![]() They spark a transformation in the classroom, compel them to listen and force her to take off her idealistic blinders and take in the kids' survival stories of their undeclared war on the streets. A racially motivated gang shooting witnessed by a Latina gang member in Erin's class, and an ugly racial cartoon that Erin intercepts during class, become the most unwittingly dynamic teaching aids. But then ghetto reality steps in to focus the picture. Despite her students' obstinate refusal to participate during class, Erin tries various means to engage them on a daily basis. On the surface, the only thing they share is their hatred for each other and the understanding that they are simply being warehoused in the educational system until they are old enough to disappear. ![]() Her class, a diverse group of racially charged teenagers from different walks of life-African Americans, Latinos, Asians, juvenile delinquents, gang members, and underprivileged students from poor neighborhoods-hope for nothing more than to make it through the day. Fresh-faced, idealistic twenty-three-year-old Erin Gruwell is ready to take on the world as she steps inside Wilson High School for her first day of teaching. ![]()
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