A movie that move me

People said that teachers have the heart of steel because they face a lot of challenge in teaching. From my own..well from my father’s experience you do need the heart of steel to become a good teacher. He use to tell me story of parents come to school with machete when their sons been scold or students just don’t want to come your class at all just because they feel like it. I thought I’ve seen (or heard the worst), but after watching the movie ‘Freedom Writers’ (it is based on true story) I guess there are more challenging world for us teachers out there.

Set in the so-called-land of opportunity the story is about a teacher Mrs. G (sorry I couldn’t remember her name) that been accepted in a high school where an integration program become a racial war between the students (Asian, African American, Caucasian, Latinos) although it is just a movie but I know it is true in USA there are place where when you woke up every day the only thing you looking forward to is to survive and be alive for another day. I’m trying imagining what would I feel if I am a teacher in that place where every day is a war even for teachers, a war to keep students interest in study and not letting their morale and judgment succumb to society’s sickness. It is really interesting how Mrs. G taking a step each day trying to make the students keep on coming to class (although it looks clumsy when she try to be as hip as the students). She know students have problems but no wall to write on (although there are students who make graffiti on administration’s office) so she gave them a book to write on as a journal, to write their problem in it and let her read it only if they wanted to. She makes them read the diary of Anne Frank and even find the survivors of the Holocaust (and also the person that help Anne Frank) to tell her students how hard life can be and how strong human will can be. I can see step-by-steps the students change not their life become better in an instant but how they become a better and stronger person. It is a very beautiful and inspiring story especially for us teachers, although Mrs. G lost her marriage due to her commitment to her students (besides her husband cant understand what she is doing) but I think that can be avoided, besides she sacrifice her happiness and gain happiness for her 20 to 30 students, don’t you think she has done a noble things. Don’t you?