Erin Gruwell Quotes

• 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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  Community, World, Classroom

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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.

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  Race, Views, May

  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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• Don't let the actions of a few determine the way you feel about an entire group. Remember, not all German's were Nazis.

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  Groups, Germany, Way

  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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• 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.

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  Feelings, Feeling Sad, Energy

  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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• Silence ensures that history repeats itself.

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  Silence, History Repeats Itself, Repeating History

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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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  Educational, Believe, Fighting

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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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  Teacher, Blessed, Teaching

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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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  Stupid, Believe, Kids

  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.39, Broadway Books

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• Evil prevails when good people do nothing.

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  People, Evil, Good People

  Erin Gruwell (2016). “1,001 Pearls of Teachers' Wisdom: Quotations on Life and Learning”, p.11, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Writing really evokes empathy in a way very few things can do.

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  Writing, Empathy, Way

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• Society just doesn't care about young people anymore, even if we are the future.

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  People, Care, Young

  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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  Teacher, Believe, Want

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• Education is such a noble profession, its a wonderful way to serve.

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  Noble, Way, Wonderful

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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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  Dream, Heart, Self Worth

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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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  Moving, Acceptance, Ideas

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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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  Growing Up, Educational, Kids

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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.

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  Mexican, Labels, Proud

  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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• Ruining is a gift .. it's the way of changing.

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  Way

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• Fights don't solve matters, they just make things worse. (Diary 19)

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  Fighting, Diaries, Matter

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• Remember not all Germans were Nazis.

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  Remember, Nazi

  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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