Teach with Your Heart Lessons I Learned from the Freedom Writers by Erin Gruwell – Amazing Story – Amazing Teacher – Amazing Students
Sep 11th, 2009 by Bargin Hunter
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In this memoir and call to arms, Erin Gruwell, the dynamic young teacher who nurtured a remarkable group of high school students from Long Beach, California, who called themselves the Freedom Writers, picks up where The Freedom Writers Diary (and the movie The Freedom Writers) end and catches the reader up to where they are today. Teach with Your Heart will include the Freedom Writers’ unforgettable trip to Auschwitz, where they met with Holocaust survivors; toured the attic of their beloved Anne Frank (Gruwell had the kids read Anne’s Diary in The Freedom Writers Diary); visited Bosnia with their friend Zlata Filipovich, and more. The book also includes what happened with the Freedom Writers as they made their way through college and graduation. Along the way, Gruwell includes lessons for parents and teachers about what she learned from her remarkable band of students.
In this passionate, poignant, and deeply personal memoir, Gruwell tells the tale of her journey through the emotional peaks and valleys on the front lines of our nation’s educational system and her commitment to awaken personal power in students and people everyone else discounts. Teach with Your Heart is a mesmerizing story of one young woman’s personal odyssey and of her remarkable ability to encourage others to follow in her footsteps.
Teach with Your Heart is marked by the enviable radiance and irrepressible force of nature that is Erin Gruwell and her unbelievable determination to ensure that education in the United States truly meets the needs of every student.
Over 30 Five Star Customer Reviews On Amazon!
Amazing story – amazing teacher – amazing students!!
Erin Gruwell is an amazing person. She was able to reach her tough students and make connections with them that “the system” had written off. Much as people would like to deny it, there is racism in our schools. If given a chance, I think that all kids can succeed. It’s the stereotypes and told that you’re stupid that brings a lot of these kids down. Poverty and their domestic situations don’t help in the least either. Erin saw through everything and at such a young age! I believe it’s people like her that truly change the world for the better.
loved it!
Such an inspiring story for future educators. A must read for anyone thinking about the teaching profession!
Heart, dedication and affluence equal results
A remarkable woman listens to the reality in her students and finds ways to reach the real person in each of them. Her affluent background and connections allows her to make the most of unique connections. The experiences of the Freedom Writers is inspiring and a clear statement that difficult students can have a richness to be realized. There is that of God in everyone and she sought it out.
Inspiring story
Many others have written detailed reviews. This is merely an attempt to throw mine in the ring. I will begin by saying that I do not believe this book was ever intended to be a “How To” manual, but rather it is Erin telling us her story. One reviewer’s title stated it was “Difficult to Replicate.” I would take that one further and state that it is IMPOSSIBLE to replicate (it is HER story!) and we would miss the point if we tried.Her ability to take these kids to screenings, and meet screenwriters, and dine at the Marriott, and meet Miep Gies, and attend the Holocaust Museum was due in part to their geographical location. Granted, all of these resources were available to other teachers in the area — but my understanding is that no one was taking “those kids.” So her willingness to take these students to these places was a large part of what changed their lives. However, depending on where you live, some of these things just are not an option!
The bigger lesson is not to replicate (we would all try & fail!) — but rather to figure out what is it that I can do, where I am, with the resources I have in front of me. Otherwise, we could excuse our inaction for lack of resources. For me this book served as a means of self-evaluation — and I came away deciding that someone raised the bar, and it’s time to step-up.
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