Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Freedom Writers
Okay, i am the poop in the group. I have stop midway through-I will finish the book before next week. But I am a bit bored. I am also critical. I am one of those poops that think the kids could not write this eloquently. I suppose there were those "ghost writers" or Ms. G that edited the stories that would be selected for the book. The content of the stories is very good and the stories are eye openers. I kept thinking what if I had made a different choice and had ended up in this area. What would my sons have been like. Would they be dead or in jail . It is sad that it becomes a culture. This thinking is transfered from one generation to another. I can idenify with some of the emotions, but I do thank God I do not idenify with the situations. I can't image having to worry about my children having to get an education because of the violence. Okay, when I read a bit more I will add to my comments.
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Erlinda, I must confess that I, too, began to think "this is too good to be true." I decided I was being too much of a cynic and I finished the book, but I had serious doubts about the authenticity of each diary entry. I think they must have been edited at some point and they all began to sound as though they were written by the same person. Hmmm.
ReplyDeleteI understand not wanting to use real names, but I wanted to know which entries were by the same person and thought they could have had a unique number or symbol for each writer to protect their identity while also crediting the entries to each writer.
At the end, though, I wanted to believe that great books and devoted teachers and caring adults COULD make this much of a difference in a child's life. I hope it will inspire people to get more involved in their own communities to reach out and help kids and teens at risk of dropping out or failing to thrive.