Freedom Writers is one of my favorite movies. This movie takes place in an urban school in a city. Where new young teacher comes in thinking it will be a great experience when others do not.

The setting where it takes place is mostly in school and on the streets. The teacher that comes thinks that she will have enjoyable students that want to learn, but she has no idea what they have been through. The kids in her class are all in gangs depending on their race. The majority of them have seen a member of their family or close friend killed. Maybe even more than that, which has built hatred in them keeping them apart.

The teacher does not have any support because all the other teachers think nothing of her students; they think they are not worth educating. Throughout the movie the students take over a remarkable change in their lives. Created by their teacher. The students go from not caring, hanging with “their own”, and just trying to make it through high school. To really trying, interacting with others, and striving to make it to college.

 I recommend this movie to anyone. It is remarkable to see the changes in these kids. Or to imagine what the teacher did for them. Even if she had to work to extra jobs to support the other.