00:00How did a novice teacher manage to engage a class that everyone thought was doomed?
00:05It's the story of writing in order to exist.
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00:14Erin Grewell arrives as a new teacher at a high school in Long Beach.
00:17She has a class of students from diverse backgrounds, marked by tensions, violence, and rivalries.
00:23between groups.
00:24At first, these courses don't work at all.
00:26The students don't trust him at all, and some of them don't even see him.
00:30'interest in what she is trying to teach them.
00:32So, she completely changed her approach.
00:34Rather than simply asking them to study texts that seem far removed from their own lives,
00:39She begins to create links between the lessons and what they actually experience.
00:43And most importantly, she gives them notebooks.
00:45In these notebooks, they can write whatever they want—their daily life, their fears, their experiences—without being forced to
00:52share them.
00:52Gradually, writing becomes a way to express what they cannot necessarily say in class.
00:58And it's inspired by a true story.
01:00Erin Grewell actually taught her students and their writings were later compiled into The Freedom Writer's Diary.
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