Sunday, April 6, 2008

The Freedom Writers Diary

Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
Breaking Rank by Kristen Randle
Stand and Deliver dir by Ramon Menendez

I was frequently moved by the tragedy of the student's lives, and although I sometimes slipped into pompous english major mode and looked down my nose at the book for having multiple entries with similar themes/plot elements, I think that It really drives home the the trauma that these kids were living in.

Was anyone else confused by the fact that the Writers delivered a copy of their book to the Secretary of Education halfway through their Junior year and the book kept going until the end of Senior year?

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