Erin Gruwell a new teacher to a racially divided school in Los Angeles. When she is assigned to a class full of kids who couldn’t care less about school or getting an education. After a few class incidents mostly fueled by racist comments Ms Gruwell decides to buy a few books for her class, books that she think her students could benefit from, and they do. The books and Ms Gruwell’s class changes the students perspective on the world and how they can change it, students who before thought that they would never live past 20 and be involved with gangs their whole lives suddenly realised that they didn’t have to live like that.
One of the things I liked the most about the film was that it was empowering. I loved it when the students realised that they didn’t have to be have these horrible lives and that getting an education could really help them in the future. It made me think about myself and the different ways that Grey High can connect to the movie.
