Over all I enjoyed watching the Freedom Writer’s. Erin, I believe, was the best influence in that school and in the students of Room 203 lives because she saw that she could make a difference and refused to give up. Granted she thought she would have respect from the students right away because she was a teacher, but she was able to gain respect from them over time once she showed them that she was different from the other school staff there. She refused to take no for an answer from her buying the students books to the class raising of money for a speaker to come.
As for me, the other faculty members were selfish and have lost what it meant to be a teacher. For example the teacher that was to teach the Jr. and Sr. classes throwing a fit like a child because the students wanted to stay with Erin.
I believe Erin was able to make a difference in their lives so much because she saw the students as people and not as students with a trouble past that won’t make it far. Once she got them to believe they could do anything with their lives, they started to see it in themselves. Truly I hope once I’m a teacher that I could be able to make such a great difference in students lives as Erin did.
I also think it was very inspiring even though she didn't recieve respect from her students at the beginning she didn't give up on them. That would be hard to do, but I think that's what makes a great teacher, one who cares about her students and wants to see them succeed.
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