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A Creative Journal

December 15th, 2007

Freedom Writers the Movie

Last night I finally got a chance to watch Freedom Writers. I’ve been blogging about these students and Erin Gruwell since November 2005. I’ve also wanted to see the film since October last year. The book they created The Freedom Writers Diary inspired the film. While I’m sure there are moments where the movie might […]

By Heather Goldsmith -- 0 comments

September 4th, 2007

Freedom Writers Foundation

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve mentioned the Freedom Writers in this blog. Since November 2005 I’ve been following their story, about the book, Freedom Writers; the movie; and their Freedom Writers Foundation.
In case you don’t know, Erin Gruwell is the teacher who inspired her class of teens to use personal journal writing […]

By Heather Goldsmith -- 5 comments

December 28th, 2006

Interview with Freedom Writers Teacher

There’s been a lot of noise about the The Freedom Writers Diary book in the press recently. Since it’s been made into a film starring Hilary Swank there’s been even more. Watch an interview with the teacher, Erin Gruwell, who started it all here.
Tris shared this with me in a comment recently, but I thought […]

By Heather Goldsmith -- 2 comments