一個關於「相信」就能改變,「用心」創造奇蹟的師生故事
203教室不只是教室,而是我們的閣樓、地下室與歡樂場……
在這裡,我們扭轉了宿命,實現了夢想。有誰能料到問題學生會有今天?但我們做到了!
《街頭日記》集結有青年學子發人深省的日記及老師古薇爾的筆記,是一部凸顯努力、勇氣與決心如何扭轉師生未來的動人佳作。
初出茅廬、充滿理想的艾琳‧古薇爾,在加州長堤的威爾森高中擔任英文老師,負責教導一堂英文課,包含拉丁裔、墨西哥裔、亞裔、白人等混合的問題學生,家庭問題、幫派、暴力和死亡,是學生每天面對的挑戰。
透過閱讀名著以及書寫日記,古薇爾老師帶領學生展開一場消弭偏執和誤解,徹底顛覆人生、大開眼界、啟迪人心的學習之旅,改變這些孩子對人生和種族的看法,變得積極、有自信,對自己的未來懷抱希望,順利自高中畢業上大學,並成立「自由寫手」基金會,鼓勵與他們境遇相似的人,追求希望!
★本書集結了艾琳.古薇爾以及150青年學子發人深省的日記,描述這位充滿熱情與理想的年輕老師,如何用閱讀和寫作,扭轉了這150位桀傲不馴中學生的宿命,讓這群曾被放棄的青少年,以自己脫胎換骨的人生作為見證,成為改變世界的力量,是一部適合師生共讀的動人佳作。
★派拉蒙電影公司翻拍本書原著,由金獎影后希拉蕊.史旺(Hillary Swank)領銜主演。
★本書中譯本由天下雜誌出版。
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic story of an incredible group of students and the teacher who inspired them, featuring updates on the students' lives, new journal entries, and an introduction by Erin Gruwell
Now a public television documentary, Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart
In 1994, an idealistic first-year teacher in Long Beach, California, named Erin Gruwell confronted a room of "unteachable, at-risk" students. She had intercepted a note with an ugly racial caricature and angrily declared that this was precisely the sort of thing that led to the Holocaust. She was met by uncomprehending looks--none of her students had heard of one of the defining moments of the twentieth century. So she rebooted her entire curriculum, using treasured books such as Anne Frank's diary as her guide to combat intolerance and misunderstanding. Her students began recording their thoughts and feelings in their own diaries, eventually dubbing themselves the "Freedom Writers."
Consisting of powerful entries from the students' diaries and narrative text by Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary is an unforgettable story of how hard work, courage, and determination changed the lives of a teacher and her students. In the two decades since its original publication, the book has sold more than one million copies and inspired a major motion picture Freedom Writers. And now, with this twentieth-anniversary edition, readers are brought up to date on the lives of the Freedom Writers, as they blend indispensable takes on social issues with uplifting stories of attending college--and watch their own children follow in their footsteps. The Freedom Writers Diary remains a vital read for anyone who believes in second chances.