At First, Erin Suffers Setbacks. the Students Ignore Her and Are Unruly. Most Stop Coming to Class. and All of Them Whine That She Does Not Know Anything About Their Lives, She Cannot Understand Them and She's Fooling

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Tanya Marie Lopez Mr. Jensen English 3 19, November 2012 Change is in your heart. Growing up in a gang war zone can affect the way you view life. You wouldn't believe how much one person can influence your life and change your whole perspective. Being a first time teacher , Erin Gruwell has to face many struggles. Her first year of teaching , she deals with the students of Wilson High School , in Long Beach California. Students of which that are involved in gangs , drugs , and violence. She faces a challenge to come to class and teach these students and to make it worthwhile for them to come to school. With many people such as the principle , her husband , and her father against her , She never stops trying to change the students for the better. Going into this situation , Mrs. Gruwell shows very admirable characteristics throughout the movie such as being strong , determined and understanding. One of the traits I admire about Mrs.Gruwell is that she is strong. She never listened to the people who told her that she wasn't going to be able to change the students perspective . Although in the beginning Erin suffers set backs. The students ignore her and are rude. Most stop coming to class and all of them say that she doesn't know anything about their lives. But Erin is creative in her ways of reaching out to them. What is more, she believes in them in a way that no one else in their lives ever has. The other teachers think little of them and little of her because she's trying to help them. The students are very rude and disrespectful towards her , she doesn't give up . She finds a way to see through all the negativity and keep trying. Wether it was her husbands filing for a divorce or the students not caring about school whatever the case was it didn't stop her. Mrs.Gruwell was a very determined teacher.

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