Erin Gruwell quotes
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“Don't let the actions of a few determine the way you feel about an entire group. Remember, not all German's were Nazis.”
-- Erin GruwellSource : The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell (2007). “The Freedom Writers Diary (Movie Tie-in Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them”, p.53, Broadway Books
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“No matter what race we are, what ethnic background, sexual orientation, or what views we may have, we are all human. Unfortunately, not all humans see it that way.”
-- Erin GruwellSource : The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell (2007). “The Freedom Writers Diary (Movie Tie-in Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them”, p.46, Broadway Books
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“It would be easy to become a victim of our circumstances and continue feeling sad, scared or angry; or instead, we could choose to deal with injustice humanely and break the chains of negative thoughts and energies, and not let ourselves sink into it.”
-- Erin GruwellSource : The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell (2007). “The Freedom Writers Diary (Movie Tie-in Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them”, p.14, Broadway Books
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“I have learned that, although I am a good teacher, I am a much better student, and I was blessed to learn valuable lessons from my students on a daily basis. They taught me the importance of teaching to a student - and not to a test.”
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“I believe that education is the greatest equalizer; thus, I will continue to fight to equalize the playing field in an educational atmosphere that is not always level!”
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“I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.”
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“I grew up in a very progressive family and with a great educational system, and I asked myself, 'Why doesn't everybody have these opportunities for a good education? So why not give back to these kids who didn't grow up with the same privileges I had?”
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“Education is such a noble profession, its a wonderful way to serve.”
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“Writing really evokes empathy in a way very few things can do.”
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“It's not enough to be tolerant...now we're finally moving towards the idea of acceptance.”
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“Remember not all Germans were Nazis.”
-- Erin GruwellSource : The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell (2007). “The Freedom Writers Diary (Movie Tie-in Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them”, p.53, Broadway Books
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“Silence ensures that history repeats itself.”
-- Erin Gruwell#Silence Quotes #History Repeats Itself Quotes #Repeating History Quotes
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“Ruining is a gift .. it's the way of changing.”
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“I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more proud of being a "label" than of being a human being, that's the way most of us were taught.”
-- Erin GruwellSource : The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell (2007). “The Freedom Writers Diary (Movie Tie-in Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them”, p.86, Broadway Books
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“Fights don't solve matters, they just make things worse. (Diary 19)”
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“It sounds strange, somewhat on the line between irony and absurdity, to think that people would rather label and judge something as significant as each other but completely bypass a peanut. ... World peace is only a dream because people won't allow themselves and others around them to simply be peanuts. We won't allow the color of a man's heart to be the color of his skin, the premise of his beliefs, and his self-worth. We won't allow him to be a peanut, therefore we won't allow ourselves to come to live in harmony. (Diary 18)”
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“Evil prevails when good people do nothing.”
-- Erin GruwellSource : Erin Gruwell (2016). “1,001 Pearls of Teachers' Wisdom: Quotations on Life and Learning”, p.11, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
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“It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you tell kids they're stupid--directly or indirectly--sooner or later they start to believe it.”
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“Society just doesn't care about young people anymore, even if we are the future.”
-- Erin GruwellSource : The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell (2007). “The Freedom Writers Diary (Movie Tie-in Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them”, p.74, Broadway Books
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“I am a teacher born and bred, and I believe in the advocacy of teachers. It's a calling. We want our students to feel impassioned and empowered.”
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