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INTRODUCTION
Erin Gruwell is a teacher in the United States whose teaching method led to
publication of The Freedom Writers Diary (1999), which inspired the movie
Freedom Writers (2007). She is well known for her unique teaching
methods. She began wanting to become a lawyer, then she realized that
changing the world starts in the classroom first and began teaching at
Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California in 1994.
THE FAMILY
Erin Gruwell has not yet stopped teaching, now he goes
across the country and even has gone worldwide
teaching teachers about her unique teaching style and
how to implement that same style into their classrooms.
She calls them "The Family".
MY HERO EVENT
The My Hero project honored Erin Gruwell at an event held by
Mohamed Sidibay, former child solider from Sierra Leone,
called International Day of Peace Celebration on September
of 2014. Sidibay honored Gruwell, calling her a personal hero
of his.
CONCLUSION
Erin Gruwell was a trailblazer in teaching, shaking up the
norms of teaching that forever changed the lives of not
just her students and herself but other teachers as well.
She was a hero to many children and even today
continues to change lives and put more students though
college and encouraging teachers to change things up in
the classroom to better the lives of their students.
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