior year. The film ends with a note that Gruwell successfully brought many of her students to graduation and college.

unorthodox teaching methods are scorned by her colleagues and department chair Margaret Campbell

). The next year comes, and Gruwell teaches her class again for sophomore

In class, when reading ''The Diary of Anne Frank'', they invite Miep Gies (Pat

), the woman who sheltered Anne Frank from the German soldiers to talk to them. After they raise the money to bring her over, she tells them her experiences hiding Anne Frank. When Marcus tells her that she is his hero, she denies it, claiming she was merely doing the right thing. Her denial causes Eva to rethink lying during her testimony. When she testifies, she finally breaks down and tells the truth, much to some of her family members' dismay. Meanwhile, Gruwell asks her students to write their diaries in book form. She compiles the entries and names it ''The Freedom

Her husband divorces her and Margaret tells her she cannot teach her kids for

She fights this decision, eventually convincing the superintendent to allow her to teach her kids' junior and senior year. The film ends with a note that Gruwell successfully brought many of her students to graduation and college.

COMMENT OF THE FILM

MALOU:

What I think about freedom writers. To

me, I think it’s a very interesting movie!

Because as I watched the following

movie, the things they were happened

in the movie, these are things that

on in today’s world such as

freedom, the diversity of people and

not being understood. It’s just crazy!

As I watched the movie I was very

emotional. It put a bug in my ear and I

think it’s a life learning lesson that could

teach many (young) p

It doesn’t matter who you are or where

you come from just anybody can make

it! And even if you don’t have anybody

to depend on you still have yourself..

And I think that only you know what’s

the best for yourself.

So I can recommend you to s

movie and you can judge by yourself!

Love, Malou

MAUD:

Blablabla…

OF THE FILM

What I think about freedom writers. To

me, I think it’s a very interesting movie!

Because as I watched the following

movie, the things they were happened

in the movie, these are things that goes

on in today’s world such as having

diversity of people and

not being understood. It’s just crazy!

As I watched the movie I was very

emotional. It put a bug in my ear and I

think it’s a life learning lesson that could

teach many (young) people today.

It doesn’t matter who you are or where

you come from just anybody can make

it! And even if you don’t have anybody

to depend on you still have yourself..

And I think that only you know what’s

the best for yourself.

So I can recommend you to see this

movie and you can judge by yourself!

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2 much to handle by trying to cope, 15, female

April 8, 2010

Dear Diary,

Why is it that so many things pop in your life at the same time? Why it is all the things hit you when you know you can’t handle trying to solve them all? Sometimes when I have a billion and one thing to deal with I get so mad and I just say freak it all to hell. I’m only one person how can you expect me to handle all the home drama, love drama and school drama it’s too much I don’t think I can do it all…

My comment: This diary is one of my favorites because I really can empathy with the writer! The feeling that the writer has is some feeling I also sometimes have. And that’s not an easy and fine feeling…

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Online diaries are hot! That’s why we make an article about it. What’s the definition of an online diary? An online diary is a personal diary or journal that is published on the World Wide Web on a personal website or a diary-hosting website. The history of diaries: Online diaries began in 1994. As a community formed, these publications came to be almost exclusively known as 'online journals'. Today they are almost exclusively called 'blog’s', though some differentiate by calling them 'personal blogs'. The running updates of online diarists combined with links inspired the term 'web log' which was eventually contracted to form the word blog. So read the following diaries and enter your own comment…

Truth by Britt, 15, female

April 8, 2010

Dear Diary,

I dream about him. He's here, but he's not. He's so different, but the same. He's my friend, but my enemy. He's someone I can't lie to, He's someone I can trust, He's good, but bad. He can pick my side, but he can pick yours. He knows everything, but also I doesn't. He'll understand me, but not always. He's the truth.

My comment: I love this diary! Probably because of the love that’s put in it! When I read this diary poem it makes me feel peaceful. I think that there is for anyone on earth someone special! And that means you don’t have to feel lonely so that’s what I like about this story!

Your comment: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....

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villagers alive on land that has failed to yield sustainable crops for generations. And, in a moving sequence featuring the town's young people, Jolie discovers how free school lunches are giving children a reason to come to class and learn - and that one computer is connecting this tiny village to the rest of the world.

The images and stories that often emanate from Africa are bleak. But, The Diary of Angelina Jolie and Dr. Jeffrey Sachs in Africa offers actual solutions to famine, plague, and conflict. Thanks to the vision of Dr. Sachs and the humanitarian concerns of Jolie - Sauri has a message for the rest of the world - it is alive and fighting back.

For the first time in history, there is a feasible plan to end extreme poverty in our lifetime, and you can help make it happen:

Learn The Goal: "We will spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty, to which more than a billion of them are currently subjected."

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TRIP Extreme poverty means walking long distances barefoot to collect safe drinking water. It's a hospital overflowing with patients dying from diseases that are treatable and preventable. More than 1 billion people face extreme poverty living on less than one dollar a day, and more than 22,000 people die every day from extreme poverty and preventable diseases - needlessly.

The facts are staggering - but there is hope. There is a now feasible plan to end extreme poverty in our lifetime, and Sauri, a cluster of villages in Western Kenya, helps to show the world how we can make that happen.

In this special think MTV episode of Diary, actress and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie journeys to Kenya with the world's leading expert on poverty, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, the Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals. On their journey, they witness how the challenges of hunger, disease and isolation in Africa are being overcome in this small village beset by hunger, AIDS, and malaria.

Spending two long days in Sauri, Sachs exposes Jolie to every corner of village life to reveal his vision for ending extreme poverty by 2015. In a small hut, he demonstrates how a simple $10.00 bed net keeps families safe from Malaria, a disease that kills over three million people every year. In an open field, Jolie learns how basic instruction in proper farming techniques and fertilizer use can produce enough food to keep

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will be lifted out of extreme poverty. These results will only be achieved once a critical mass of people - particularly young people - join the fight.

Learn the harsh facts about the devastating impact of disease and poverty.

Get Money To Do Good: Do you have a project that you think can help make a difference? Think MTV and Youth Venture have teamed up to help you pay for that project. We're issuing grants of up to $1,000 each week to teams of two or more young people who are organizing efforts in their community to make a difference on a range of domestic and global issues.

Learn about the types of programs we're funding, read the rules and download an application.

Download A Youth Action Guide: Do you want to help but don't know how to go about it?

Global Youth Action Network and Taking It Global have developed an action guide to help you plan and organize your own activities to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals, and get your friends involved.

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Visit ONE.org to get your bracelet. (Bron:http://think.mtv.com/044FDFFFF0002D79C001A0098973C/)

WHY DO YOU THINK ANGELINA JOLIE HAS MADE THIS DIARY? MALOU: Why do you think Angelina Jolie has made this diary? I think that Angelina Jolie has made this diary because she wants to let us (the world) see how the life in Africa is. It’s very hard and there is a lot of poverty. Angelina Jolie also wants to fight against the poverty and she and Dr. Jeffrew Sachs are saying that that could be resolved in twenty years!

We can all help and change it so start thinking!

Love, Malou

MAUD: Blablabla…