The Freedom Writer Part 2

This week we watched "The Freedom Writers" in class on Tuesday and part of Thursday. The thing that I kind of thought about after watching the movie again for the hundredth time was the fact that when all the kids came from different background, cultures, etc. The kids in Ms. G's class called living in Long Beach, California "a war". It was very prevalent throughout the movie to see people getting shot and jumped; in turn there was a lot of violence that these kids went up against every day. Whether it was at school, work, home; they always had someone that was out to get them. But the one place that all the kids from Ms. G's class could find peace was her class. They were all cool with each other and they had a certain level of respect for each other when they were in that class. Another place kids also find a place of peace is the basketball court or the football field. Some kids even get involved in sports to get away from trouble. It gives them a place to just forget about everything on the outside world and just focus on them and a ball or them and a would be tackler. That's what Ms. G's class did for those kids. And that's what sports can do for kids as well. As a result, some kids from her class went on to college after their senior years even though when they first started in her class as freshmen they had no intention of going to college at all. As like kids who don't have any intention of going to college, sometimes their athletic abilities help propel them to college and they become proficient in both their athletic skills and academic studies. All it takes is some place where they can have peace and quiet can do wonders for kids who are always in "a war" and that's what sports can do as well for kids like those from the Freedom Writers