Erin Gruwell Recalls Her First Year of Teaching
The real Erin Gruwell discusses her first year of teaching, when due to a lack of tenure she was given the worst students in the school, many of whom were disciplinary transfers, had been to rehab, or had emotional problems. Yet, despite these obstacles, it was these students who became the Freedom Writers.
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