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"I am indebted to my parent for living, but to my teachers for living well"
(Thank You for My Teachers)

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Adel Various (Amici di Nessuno)

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Good Witness

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"They released the shot"

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"Mass riots have occurred throughout Los Angeles"

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"Dozens of policemen leave the street"

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"Smoke covers all cities"

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"We report for those who
are in the center of the southern city..."

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"38 dead and more than..."

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"The rescue team is preoccupied with..."

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THEIR AUTHORS

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"... where the truck driver, Reginald Denny
was pulled out of his vehicle..."

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"This city is like a war zone"

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"Crowds of people gather
in the downtown park"

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"... here in Hollywood, looters invade many shops"

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"There were 3,600 accidental shootings"

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More than 120 murders on Long Beach
in a month because of Rodney King's riots.

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Gang violence and racial conflict
broke a record.

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From the diaries of students
space 203 of Woodrow Wilson Middle School.

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In America...

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... a girl can
be crowned a princess...

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... because of its beauty and elegance.

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But an Aztec princess
was chosen for her blood...

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What did you say, Eva?

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... fighting for the people,
as grandfather and father fought...

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... against those who
say "we are inferior to them"...

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... which says
"we are not worthy of beauty and blessings"

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It was the first day at school,
and I waited for my father to take me to the bus.

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And I saw war for the first time.

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Police! Open!

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They brought my father because of revenge.

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He is innocent, but they arrested him,
because he was respected by my group.

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They call my group "gang"
because we fight for our America.

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When I started revenge in gang life,
I became the third generation.

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They hit you so you couldn't fight,

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They are my family.

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In Long Beach, everything is calm
as it seems.

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If you are a Latin, Asian or black.

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You risk being shot
if you leave your house.

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Run away!

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We fight with each other
because of the territory.

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We kill each other
because of race, pride and respect.

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We fight for ourselves.

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They think they will win
by calling me now.

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But soon everything stopped.

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The war has been declared.

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- This is your coffee.
- Thank you.

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1994 SCHOOL FIRST YEAR

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I brought my teaching plan,
I will like it if you see it.

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Yes and that's the class you will start

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Basic English, fourth grade
150 students in it.

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Some of them just got out of a special detention center for children.

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One or two use an ankle
to monitor wherever they are.

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And you know here,
We will review the teaching silabi.

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And if you see the value,
lists the lesson vocabulary...

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... one of them, "Homer's The Odyssey"...

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... too difficult for them.

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Alright.

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At the same time, most of them returned from here
waiting for three buses, almost 90 minutes at a time.

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God!

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Therefore, I don't want them to be given a lot of homework.

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You will only waste a lot of time
dealing with late assignments.

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Alright. thanks.

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- Are you from Newport Beach?
- Yes.

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Unfortunately you weren't here
even two years ago.

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We functioned one of them to record the high school lessons in the district.

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But because integration with volunteers
has been approved...

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... we lost more than 75%
of our great students.

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Actually I chose Wilson Middle School because of its integration program.

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I think what happened here
is really interesting right?

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My father was involved in the civil rights movement.

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And I remember watching the
LA riot show on TV...

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... I was thinking of entering
law school at that time.

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And I thought
Oh my God, at that time...

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... You defend the children in the courtroom,
the battle is over.

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I think actual fighting
must occur in the classroom.

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Yes it is...

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... very good thoughts that are spawned.

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Erin...

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... I think you are an intelligent woman.

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But this is your first time a teacher.

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As the head of this department,
I must be confident...

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... you are able to handle what we face here.

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Ready.

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I know I have to study a lot as a teacher,
but I'm a good student.

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I'm ready and I really want to be here.

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For some reason
they have registered you in this class.

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- Yes, and that's bullshit.
- This is stupid class, snacks.

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That means you're too stupid.

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- Dude said that to my face, snacks.
- I just said it.

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See what I mean? Foolish.

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- Man, I know you didn't say to me!
- Okay...

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Listen man,
I'll beat your ass, home child.

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Can you sit back?

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Listen, I have your place in the team.

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That's why you there
wiggle your tongue.

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Please sit back in your chair.

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Listen, your place is the good one that's gone.
I don't know why you're wasting your time.

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Come to practice with them
two years ago Nike at your feet!

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You don't know anything about me, snacks!

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Damaging my whole life.

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Jamal?

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So now you're in front of me right?

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Sit your ass!
Sit your ass at home!

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I'll get this butt out of the field.

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Close your ass. What is the home child?

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I mean, what's wrong?
Sit your ass at home!

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Excuse me,
can I ask for help here?

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So do something! Get away!

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- Hey. Erin Gruwell. Nice to meet you.
- Hey. Nice to meet you.

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- You see a little incident today, I heard.
- Yes. It happened so fast.

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Don't be discouraged.

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You spend your time here in a few years,
You will be able to teach High School.

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They are fun.

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At that time, most of your children
will disappear too.

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- What do you mean?
- In the end, they just stopped acting.

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If I do my job,
they might queue at the door.

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- Right?
- Yes.

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- A nice pearl.
- Thank you.

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If it's up to me.
I don't even want to go to school.

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My trial legal officer
threatened me.

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Tells me that it's a good school
or an A.L candidate camp.

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Stupid.

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He thinks that the
problem is happening in Long Beach...

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... and it won't come to me
at Wilson Middle School.

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Police officers who handle me don't know
that the school is like a city...

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... and the city is like a prison.

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... all of them are divided into
separate sections, depending on race ethnicity.

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There is Small Cambodia.

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Blacks.

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White skin.

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And us,
South Border or Small Tijuana.

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It's just a name,
and everyone knows that.

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But as soon as possible, you will want to try something a little at school...

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... requires respect that is not obtained from them.

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It looks like this, one race-tribe stopped by secretly to another region...

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... without respect,
as if claiming what is not theirs.

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A stranger who looks at
that he never wanted to see, and we can feel it.

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Something has come.

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Sit down.

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Let's move on to the first name
in the list. Homer.

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"Homer's The Odyssey".

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I know Homer Simpson.

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No, Homer is from ancient Greece...

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... but maybe he's bald
like Homer Simpson.

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Good.

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What's wrong?

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Please be quiet.

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Mrs.Gruwell,
he just took my bag!

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Shut up!
Nobody touched your bag.

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Yes, I see you.

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Jamal. Jamal. Return the backpack.

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I don't do anything!

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- Jamal. Jamal.
- OK.

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Wait! Wait! Please sit in your chair!
Wait! Please stay in your seat!

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Bitch-eyed slug!

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Return to your class.

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Return to the classroom now too.

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Is that all you have?

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- So, how is the job?
- Father.

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- I ask your husband.
- Good. I mean, for now.

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That's a good institution.

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I have accessed a lot of
data institutions on the computer.

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- I think you're an architect.
- That's how it is. He is just on leave.

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And the salary is good for now.

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How much do you make,
$ 27,000 has not been taxed?

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If you know, why do you ask?

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So, what does everyone want to eat?

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With your brain,
you can run a big company.

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On the contrary, I'm worried all night
because you're a teacher in Attica.

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Can you hear what you say?

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How many times have I heard you
about the march of civil rights?

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This gang is a criminal,
is not an action. Do you read the paper?

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They say the same thing
about the Black Panthers.

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I will reveal your children
which has never been known.

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Who is Rap Brown
or Eldridge Cleaver.

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You will waste your talent
on people who...

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... don't care about education.

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That hurts me.

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I told you the truth.

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I'm sorry. I can't help that.

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- Do you think this is good enough for him?
- Yes.

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Listen to Steve.

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If Erin thinks he can teach these children,
he can do it.

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You told him that he wouldn't be able to
only made him angry.

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So he doesn't like your job. What then?
Why did you let that happen to you?

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I don't know, just like that.
I don't usually disappoint him.

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I just told
when I was about to brush my teeth.

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- I don't like we don't have our own sink.
- Come in, there is space.

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Alright. thanks.

255
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I don't believe, he brought my salary all.

256
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What happened to him?

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He is like Atticus Finch to me
when I grow up.

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And now is he talking about salary?
I think he plays too much golf.

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The fact is I think he needs intervention.

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Why isn't being a teacher
not good enough for him?

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dear, calm down.

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You know, except to marry me...

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... you never really disappointed him.
He praises you.

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He likes you. He just doesn't...

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He just doesn't think
I'm good enough for you, which is good.

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That's what daddy did.
I'm sure I'll be like that someday.

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Listen, just, you know...
Stop worrying about being his perfect daughter.

268
00:19:24,263 --> 00:19:26,823
You don't live in his house,
You live in us...

269
00:19:26,932 --> 00:19:28,559
... or until we get one.

270
00:19:29,568 --> 00:19:31,729
- Or until you wake us up that one.
- Yes.

271
00:19:32,104 --> 00:19:34,197
With an extra bathroom.

272
00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:43,481
You're a teacher
because you say that.

273
00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:02,894
I have this idea.

274
00:20:03,101 --> 00:20:06,901
We will discuss poetry.
Who is here who likes Tupac Shakur?

275
00:20:07,005 --> 00:20:07,994
2Pac.

276
00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:11,371
2pac Shakur. Forgive me.
Raise your hand.

277
00:20:12,878 --> 00:20:15,574
Really? I think there will be more fans.

278
00:20:15,914 --> 00:20:18,314
I have the lyrics of this song that has been printed.

279
00:20:18,417 --> 00:20:21,147
I want you to listen to the lyrics
I've written it on the board.

280
00:20:21,253 --> 00:20:23,847
That is an example of
from an inner verse.

281
00:20:23,956 --> 00:20:28,450
What he wrote was
the very wise and cool thing.

282
00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:31,495
"Adults, children on the promised land
cannot have many heroes"

283
00:20:31,597 --> 00:20:33,963
"Mother is the only one who exists,
father does not appear"

284
00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:37,365
"And no, I don't think you know
that I will grow to be very strong"

285
00:20:37,502 --> 00:20:39,936
"You look a little pale, is that the beer?
Oh daddy what happened"

286
00:20:40,038 --> 00:20:42,404
"Where is the money you said
you will send to me?"

287
00:20:42,507 --> 00:20:44,805
"Talking on the phone,
you sound so friendly"

288
00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:47,879


289
00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:50,005


290
00:20:50,115 --> 00:20:52,982


291
00:20:53,919 --> 00:20:55,978


292
00:20:56,722 --> 00:20:58,451


293
00:20:58,557 --> 00:21:01,958


294
00:21:02,494 --> 00:21:05,759


295
00:21:05,864 --> 00:21:08,162


296
00:21:09,368 --> 00:21:12,235


297
00:21:13,272 --> 00:21:15,240


298
00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:18,002


299
00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:19,407


300
00:21:19,511 --> 00:21:22,036
- Come on.
- I can't go back there by myself.

301
00:21:22,147 --> 00:21:24,138
- This will be fine.
- No, I won't.

302
00:21:24,249 --> 00:21:25,341
I don't sit near him.

303
00:21:25,450 --> 00:21:26,678
I'm not there without my friends.

304
00:21:26,785 --> 00:21:28,116
I can't go back there alone!

305
00:21:28,220 --> 00:21:29,517
- Alright.
- Shut up.

306
00:21:29,621 --> 00:21:30,713
Okay, you know why?

307
00:21:30,822 --> 00:21:33,290
I want you all to move
to the side of the room.

308
00:21:33,392 --> 00:21:36,520
You're behind, here.
Sindy and all of you, move to the back.

309
00:21:37,162 --> 00:21:39,790
Come on. Hurry up. Right now!

310
00:21:43,235 --> 00:21:44,998
Return your ass to China,
all of you.

311
00:21:47,706 --> 00:21:51,039
- You all dwarf ass are useless.
- Move before I trample on your testism.

312
00:21:59,851 --> 00:22:01,819
Put your butt in the back, kid.

313
00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:25,208
Get away from my desk.

314
00:22:35,153 --> 00:22:36,916
So everyone is happy
with new restrictions?

315
00:22:44,863 --> 00:22:46,160
Eva?

316
00:22:47,332 --> 00:22:48,959
Where are you going?

317
00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:50,432
Hey! Hey!

318
00:25:05,403 --> 00:25:07,462
This bullshit! Come on! What is...

319
00:25:09,808 --> 00:25:11,776
What's the matter? Shit!

320
00:25:13,578 --> 00:25:15,170
I want my money back!

321
00:25:17,582 --> 00:25:21,143
Damn this is taking my money!
I want my money back!

322
00:25:22,053 --> 00:25:23,748
See what you took from me. God damn it!

323
00:25:23,922 --> 00:25:26,652
Learn to speak with language!
Are you from this country right?

324
00:25:26,758 --> 00:25:28,555
I want my money back!

325
00:25:28,927 --> 00:25:29,905
I want my money back!

326
00:25:29,940 --> 00:25:30,884
I want my money back!

327
00:25:53,652 --> 00:25:55,119
Come on! Pull out!

328
00:25:58,823 --> 00:26:00,518
Fast, fast girl! Pull out!

329
00:26:23,748 --> 00:26:25,375
Paco is scared.

330
00:26:25,617 --> 00:26:27,107
In the car he said.

331
00:26:27,218 --> 00:26:30,187
"You can't fight people alone,
your own blood"

332
00:26:30,288 --> 00:26:33,825
The same words that my father
used on many occasions.

333
00:26:33,860 --> 00:26:35,452
Only see Paco.

334
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,352
Others are running away.

335
00:26:37,462 --> 00:26:41,660
So when the police asked me,
I knew I had to protect him.

336
00:26:45,637 --> 00:26:49,073
All of us need to start,
so the class won't be too delayed.

337
00:26:49,174 --> 00:26:51,108
The principal, Banning
wants to convey something...

338
00:26:51,209 --> 00:26:53,177
... in the description of last night's events.

339
00:26:53,311 --> 00:26:55,074
I talked to the police.

340
00:26:55,180 --> 00:26:57,808
As you might already know,
is someone involved...

341
00:26:57,916 --> 00:27:01,317


342
00:27:01,486 --> 00:27:05,388


343
00:27:05,423 --> 00:27:06,856


344
00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:10,689


345
00:27:10,795 --> 00:27:13,889


346
00:27:13,999 --> 00:27:16,399


347
00:27:16,534 --> 00:27:20,664


348
00:27:20,805 --> 00:27:22,773


349
00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:42,286


350
00:27:49,267 --> 00:27:52,168


351
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:09,245


352
00:28:11,156 --> 00:28:12,521


353
00:28:14,192 --> 00:28:15,250


354
00:28:15,860 --> 00:28:17,487


355
00:28:17,595 --> 00:28:18,584


356
00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:20,562
Because I know
how often you like reading.

357
00:28:20,665 --> 00:28:22,394
Close the magazine.

358
00:28:25,370 --> 00:28:28,066
"Wanderers have no direction"

359
00:28:28,206 --> 00:28:30,174
Now, there are no correct sentences.

360
00:28:30,308 --> 00:28:33,766
I want you to rewrite this sentence
using the right tenses...

361
00:28:33,912 --> 00:28:36,380
... and spelling on page four
your assignment book.

362
00:28:42,353 --> 00:28:45,422
I don't have four pages.
It's torn.

363
00:28:45,457 --> 00:28:48,949
Okay, why don't you just use it
the next blank page?

364
00:28:54,099 --> 00:28:55,726
What's wrong?

365
00:28:58,670 --> 00:29:00,900
What is that? Give it to me.

366
00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:20,223
- What is this?
- Leave it alone.

367
00:29:26,464 --> 00:29:28,432
Do you think this is funny?

368
00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:30,426
Tito?

369
00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:34,098
Is this funny if it's your picture?

370
00:29:34,472 --> 00:29:35,769
No.

371
00:29:45,817 --> 00:29:47,580
Close the assignment book.

372
00:29:55,059 --> 00:29:58,586
Maybe we should talk about art.
Tito has talent right?

373
00:29:58,696 --> 00:30:01,597
- Yes, yes.
- Tito's life.

374
00:30:02,534 --> 00:30:04,126
Do you know anything?

375
00:30:04,269 --> 00:30:08,000
I see pictures like this
once in the museum.

376
00:30:08,973 --> 00:30:12,374
It's just not a black man,
it's a Jew.

377
00:30:12,477 --> 00:30:15,241
And instead of thick lips,
he has a very big nose...

378
00:30:15,346 --> 00:30:16,938
... like a rat's nose.

379
00:30:17,048 --> 00:30:19,073
But he is not a particular Jew.

380
00:30:19,184 --> 00:30:21,379
This is a picture of all Jews.

381
00:30:21,786 --> 00:30:24,016
And these images are published in newspapers...

382
00:30:24,122 --> 00:30:26,613
... by the most famous gang in history.

383
00:30:27,959 --> 00:30:29,551
That's us bro.

384
00:30:32,230 --> 00:30:34,528
Do you think you all know everything about gangs?

385
00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:37,492
You amateurs.

386
00:30:38,002 --> 00:30:40,129
This gang will embarrass you all.

387
00:30:40,271 --> 00:30:44,537
They are poor and angry,
and everyone looks down on them.

388
00:30:44,642 --> 00:30:47,577
Until someone decides
to give them pride.

389
00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:51,137
An identity and someone to blame.

390
00:30:51,883 --> 00:30:53,851
Do you take over the neighborhood?

391
00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:59,153
It can't be compared to them.
They take over countries.

392
00:30:59,257 --> 00:31:00,656
And how do you want to know?

393
00:31:01,125 --> 00:31:03,616
They just wiped out other people.

394
00:31:03,795 --> 00:31:05,592
- Yes.
- Yes.

395
00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:08,097
Yes they wiped out
everyone they didn't like.

396
00:31:08,199 --> 00:31:11,327
And everyone they blame
for their hard life.

397
00:31:11,469 --> 00:31:14,097
And one of the ways they do it
is to do this.

398
00:31:14,239 --> 00:31:16,730
Look, they will print images like this
in the papers.

399
00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:21,835
Big Jews, long noses,
big black skin, thick lips.

400
00:31:23,214 --> 00:31:25,580
They will also publish scientific evidence.

401
00:31:25,683 --> 00:31:29,915
Which proves Jews and blacks
is the lowest form of the human species.

402
00:31:30,855 --> 00:31:32,584
Jews and blacks
are no more like animals.

403
00:31:32,690 --> 00:31:34,021
And because they are just like animals...

404
00:31:34,125 --> 00:31:36,320
... it doesn't really matter
whether they live or die.

405
00:31:36,427 --> 00:31:40,659
In reality. life will be much better
if they all die.

406
00:31:42,233 --> 00:31:44,531
That's what the Holocause (Nazis) did.

407
00:31:44,769 --> 00:31:46,134
And that's what you all think
of each other.

408
00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:47,261
You don't know anything, home girl.

409
00:31:47,405 --> 00:31:49,873
No, I'm not Marcus!
So why don't you explain to me?

410
00:31:50,008 --> 00:31:51,976
I won't explain nonsense to you!

411
00:31:53,611 --> 00:31:55,636
Do you know how we live?

412
00:31:57,715 --> 00:31:59,273
We are here first, man.

413
00:31:59,884 --> 00:32:01,511
Close that crap, home child!

414
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,410
Alright! OK! OK!

415
00:32:03,521 --> 00:32:05,819
So what you say is,
if Latinos aren't here...

416
00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:08,950
... or Cambodia, blacks,
whites or whoever they are...

417
00:32:09,060 --> 00:32:11,688
... if they aren't here, everything
will be better for you, isn't that right?

418
00:32:11,796 --> 00:32:13,263
Of course it will be better!

419
00:32:14,165 --> 00:32:16,292
It would be better if you weren't here.

420
00:32:17,368 --> 00:32:19,029
Good. Well.

421
00:32:20,405 --> 00:32:22,805
This starts with an image like this.

422
00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:26,569
... and then some children died on the road,
never known what happened to him.

423
00:32:26,678 --> 00:32:28,578
You don't know anything!

424
00:32:30,248 --> 00:32:32,216
You don't know the pain we feel.

425
00:32:32,717 --> 00:32:34,412
You don't know what we have to do.

426
00:32:34,519 --> 00:32:36,646
You have no respect for
how we live.

427
00:32:36,754 --> 00:32:39,279
You met us here,
taught us this damn grammar...

428
00:32:39,390 --> 00:32:40,516
... and then we go out there again.

429
00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:43,116
And what will you tell me
about that huh?

430
00:32:43,227 --> 00:32:46,924
What are you doing here
will make a difference in my life?

431
00:32:47,031 --> 00:32:50,262
You don't feel respected.
What is that you say Eva?

432
00:32:50,568 --> 00:32:54,004
Yes, maybe you are not appreciated.
But to get respect, you have to give it.

433
00:32:54,138 --> 00:32:55,696
Nonsense.

434
00:32:56,874 --> 00:32:57,841
What?

435
00:32:57,942 --> 00:33:00,035
Why should I give you my respect?

436
00:33:00,178 --> 00:33:01,770
Because you are a teacher?

437
00:33:01,879 --> 00:33:03,210
I don't know you.

438
00:33:03,247 --> 00:33:05,715
How do I know you're not a liar
who stands there?

439
00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:08,911
How do I know you're not a
bad person standing there?

440
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,580
I won't give you my respect
because you're called a teacher.

441
00:33:12,690 --> 00:33:16,786
White people always want to be respected
like they think it's free.

442
00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:20,855
I'm a teacher.
No matter what my color is.

443
00:33:20,965 --> 00:33:22,796
It's all about skin color.

444
00:33:23,601 --> 00:33:25,899
It's about things that people decide
what you deserve.

445
00:33:26,037 --> 00:33:28,301
About what people want
what they don't have to be right,

446
00:33:28,406 --> 00:33:30,738
About whites who think they are running this world no matter what.

447
00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:32,742
You see, I hate white people.

448
00:33:34,379 --> 00:33:35,778
- Do you hate me?
- Yes.

449
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,974
- You don't know me.
- I know what you are doing.

450
00:33:39,083 --> 00:33:42,883
I saw white police shooting my friend
from behind to arrest him!

451
00:33:42,987 --> 00:33:44,215
His arrest.

452
00:33:44,722 --> 00:33:47,122
I see white police coming into my house...

453
00:33:47,225 --> 00:33:50,854
... and arrested my father for no reason
except because they feel like that!

454
00:33:50,962 --> 00:33:53,055
Except because they may.

455
00:33:54,565 --> 00:33:57,762
And they can because they are white.

456
00:33:59,303 --> 00:34:01,737
So I hate the behavior of white people!

457
00:34:06,377 --> 00:34:08,777
Ben, do you want to say something?

458
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,643
Can I get out of here?

459
00:34:10,748 --> 00:34:13,717
Mistress, stop acting like you're trying to
to understand our situation.

460
00:34:13,818 --> 00:34:15,251
Foster your baby there.

461
00:34:15,353 --> 00:34:17,651
- Is that all you think is this?
- This means nothing.

462
00:34:17,755 --> 00:34:18,915
When I see out of the world...

463
00:34:19,023 --> 00:34:21,491
... I don't see anyone who looks like me
with their pockets full...

464
00:34:21,592 --> 00:34:24,083
... unless they rap lyrics
or dribble.

465
00:34:24,195 --> 00:34:25,526
So why come to me?

466
00:34:25,630 --> 00:34:28,064
And what if you can't rap
lyrics or dribble?

467
00:34:28,166 --> 00:34:31,761
- That's not because of this. I know a lot.
- Right.

468
00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:34,997
And all of you think you will
pass out like this?

469
00:34:35,139 --> 00:34:36,902
I'm so for a higher school.
Nobody can stop me.

470
00:34:37,008 --> 00:34:39,977
My lady is lucky if she turns 18.
We are in war.

471
00:34:40,078 --> 00:34:41,705
We graduate every day where we live...

472
00:34:41,813 --> 00:34:44,111
... because we are not afraid to die
protect ourselves.

473
00:34:44,215 --> 00:34:48,549
At least when you die for yourself,
you die with respect, you die as a warrior.

474
00:34:48,653 --> 00:34:49,677
That's right.

475
00:34:49,787 --> 00:34:52,483
So when you die, will you get respect?
Is that what you think?

476
00:34:52,590 --> 00:34:53,648
- That's right.
- It is true.

477
00:34:53,758 --> 00:34:55,282
- Yes.
- Yes.

478
00:34:57,962 --> 00:35:00,430
Do you know what will happen
when you die?

479
00:35:01,399 --> 00:35:03,560
You will rot on the ground.

480
00:35:03,634 --> 00:35:08,003
And people will continue to live,
they will forget all about you.

481
00:35:08,873 --> 00:35:11,341
And when you rot...

482
00:35:11,476 --> 00:35:16,436
... do you think that would mean that you are an authentic gangster or not?

483
00:35:17,748 --> 00:35:19,181
You are dead.

484
00:35:20,585 --> 00:35:24,954
And no one, no one
will want to remember you...

485
00:35:25,056 --> 00:35:29,186
... because all of you leave
in this world only this.

486
00:35:47,311 --> 00:35:49,006
Did you raise your hand?

487
00:35:51,082 --> 00:35:54,483
That's what you talked about before,
Holocaust?

488
00:35:54,585 --> 00:35:57,145
- Holocaust, yes.
- What is that?

489
00:36:01,459 --> 00:36:04,690
Raise your hand if you want to know what the Holocaust is.

490
00:36:17,408 --> 00:36:19,239
Raise your hand...

491
00:36:19,911 --> 00:36:23,540
... if you are in this class
who wants to ask is explained.

492
00:36:23,940 --> 00:34:28,312


493
00:37:28,312 --> 00:37:31,110
How about this?
We are discussing the Holocaust.

494
00:37:31,215 --> 00:37:32,682
No, they won't read it.

495
00:37:33,818 --> 00:37:36,286
We can try it.
Books just sit here.

496
00:37:36,387 --> 00:37:38,116
Look at the value of reading them.

497
00:37:38,222 --> 00:37:40,486
If I give my students this book,
I will never see them again.

498
00:37:40,591 --> 00:37:42,525
If I do, they will be damaged.

499
00:37:42,893 --> 00:37:46,385
How about this? Romeo & Juliet.
That's a big gang story.

500
00:37:46,497 --> 00:37:50,126
Don't, don't book.
This is what we give them.

501
00:37:50,635 --> 00:37:52,865
This is Romeo & Juliet,
but that's a concise version.

502
00:37:53,004 --> 00:37:55,029
Even this,
see how they treat it.

503
00:37:55,172 --> 00:37:58,232
See how they tore it up?
They draw it.

504
00:37:59,577 --> 00:38:01,306
Ms. Campbell?

505
00:38:01,479 --> 00:38:02,571
They know they got this...

506
00:38:02,613 --> 00:38:04,376
... because nobody thinks
they are smart enough for the actual book.

507
00:38:04,482 --> 00:38:06,450
Yes I don't have a budget to buy new books every semester...

508
00:38:06,550 --> 00:38:07,744
When the children return this.

509
00:38:07,852 --> 00:38:09,581
So what should I do?
I bought them a book?

510
00:38:09,687 --> 00:38:12,815
Yes it's up to you,
but you will waste your money.

511
00:38:13,190 --> 00:38:16,057
Is there someone else
that you can talk to about this?

512
00:38:16,594 --> 00:38:19,154
- Excuse me?
- I'm sorry, but...

513
00:38:20,164 --> 00:38:21,222
I don't understand.

514
00:38:21,332 --> 00:38:23,129
Does the Long Beach Board of Education agree...

515
00:38:23,267 --> 00:38:25,827
... that these books only have to sit here
and not be used at all?

516
00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:27,562
Let me explain.

517
00:38:28,639 --> 00:38:31,403
It's called an instruction-based site.

518
00:38:31,509 --> 00:38:34,376
This means that me and the principal
each have the authority...

519
00:38:34,478 --> 00:38:37,345
... to make various decisions
without having to go to the Board...

520
00:38:37,448 --> 00:38:41,908
... which has a bigger problem to solve.
Do you understand how it works now?

521
00:38:42,553 --> 00:38:45,021
I'm sorry.
I don't mean to overstep your authority.

522
00:38:45,122 --> 00:38:47,283
I don't intend that. I just...

523
00:38:48,893 --> 00:38:51,521
I don't know how to make them
interested in reading this.

524
00:38:51,629 --> 00:38:55,190
You can't make someone want to be educated.

525
00:38:55,466 --> 00:38:59,527
The best you can do is
try to make them obedient, learn discipline.

526
00:38:59,670 --> 00:39:02,400
That will be
extraordinary success for them.

527
00:39:06,277 --> 00:39:08,871
Since you know Margaret
more than me.

528
00:39:08,979 --> 00:39:11,539
If I can get a back-up from you...

529
00:39:11,649 --> 00:39:16,518
... I think diary books like
"The Diary of Anne Frank And"...

530
00:39:16,620 --> 00:39:18,349
... will mean a lot to them...

531
00:39:18,456 --> 00:39:21,914
... and he doesn't seem to understand that they
can relate to those stories...

532
00:39:22,026 --> 00:39:23,653
... remember everything they faced.

533
00:39:23,761 --> 00:39:26,662
Oh of course. That's a universal story.

534
00:39:26,764 --> 00:39:31,724
I mean, Anne Frank, Rodney King,
they are almost interchangeable.

535
00:39:35,506 --> 00:39:37,565
- Do you laugh at me?
- Yes.

536
00:39:37,708 --> 00:39:39,869
God, listen to what you say.

537
00:39:39,977 --> 00:39:42,309
How dare you compare them
with Anne Frank?

538
00:39:42,813 --> 00:39:43,939
They don't hide.

539
00:39:44,048 --> 00:39:46,539
They go around in public places
with automatic weapons.

540
00:39:46,650 --> 00:39:50,108
I'm one of them who lives in fear.
I can't get out of my door at night.

541
00:39:50,721 --> 00:39:52,621
And you blame these children?

542
00:39:52,723 --> 00:39:55,817
These are schools with A
accreditation before they come here.

543
00:39:55,926 --> 00:39:57,826
And see what they change.

544
00:39:58,763 --> 00:40:01,129
I mean, that doesn't make sense.

545
00:40:02,099 --> 00:40:04,192
Those children who want
education must not be smooth...

546
00:40:04,268 --> 00:40:07,237
... because the school will change
to open school?

547
00:40:07,338 --> 00:40:09,829
Because children who don't want to be here,
and shouldn't be here...

548
00:40:09,974 --> 00:40:11,236
... forced to here...

549
00:40:11,342 --> 00:40:13,310
... by the genius
who runs the regional school?

550
00:40:15,012 --> 00:40:16,775
Integration is a lie.

551
00:40:16,881 --> 00:40:20,578
Yes we are teachers, we cannot say that
or we lose our jobs because of racism.

552
00:40:20,684 --> 00:40:23,778
So please stop cheering,
Erin. you are ridiculous.

553
00:40:23,888 --> 00:40:26,448
You don't know anything about these children.

554
00:40:26,557 --> 00:40:28,582
And you don't meet the requirements
to judge teachers...

555
00:40:28,692 --> 00:40:30,785
... who has brought this place to life.

556
00:41:11,001 --> 00:41:14,732
Are we going to play the game okey?
This is very fun. I promise.

557
00:41:16,373 --> 00:41:18,807


558
00:41:18,909 --> 00:41:19,898


559
00:41:20,044 --> 00:41:21,636


560
00:41:21,745 --> 00:41:25,647


561
00:41:25,749 --> 00:41:27,307


562
00:41:27,418 --> 00:41:30,615


563
00:41:30,721 --> 00:41:33,349


564
00:41:33,457 --> 00:41:35,152


565
00:41:35,593 --> 00:41:36,924


566
00:41:37,161 --> 00:41:40,426


567
00:41:48,472 --> 00:41:49,564


568
00:41:50,374 --> 00:41:51,841


569
00:41:55,045 --> 00:41:56,137


570
00:41:56,247 --> 00:41:59,739
How many of you have already watched Boyz N The Hood?

571
00:42:08,425 --> 00:42:10,393
Okay, next question.

572
00:42:10,494 --> 00:42:13,395
How many of you live in the project settlement?

573
00:42:18,202 --> 00:42:23,162
How many of you know someone,
friends or relatives...

574
00:42:23,307 --> 00:42:26,276
... who or stay in a prison
specifically for children or prison?

575
00:42:30,214 --> 00:42:32,375
How many of you have been
in detention centers specifically for children...

576
00:42:32,483 --> 00:42:34,747
... or jail for a long time?

577
00:42:35,185 --> 00:42:36,152
Detention does not count.

578
00:42:40,024 --> 00:42:41,719
Is the refugee camp calculated?

579
00:42:42,860 --> 00:42:44,225
You decide.

580
00:42:59,276 --> 00:43:02,006
How many of you know
where can you get drugs now?

581
00:43:07,284 --> 00:43:10,151
How many of you know someone in a gang?

582
00:43:18,462 --> 00:43:21,158
How many of you are gang members?

583
00:43:22,366 --> 00:43:24,061
- Good experiment.
- Good experiment.

584
00:43:25,436 --> 00:43:28,234
Okay, that's a stupid question right?

585
00:43:28,339 --> 00:43:29,306
Yes.

586
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,408
You are not allowed to be a member of a gang at school.

587
00:43:31,508 --> 00:43:33,908
I'm sorry because I asked.
That's my ugliness.

588
00:43:38,682 --> 00:43:42,448
Okay now I'll ask you guys,
a more serious question.

589
00:43:43,354 --> 00:43:48,155
Stand on the line if you have lost friends because of gang violence.

590
00:44:13,684 --> 00:44:16,619
Stay on the line if you have lost
more than one friend.

591
00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:24,654
Three.

592
00:44:38,475 --> 00:44:40,272
Four or more.

593
00:44:50,988 --> 00:44:53,115
Well, I want us to respect
these people now.

594
00:44:53,223 --> 00:44:55,748
However you guys,
call their names.

595
00:45:04,802 --> 00:45:05,769
James.

596
00:45:10,574 --> 00:45:11,541
Beatriz.

597
00:45:22,619 --> 00:45:24,416
Thank you very much to all of you.

598
00:45:25,756 --> 00:45:28,384
Now I have something
for everyone of you.

599
00:45:31,195 --> 00:45:33,356
Everyone has their own story...

600
00:45:33,464 --> 00:45:37,992
... and it's important for you to share your own story, even with yourself.

601
00:45:38,135 --> 00:45:40,695
So what we will do is...

602
00:45:40,838 --> 00:45:43,807
... we will write every day
in this journal.

603
00:45:44,141 --> 00:45:48,703
You may write about whatever you want,
past, present, future.

604
00:45:48,812 --> 00:45:52,714
You may write it like a diary,
or you may write...

605
00:45:52,816 --> 00:45:58,220
... songs, poems, every good thing,
bad things, anything.

606
00:45:58,322 --> 00:46:01,018
But you have to write every day.

607
00:46:01,191 --> 00:46:04,683
Always close to the pen.
Every time you feel inspired.

608
00:46:04,728 --> 00:46:06,787
And that won't be assessed.

609
00:46:06,897 --> 00:46:10,560
How can I give A or B
for writing the truth right?

610
00:46:10,667 --> 00:46:13,431
And I won't read it
unless you give me permission.

611
00:46:13,570 --> 00:46:17,301
I need to see that you filled it in,
but I will only do this...

612
00:46:17,407 --> 00:46:18,931
... to see that you wrote on that day.

613
00:46:19,076 --> 00:46:24,343
Now, if you want me to read it, I've... Excuse me. A closet here.

614
00:46:24,448 --> 00:46:28,111
This has a key on it.
I will keep opening it during class lessons...

615
00:46:28,218 --> 00:46:31,051
... and you can leave your diary
there if you want me to read it.

616
00:46:31,155 --> 00:46:34,784
I will lock this cabinet
at the end of class.

617
00:46:36,026 --> 00:46:37,118
OK?

618
00:46:39,129 --> 00:46:44,999
So each of you can progress,
one by one, and take your own journal.

619
00:46:52,442 --> 00:46:54,307
If you are ready.

620
00:47:18,969 --> 00:47:21,437
Eva holds her back,
but I know she wants to take part.

621
00:47:21,538 --> 00:47:23,005
He is very stubborn.

622
00:47:23,140 --> 00:47:25,472
What really surprised me was Brandy,
who never said a word...

623
00:47:25,576 --> 00:47:28,306


624
00:47:28,412 --> 00:47:30,243


625
00:47:30,347 --> 00:47:31,871


626
00:47:31,982 --> 00:47:34,212


627
00:47:34,318 --> 00:47:37,253


628
00:47:37,354 --> 00:47:39,822


629
00:47:39,923 --> 00:47:43,791


630
00:47:45,229 --> 00:47:46,753


631
00:47:46,864 --> 00:47:48,491


632
00:47:49,566 --> 00:47:53,093


633
00:47:53,604 --> 00:47:54,662


634
00:47:54,805 --> 00:47:56,534
... I think like
we don't talk about anything...

635
00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:59,700
... besides your work, like so on.

636
00:47:59,843 --> 00:48:01,071
I'm sorry.

637
00:48:01,912 --> 00:48:03,607
- What happens at work?
- There is no.

638
00:48:03,647 --> 00:48:05,274
I don't want to talk about that either.

639
00:48:05,382 --> 00:48:08,180
I just want to relax.
I want to be home.

640
00:48:10,621 --> 00:48:13,112
And I want to be with my school teacher.

641
00:48:19,730 --> 00:48:22,893
I always have fantasies about
always being late after school.

642
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:27,664
Well I'm sorry I left my pap eraser at work.

643
00:48:27,804 --> 00:48:30,170
Do other teachers
enter this in additional work?

644
00:48:30,274 --> 00:48:33,072
I don't know.
I made it up when I went together.

645
00:48:33,176 --> 00:48:35,838
And the other teachers don't really talk to me.
I mean, Brian and Margaret...

646
00:48:35,946 --> 00:48:37,880
- Honey, I don't want to think.
- Sorry. Okay, don't think.

647
00:48:37,981 --> 00:48:40,108
- I just want to...
- I'm almost done ok?

648
00:48:42,085 --> 00:48:43,882
So, how much longer?

649
00:48:45,155 --> 00:48:47,453
Not long. Promise.

650
00:48:51,528 --> 00:48:54,656
Thank you very much for coming.
Susan is a great student. thanks.

651
00:48:54,765 --> 00:48:56,392
- Nice to meet you.
- Good night. Watch Out.

652
00:48:56,500 --> 00:48:58,434
- Jim, thank you very much.
- Thank you, Brian.

653
00:48:58,568 --> 00:49:00,661
I appreciate you coming
in the evening with the student guardians.

654
00:49:00,871 --> 00:49:02,236
Drive is safe.

655
00:49:43,113 --> 00:49:45,604
In each war, there are enemies.

656
00:49:52,756 --> 00:49:55,725
I saw my mother
being beaten to death...

657
00:49:56,093 --> 00:49:59,290
... and saw blood and tears flowing down his face.

658
00:50:00,464 --> 00:50:04,267
I feel useless and afraid
and angry at the same time.

659
00:50:05,235 --> 00:50:06,964
Stay here Brandy. Watch the kids!

660
00:50:07,104 --> 00:50:08,469
- Return my money!
- Take care of children!

661
00:50:09,940 --> 00:50:13,671
I can still feel
the belt on my back and legs.

662
00:50:14,277 --> 00:50:17,007
One time, he was unable to pay rent.

663
00:50:17,114 --> 00:50:20,550
And that night he prevented us on the road
and ended on the sidewalk.

664
00:50:20,650 --> 00:50:22,777
He said "Choose the place"

665
00:50:34,564 --> 00:50:38,227
Clive is my subordinate.
He is my belief on many occasions.

666
00:50:38,368 --> 00:50:42,065
We are like one fist,
me and him, one army warrior.

667
00:50:42,873 --> 00:50:44,670
- This is heavy.
- Yes.

668
00:50:46,410 --> 00:50:50,369
Real poop is here.
No one is harassing us now.

669
00:50:50,814 --> 00:50:53,544
But we have to practice
because this is how we have strength.

670
00:50:53,650 --> 00:50:55,379
You pressed it, then...

671
00:51:01,725 --> 00:51:04,091
I sat there until the police arrived.

672
00:51:05,262 --> 00:51:10,131
But when they arrived, everything they saw
was as dead as a corpse, a gun and a Negro.

673
00:51:10,634 --> 00:51:14,570
They took me to the detention room for children.
The first night is the most frightening.

674
00:51:17,274 --> 00:51:19,071
Prisoners beat walls...

675
00:51:19,176 --> 00:51:23,306


676
00:51:23,713 --> 00:51:27,740


677
00:51:28,652 --> 00:51:31,177


678
00:51:31,288 --> 00:51:34,086


679
00:51:37,694 --> 00:51:40,561


680
00:51:40,664 --> 00:51:44,100


681
00:51:44,234 --> 00:51:46,634


682
00:51:46,736 --> 00:51:48,931


683
00:51:49,072 --> 00:51:51,768
Learn to be calm.
A wrong word can erupt you.

684
00:51:51,875 --> 00:51:54,969
If you look at my eyes,
You will see a love of a girl.

685
00:51:55,078 --> 00:51:57,945
If you see my smile,
you'll see there's nothing wrong.

686
00:51:58,582 --> 00:52:01,813
If you tear my shirt,
You will see a bruise.

687
00:52:01,985 --> 00:52:04,112
What did I do to drive him crazy?

688
00:52:04,154 --> 00:52:08,056
At the age of 16, I saw more bodies than a grave.

689
00:52:08,725 --> 00:52:12,422
Every time I step out the door,
I am faced with the risk of being shot.

690
00:52:13,096 --> 00:52:17,226
To the outside world,
it's just another corpse on the corner.

691
00:52:17,801 --> 00:52:19,769
They don't know that it's my friend.

692
00:52:19,870 --> 00:52:21,201
During the war in Cambodia...

693
00:52:21,304 --> 00:52:23,295
... the people in the camp harassed my father's dignity.

694
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:25,908
He sometimes tries to
hurt my mom and me.

695
00:52:26,042 --> 00:52:28,203
I feel like I have to protect my family.

696
00:52:28,311 --> 00:52:33,305
I have trouble deciding what candy I want, then I hear gunshots.

697
00:52:33,416 --> 00:52:35,247
I ducked to see
that one of my friends...

698
00:52:35,352 --> 00:52:38,378
... bleeding bleeding out of his mouth.

699
00:52:39,122 --> 00:52:42,285
The next day, I open my shirt
and wrap the gun.

700
00:52:42,392 --> 00:52:44,656
I found it in a hallway of my house.

701
00:52:44,761 --> 00:52:47,059
I don't even know how this war began.

702
00:52:47,164 --> 00:52:50,190
Only two parties
conflict with each other in repeated ways.

703
00:52:50,300 --> 00:52:52,791
Who cares about the history behind it all?

704
00:52:53,603 --> 00:52:55,036
I'm my father's daughter.

705
00:52:55,138 --> 00:52:59,507
And when they call me to testify,
I will protect myself mine no matter what.

706
00:52:59,809 --> 00:53:03,370
Nobody cares what I do.
Why should I bother coming to school?

707
00:53:03,847 --> 00:53:07,476
My friends are soldiers,
not on the battlefield, but on the streets.

708
00:53:07,584 --> 00:53:09,415
They fight for their lives.

709
00:53:09,519 --> 00:53:11,953
I don't like the coldness of a gun
pervading my skin.

710
00:53:12,055 --> 00:53:13,352
That makes me shiver.

711
00:53:13,456 --> 00:53:17,187
It's a crazy life.
After you enter, there is no way out.

712
00:53:17,294 --> 00:53:18,886
Every time I lecture someone...

713
00:53:18,995 --> 00:53:22,192
... and for someone to be part of our gang,
is another baptism.

714
00:53:22,299 --> 00:53:24,733
They give us their lives,
we give them new things.

715
00:53:24,868 --> 00:53:28,167
I've lost a lot of friends
who died in a war that was not announced.

716
00:53:29,439 --> 00:53:31,907
For soldiers and me,
Everything is valuable.

717
00:53:32,442 --> 00:53:36,105
The risk of your life avoiding bullets,
pulls the trigger of the gun.

718
00:53:37,514 --> 00:53:39,141
It's all valuable.

719
00:54:00,103 --> 00:54:01,195
This...

720
00:54:01,338 --> 00:54:04,705
Mr.Gruwell? Your table is ready.
Follow me.

721
00:54:05,475 --> 00:54:07,033
- Daddy, I got them.
- Okay.

722
00:54:08,645 --> 00:54:11,079
Daddy, I don't know what to do
with this.

723
00:54:11,181 --> 00:54:13,615
I'm not a social worker.
I'm almost not a teacher.

724
00:54:13,717 --> 00:54:14,684
Thank you.

725
00:54:14,784 --> 00:54:17,981
These students,
they are 14, 15 years old...

726
00:54:18,088 --> 00:54:20,784
... and if they go through the day
is still alive, that's good enough.

727
00:54:20,890 --> 00:54:22,858
And I have to teach them?

728
00:54:25,762 --> 00:54:27,252
Listen to me.

729
00:54:27,364 --> 00:54:31,357
You are not responsible for their lives outside the classroom.

730
00:54:32,636 --> 00:54:35,605
- Just do your work as best you can.
- How?

731
00:54:35,705 --> 00:54:37,969
The administration section
doesn't give me the source of material...

732
00:54:38,074 --> 00:54:39,905
... there are no books, no support.

733
00:54:41,711 --> 00:54:43,338
So what should I do?

734
00:54:46,683 --> 00:54:49,277
Fulfill your obligations
until the end of the school year...

735
00:54:49,386 --> 00:54:51,752
... even so,
entered in another position.

736
00:54:52,155 --> 00:54:55,556
Success follows experience.

737
00:54:55,659 --> 00:54:57,957


738
00:54:59,796 --> 00:55:03,926


739
00:55:04,768 --> 00:55:08,704


740
00:55:11,007 --> 00:55:13,032


741
00:55:13,176 --> 00:55:14,370


742
00:55:14,477 --> 00:55:17,002


743
00:55:17,113 --> 00:55:19,240


744
00:55:19,349 --> 00:55:20,577


745
00:55:20,684 --> 00:55:23,084


746
00:55:23,186 --> 00:55:25,211


747
00:55:25,322 --> 00:55:28,553


748
00:55:28,958 --> 00:55:31,392


749
00:55:31,494 --> 00:55:33,985
After students' grades rise,
I will get a little more help from school...

750
00:55:34,097 --> 00:55:37,294
... and I can get employee discounts.
Isn't that good?

751
00:55:37,434 --> 00:55:40,528
- Want a new TV?
- Yes.

752
00:55:54,484 --> 00:55:56,975
Excuse me, if I want to
order books in large quantities...

753
00:55:57,087 --> 00:55:59,248
... can I get a discount?

754
00:56:03,460 --> 00:56:05,485
- These books are new items.
- I know.

755
00:56:06,796 --> 00:56:09,560
Okey friends all listen.

756
00:56:09,966 --> 00:56:12,059
Only the problem with this book is...

757
00:56:12,202 --> 00:56:13,897
... about a gang member
and there is an element of violence in it...

758
00:56:14,037 --> 00:56:16,198
... so you might not be able to read it as part of the curriculum.

759
00:56:16,339 --> 00:56:20,139
So, I tried my best
to get permission, okay?

760
00:56:22,579 --> 00:56:24,740
It's rather difficult to get their attention.

761
00:56:24,848 --> 00:56:28,579
Until recently, the only thing that had gone beyond their hatred for each other was me.

762
00:56:28,852 --> 00:56:32,117
Yes you put them together
and that's progress.

763
00:56:33,757 --> 00:56:35,315
What can I do for you?

764
00:56:36,025 --> 00:56:40,928
I want to do more with them,
and I need support from someone in authority.

765
00:56:41,030 --> 00:56:43,863
You have to do this with your head and headmaster.

766
00:56:44,483 --> 00:56:46,443
I can't get involved in school internal policies.

767
00:56:46,523 --> 00:56:48,723
My principal is only
listening to my head...

768
00:56:48,883 --> 00:56:50,843
... and he is not very supportive.

769
00:56:50,923 --> 00:56:52,683
You have to find a way to deal with it.

770
00:56:52,763 --> 00:56:55,563
No, I'd rather just deal directly with someone who is authorized.

771
00:56:55,683 --> 00:56:57,803
Ms.Gruwell, there is a system in place...

772
00:56:57,923 --> 00:57:00,723
... based on the school year in
using educational facilities.

773
00:57:00,923 --> 00:57:04,003
- You have to follow the system.
- No, I don't want to.

774
00:57:05,043 --> 00:57:08,003
Listen, I'm just trying to do my work here.

775
00:57:08,083 --> 00:57:11,003
What is the use of voluntary integration programs...

776
00:57:11,083 --> 00:57:13,883
... if students up to
Middle School get a reading value of 5?

777
00:57:14,003 --> 00:57:15,803
I organized the program.

778
00:57:15,883 --> 00:57:17,003
With all due respect...

779
00:57:17,083 --> 00:57:19,443
... all the programs that were carried out
were warehousing these students...

780
00:57:19,603 --> 00:57:21,003
... until they are old enough to disappear.

781
00:57:21,083 --> 00:57:22,723
Listen, I appreciate your intentions...

782
00:57:22,883 --> 00:57:25,443
... but there's nothing I can do
through class per class.

783
00:57:25,563 --> 00:57:29,083
Dr.Cohn, why do they have to waste it
their time to develop...

784
00:57:29,203 --> 00:57:31,923
... if they know
we are wasting our time teaching them?

785
00:57:32,003 --> 00:57:34,723
We tell them
"Go to school. Get education"

786
00:57:34,843 --> 00:57:38,963
And then we say "Well they can't learn,
so let's not waste the resources"

787
00:57:39,323 --> 00:57:40,803
I thought about touring.

788
00:57:40,923 --> 00:57:43,803
Most of them have never been out of Long Beach.

789
00:57:43,883 --> 00:57:46,363
They have never been given a chance...

790
00:57:46,483 --> 00:57:49,003
... to expand their thoughts
about what is out there for them.

791
00:57:49,083 --> 00:57:50,483
And they are hungry for that.
I know it.

792
00:57:50,603 --> 00:57:52,723
And that's just a reward system.

793
00:57:52,883 --> 00:57:54,643
They don't get anything,
they don't develop...

794
00:57:54,803 --> 00:57:56,883
... by doing their duty
and improving their quality.

795
00:57:57,043 --> 00:57:58,323
But Ms.Campbell
doesn't want to give books...

796
00:57:58,443 --> 00:57:59,483
... due to budget restrictions.

797
00:57:59,643 --> 00:58:00,763
He won't approve the school tour.

798
00:58:00,923 --> 00:58:02,323
I will collect money.

799
00:58:02,443 --> 00:58:05,083
I just need to know that
I won't face resistance.

800
00:58:05,483 --> 00:58:07,563
Listen, I can't promise anything
to them if I can't keep up.

801
00:58:07,683 --> 00:58:10,123
This is just proof of what they believe.

802
00:58:12,043 --> 00:58:15,883
What I'm saying is,
Ms. Campbell doesn't need to be cared for.

803
00:58:19,403 --> 00:58:21,163
Are you the doorman at Marriott?

804
00:58:21,283 --> 00:58:22,403
Only weekends.

805
00:58:22,523 --> 00:58:24,443
You played tennis with Evan
on Saturday.

806
00:58:24,603 --> 00:58:26,483
And you can play golf
with dad on Sundays.

807
00:58:26,603 --> 00:58:27,603
Do you want me to play golf?

808
00:58:27,763 --> 00:58:30,043
And the bonus is
. I get employee prices...

809
00:58:30,123 --> 00:58:32,403
... in Marriott hotel rooms
worldwide.

810
00:58:32,523 --> 00:58:33,483
I've heard a lot about
connecting lines...

811
00:58:33,643 --> 00:58:37,083
... but bra-selling-English.
-teacher-hotel-doorman will be new.

812
00:58:37,203 --> 00:58:39,683
You said your part time work was only temporary.

813
00:58:39,803 --> 00:58:42,163
Yes. I just don't know for how long.

814
00:58:42,883 --> 00:58:44,803
- What if I say no?
- No, what is it?

815
00:58:44,903 --> 00:58:47,343
No, I don't want you to work in three professions.

816
00:58:47,443 --> 00:58:49,483
- But I can do it Scott.
- No, that's not the point.

817
00:58:49,603 --> 00:58:52,003
You can do anything!
We know that it's finished.

818
00:58:52,083 --> 00:58:55,123
It's just me... You...

819
00:58:55,803 --> 00:58:57,563
You don't even ask me.

820
00:58:58,683 --> 00:59:02,083
- I'm just trying to do my job, Scott.
- By getting two more jobs?

821
00:59:02,883 --> 00:59:04,563
I don't understand, Erin.

822
00:59:05,683 --> 00:59:08,243
Scott, this is our time to move
after what we want...

823
00:59:08,323 --> 00:59:11,643
... when we were young,
before we had a family.

824
00:59:11,883 --> 00:59:14,083
Maybe this is the right time
for you to go back to school...

825
00:59:14,163 --> 00:59:16,323
... obtained your architectural degree.

826
00:59:16,403 --> 00:59:18,323
Isn't that amazing?

827
00:59:21,403 --> 00:59:22,843
What?

828
00:59:24,523 --> 00:59:25,803
None.

829
00:59:32,603 --> 00:59:34,483
So, I'll call you
with the list of places.

830
00:59:34,603 --> 00:59:36,683
I have scheduled a meeting for the PTA board next week.

831
00:59:36,843 --> 00:59:37,843
So hopefully this isn't a problem.

832
00:59:37,963 --> 00:59:39,273
- Thank you very much.
- Thank you again.

833
00:59:39,307 --> 00:59:40,990
- Nice to meet you, Paula.
- Nice to meet you too.

834
00:59:43,085 --> 00:59:45,716
Principal Banning prohibits receiving calls
from Dr.Cohn on the school board.

835
00:59:45,760 --> 00:59:48,517
Do you seem to have taken your students touring?

836
00:59:48,562 --> 00:59:52,023
Yes, but that is for weekends,
until it won't affect the test schedule.

837
00:59:52,023 --> 00:59:53,832
I know how busy you are...

838
00:59:53,939 --> 00:59:56,539
... and after that I bear it myself,
I don't want to bother you.

839
01:00:19,887 --> 01:00:20,714
I'll be back soon.

840
01:00:20,714 --> 01:00:23,588
Oh, no, no, don't Erin?

841
01:00:25,513 --> 01:00:27,084
- Return to the car.
- Father, he lives here.

842
01:00:27,186 --> 01:00:30,212
I'll meet him.
back to the car and door lock.

843
01:00:32,357 --> 01:00:34,848
- What's the name?
- Andre Bryant.

844
01:00:34,960 --> 01:00:35,927
Andre.

845
01:00:39,865 --> 01:00:44,029
Since I broke with my father, mom and even
didn't want to look at me, because I looked like my father.

846
01:00:44,536 --> 01:00:46,333
And with my brother in prison...

847
01:00:46,438 --> 01:00:49,407


848
01:00:49,741 --> 01:00:51,368


849
01:00:51,977 --> 01:00:54,002


850
01:00:58,617 --> 01:01:00,107


851
01:01:05,557 --> 01:01:06,581


852
01:01:06,692 --> 01:01:08,592


853
01:01:09,061 --> 01:01:11,996


854
01:01:12,131 --> 01:01:13,723


855
01:01:13,866 --> 01:01:16,960


856
01:01:17,369 --> 01:01:19,200


857
01:01:19,304 --> 01:01:21,363


858
01:01:22,007 --> 01:01:23,099


859
01:01:24,576 --> 01:01:27,977


860
01:01:28,280 --> 01:01:30,714
They won't.
The person has confessed.

861
01:01:30,816 --> 01:01:32,943
For whom? Your brother?

862
01:01:33,652 --> 01:01:36,052
Hey. Are you Andre?

863
01:01:47,533 --> 01:01:49,000
- What's wrong?
- Hey.

864
01:01:54,873 --> 01:01:57,273
- What?
- Put on your seat belt.

865
01:02:00,646 --> 01:02:02,443
You're a young girl too.

866
01:02:05,918 --> 01:02:08,478
You guys have
to Newport Beach before?

867
01:02:08,687 --> 01:02:12,316
What? We went there last year
on our trip to Paris.

868
01:02:18,597 --> 01:02:20,064
Paris.

869
01:02:24,469 --> 01:02:25,436
This is good.

870
01:02:25,771 --> 01:02:27,432
I brought you something.

871
01:02:31,543 --> 01:02:34,171
This is a good book.
I read it at school.

872
01:02:34,279 --> 01:02:38,079
It's about a kid's gang,
and I think you might want to read it.

873
01:02:40,879 --> 01:02:42,879
What did the prosecutor say?

874
01:02:46,291 --> 01:02:49,124
He told me what I wanted to say
when I stood up.

875
01:02:49,579 --> 01:02:51,979
I'm proud of you dear.

876
01:02:54,579 --> 01:02:56,179
There is no innocent baby.

877
01:02:56,579 --> 01:02:58,379
Nobody.

878
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:03,379
They did it to us on
many occasions and just escaped.

879
01:03:04,500 --> 01:03:08,379
That's why it's not about what happens or doesn't happen.

880
01:03:08,500 --> 01:03:14,999
In the war you won your victory when you
could cause you to lose on another day.

881
01:03:16,550 --> 01:03:20,350
But if you get the winning
...... ... one day you won.

882
01:03:23,950 --> 01:03:26,950
FIRST SCHOOL OF SCHOOL
TWO SEMESTERS

883
01:03:34,950 --> 01:03:37,750
At the beginning of the tour, they gave you a card with a picture of the child on it.

884
01:03:44,950 --> 01:03:49,011


885
01:03:49,187 --> 01:03:52,350
You can find out who they are
and in what camp they were sent.

886
01:03:52,457 --> 01:03:56,257
And at the end of the tour,
you can find out if they survived.

887
01:03:57,129 --> 01:03:59,393
I got a little girl from Italy.

888
01:04:13,712 --> 01:04:15,839
Tito, your hat.

889
01:04:45,811 --> 01:04:49,440
Kristallnacht, they call it
night broken glass.

890
01:04:49,548 --> 01:04:51,880
Hundreds of synagogues have been looted and burned.

891
01:04:51,983 --> 01:04:54,747
More than 7,000
Jewish stores were destroyed.

892
01:04:54,853 --> 01:04:56,946
More than 100 Jews were killed.

893
01:05:09,735 --> 01:05:15,139
A Small Center for children
in Isieux, Ain province, France.

894
01:05:15,841 --> 01:05:18,742
Among the children who were deported
that day to Birkenau...

895
01:05:18,844 --> 01:05:22,211
... 11 years old, Liliane Berenstein...

896
01:05:22,314 --> 01:05:26,216
... which before leaving the place,
left a letter to God.

897
01:05:32,057 --> 01:05:36,687
My son died.
He got off the train
and they killed him.

898
01:05:37,195 --> 01:05:39,356
I don't know why it's so annoying.

899
01:05:39,498 --> 01:05:41,625
I've seen death all my life.

900
01:05:41,900 --> 01:05:46,564
But this little boy is only five years old.

901
01:06:07,459 --> 01:06:10,986
Ms.G has a wonderful dinner
for us at the hotel where she works.

902
01:06:11,696 --> 01:06:15,655
He invited the actual Holocaust victims
from the museum to meet us.

903
01:06:16,835 --> 01:06:18,632
Ada Elisabeth Mann.

904
01:06:18,737 --> 01:06:23,275
I have parents,
sisters, two brothers.

905
01:06:23,575 --> 01:06:25,042
Gloria Ungar.

906
01:06:25,143 --> 01:06:27,737
If any of you see someone with a number on his arm...

907
01:06:27,846 --> 01:06:29,837


908
01:06:29,948 --> 01:06:32,382


909
01:06:32,484 --> 01:06:36,284


910
01:06:36,388 --> 01:06:40,017


911
01:06:40,125 --> 01:06:42,389


912
01:06:42,494 --> 01:06:44,928


913
01:06:45,030 --> 01:06:46,054


914
01:06:46,198 --> 01:06:48,166


915
01:06:48,266 --> 01:06:51,997


916
01:06:52,103 --> 01:06:54,469


917
01:06:54,573 --> 01:06:57,770


918
01:06:57,876 --> 01:06:59,343


919
01:06:59,444 --> 01:07:03,346


920
01:07:03,782 --> 01:07:07,081


921
01:07:07,118 --> 01:07:09,848


922
01:07:10,322 --> 01:07:13,519


923
01:07:13,625 --> 01:07:16,253


924
01:07:17,095 --> 01:07:21,191


925
01:07:22,267 --> 01:07:24,428


926
01:07:24,569 --> 01:07:27,367


927
01:07:27,472 --> 01:07:30,373


928
01:07:37,916 --> 01:07:39,508


929
01:07:39,618 --> 01:07:42,212


930
01:07:42,320 --> 01:07:43,947
... we are not ready to
order the dessert.

931
01:07:44,055 --> 01:07:46,421
And the students have an amazing experience.

932
01:07:46,525 --> 01:07:48,288
You have to see them.

933
01:07:48,393 --> 01:07:51,453
If you enter as soon as possible, come.
It's only 9:30 now.

934
01:07:52,864 --> 01:07:57,301
Okay, I'll see you later.
I love you, daa.

935
01:08:28,833 --> 01:08:30,767
How many times
should I tell your ass again?

936
01:08:30,869 --> 01:08:32,996
Get rid of your ass here!

937
01:09:05,303 --> 01:09:07,771
So, throughout the summer
you read and think about this book.

938
01:09:07,971 --> 01:09:11,200
TWO YEARS OF SCHOOL
EARLY SEMESTER

939
01:09:11,910 --> 01:09:15,676
And you know,
I think this will be very valuable.

940
01:09:16,381 --> 01:09:21,785
Starting from Victoria
to explain to us from a black perspective.

941
01:09:23,355 --> 01:09:24,652
Victoria?

942
01:09:25,457 --> 01:09:27,448
Do I have to be stamped on my forehead
with what he said,

943
01:09:27,559 --> 01:09:30,119
"Spokesperson for State
for the Fate of Black People?"

944
01:09:30,362 --> 01:09:33,525
How do I know the black
perspective on purple skin? "

945
01:09:33,665 --> 01:09:37,101
Tell you what, if I don't change the classroom,
I will hurt this idiot. =... for African Americans.  What? Black people learn to read...

946
01:09:37,202 --> 01:09:39,261
... and we all come miraculously
to the same conclusion?

947
01:09:39,404 --> 01:09:40,837
Therefore I decided to
see my friend's English class, Brandy.

948
01:09:40,939 --> 01:09:42,702
- Nice to meet you, man.
- Hey, yeah.

949
01:09:42,807 --> 01:09:45,503


950
01:09:45,610 --> 01:09:49,205


951
01:09:49,314 --> 01:09:50,781


952
01:09:50,882 --> 01:09:52,941
- How is your summer?
- Good.

953
01:09:57,455 --> 01:09:59,423
You're still white, I see it.

954
01:10:00,058 --> 01:10:01,923
Okay, everybody, ready?

955
01:10:02,093 --> 01:10:03,219
- Hey, Ms.G.
- Hey.

956
01:10:03,328 --> 01:10:04,659
- Hey, Ms.G.
- Hey.

957
01:10:14,105 --> 01:10:17,597
Both friends listen!
This is what I want you to do.

958
01:10:17,842 --> 01:10:21,938
I want every one of you to progress and
take one of these Borders bags...

959
01:10:22,047 --> 01:10:24,948
... which contains four books
which we read in this semester.

960
01:10:25,050 --> 01:10:26,278
Alright!

961
01:10:27,018 --> 01:10:29,316
That's a very special book...

962
01:10:29,421 --> 01:10:33,881
... each one reminds me,
in some ways to each of you.

963
01:10:37,796 --> 01:10:41,061
But, before you take the book.

964
01:10:41,700 --> 01:10:45,500
I want you to take one of these sparkling glasses.

965
01:10:45,603 --> 01:10:49,403
... and I want each
of you to toast.

966
01:10:50,709 --> 01:10:54,201
Each of us
will toast for change.

967
01:10:54,646 --> 01:10:59,208
And what does that mean,
from now on...

968
01:10:59,784 --> 01:11:05,120
... every voice that says to you
"You won't be able to" be silenced.

969
01:11:06,257 --> 01:11:11,524
Every reason that tells you things
that will never change, get rid of.

970
01:11:13,064 --> 01:11:16,532
And your figure before now,

971
01:11:16,567 --> 01:11:20,001
... the figure is gone.
Now it's your turn.

972
01:11:20,939 --> 01:11:22,236
OK?

973
01:11:23,341 --> 01:11:27,300
Alright, are you ready
the party starts?

974
01:11:30,281 --> 01:11:31,908
- What?
- Stop it.

975
01:11:32,016 --> 01:11:33,574
What was agreed upon?

976
01:11:41,826 --> 01:11:44,852
I have had a boyfriend since I was 11 years old, as long as you know.

977
01:11:45,563 --> 01:11:48,327
- I trust you.
- Shut up.

978
01:11:48,733 --> 01:11:51,861
Okay, I really am a person...

979
01:11:52,003 --> 01:11:55,439
... who will get pregnant before
is aged 16 and leaves school.

980
01:11:56,341 --> 01:11:57,706
Like my mother.

981
01:12:01,679 --> 01:12:03,112
It won't happen.

982
01:12:03,348 --> 01:12:05,543
Nobody ever listens to teenagers.

983
01:12:06,284 --> 01:12:09,913
Everyone thinks, you guys should have fun because you are still young.

984
01:12:10,021 --> 01:12:13,047
They don't see a war
that we fight every day.

985
01:12:13,825 --> 01:12:15,656
And one day, my war will end.

986
01:12:16,127 --> 01:12:17,890
And I'm not going to die.

987
01:12:19,364 --> 01:12:22,800
And I won't tolerate cruelty
from anyone.

988
01:12:26,337 --> 01:12:27,668
I'm strong.

989
01:12:27,772 --> 01:12:31,003
My mother kicked me out when I
entered the gang life.

990
01:12:32,177 --> 01:12:34,475
But I want him to see me graduate.

991
01:12:36,080 --> 01:12:37,877
I want to reach age 18.

992
01:12:42,187 --> 01:12:45,714
Ms. G, Can I read something
from my heart?

993
01:12:45,824 --> 01:12:47,291
Good.

994
01:12:51,262 --> 01:12:52,923
Who is he?

995
01:12:53,064 --> 01:12:55,157
Dude he's been with us
since the first year, you idiot.

996
01:12:55,300 --> 01:12:58,201
- What's the name?
- I do not know.

997
01:12:59,771 --> 01:13:04,231
That summer was the worst summer
at my short age of 14 years.

998
01:13:04,943 --> 01:13:07,138
Everything starts from a telephone.

999
01:13:07,579 --> 01:13:10,013
My mother is crying and begging...

1000
01:13:10,114 --> 01:13:15,074
... ask for more time as if
he was panting at the end of his breath.

1001
01:13:16,087 --> 01:13:19,147
He holds me tight
as best he can and cries.

1002
01:13:19,257 --> 01:13:24,695
His tears pierced my shirt like a bullet
and he told me that we were expelled.

1003
01:13:25,096 --> 01:13:29,055
He keeps apologizing to me.
I think I don't have a home.

1004
01:13:29,167 --> 01:13:32,967
I should have asked for something cheaper at Christmas.

1005
01:13:33,071 --> 01:13:36,939
On the morning of the eviction, a loud knock on the door woke me up.

1006
01:13:37,041 --> 01:13:39,669
The sheriff is there to do his job.

1007
01:13:40,578 --> 01:13:44,105
I looked at the sky,
waiting for something to happen.

1008
01:13:45,950 --> 01:13:49,511
My mother has no family.
To be asked for help, no money.

1009
01:13:50,088 --> 01:13:53,751
Why bother coming to school or getting good grades if I'm homeless?

1010
01:13:54,392 --> 01:13:58,260
The bus stops in front of the school.
I feel like throwing up.

1011
01:13:58,363 --> 01:14:03,130
I wear clothes from yesterday,
some old shoes and no new haircuts.

1012
01:14:03,868 --> 01:14:06,200
I keep thinking
I will be laughed at.

1013
01:14:06,237 --> 01:14:08,705
Instead, I was welcomed by some friends...

1014
01:14:08,806 --> 01:14:11,138
... who was in my
English class last year.

1015
01:14:11,242 --> 01:14:14,143
And that's my fact Mrs.Gruwell...

1016
01:14:14,245 --> 01:14:16,509
... my English teacher Uedan
from last year...

1017
01:14:16,614 --> 01:14:19,276
... the only person who made me think about hope.

1018
01:14:20,351 --> 01:14:23,809
Talking with friends about
English years ago and our tour...

1019
01:14:23,922 --> 01:14:25,947
... I'm starting to feel more comfortable.

1020
01:14:26,557 --> 01:14:31,517
I received my schedule and my first teacher
was Ms. Gruwell in room 203.

1021
01:14:31,863 --> 01:14:34,964
I stepped into the room
and felt as if...

1022
01:14:34,999 --> 01:14:38,628
... all the problems in life
are not very important anymore.

1023
01:14:39,270 --> 01:14:40,737
I go home.

1024
01:14:42,740 --> 01:14:44,207
Yes, you go home.

1025
01:15:04,829 --> 01:15:06,660
But you're a superior student.

1026
01:15:06,731 --> 01:15:08,323
If you move to Ms.Gruwell's classroom...

1027
01:15:08,466 --> 01:15:10,491
... think about how to describe your
score record.

1028
01:15:10,635 --> 01:15:13,832
That doesn't matter to me.
My grades will still be the same.

1029
01:15:14,138 --> 01:15:16,003
Listen to Ms. Campbell.

1030
01:15:16,107 --> 01:15:19,702
When I was first transferred to school,
I got an average IP of 4.0.

1031
01:15:20,044 --> 01:15:23,502
But when I went to further selection in English and Mathematics...

1032
01:15:23,614 --> 01:15:26,549
... I was told that it was good for me
was in class with my own friends.

1033
01:15:26,651 --> 01:15:29,586
Now, when I enter,
my teacher says...

1034
01:15:29,687 --> 01:15:33,316
... "Victoria, not every day we find
an African-American student...

1035
01:15:33,424 --> 01:15:37,292
... with A.P (American Power) and superior education"
As if I didn't realize it.

1036
01:15:37,395 --> 01:15:39,795
And when I asked the other top class teachers.

1037
01:15:39,931 --> 01:15:42,559
Why don't we read literature
black further, he says...

1038
01:15:42,834 --> 01:15:44,802
... "We don't read black-lit literature
because everything is about sex...

1039
01:15:44,936 --> 01:15:47,097
... drugs, invective and fornication!"

1040
01:15:49,240 --> 01:15:53,870
I think it's simple, "That's not appropriate"
is enough.

1041
01:15:58,082 --> 01:16:00,016
Erin can't do that!

1042
01:16:00,284 --> 01:16:02,684
The superior student is mine.

1043
01:16:03,287 --> 01:16:05,778
He is not allowed to teach them.
He is only a year here.

1044
01:16:05,823 --> 01:16:07,415
The students asked.

1045
01:16:07,525 --> 01:16:10,119
And Gruwell has Cohn behind him.

1046
01:16:11,396 --> 01:16:16,333
What I found was that they were violent,
violated the law, they destroyed school property...

1047
01:16:16,567 --> 01:16:21,606
... and in the end we consider them special.
We reward them like...

1048
01:16:21,641 --> 01:16:23,972
I just don't see what is taught to them.

1049
01:16:24,709 --> 01:16:27,109
Hey! Sorry I'm late.

1050
01:16:27,478 --> 01:16:29,571
Have you eaten? I want to order.
Are you hungry?

1051
01:16:29,680 --> 01:16:31,545
What question do you want
I answer first?

1052
01:16:31,649 --> 01:16:34,550
Have I eaten or am I hungry?
I have eaten. IM not hungry.

1053
01:16:34,652 --> 01:16:37,917
Something very impressive happened today.
I have a top student.

1054
01:16:38,022 --> 01:16:39,922
- Congratulations.
- Isn't that good?

1055
01:16:40,024 --> 01:16:41,958
He really asked in my class.

1056
01:16:42,060 --> 01:16:44,028
Can you teach excellent students?

1057
01:16:44,395 --> 01:16:45,419
What do you mean?

1058
01:16:45,530 --> 01:16:48,328
Well, I mean, you're used to
teaching like your students.

1059
01:16:48,466 --> 01:16:50,934
Can you teach someone who is smart?

1060
01:16:51,569 --> 01:16:52,729
Of course I can.

1061
01:16:52,870 --> 01:16:54,735
Yeah, but it's not like
that you have right?

1062
01:16:54,839 --> 01:16:58,070
I mean, you don't really teach
what others teach.

1063
01:16:59,644 --> 01:17:01,339
The value of my students reaches B.

1064
01:17:01,512 --> 01:17:03,946
Yes, but the point is you think.

1065
01:17:04,048 --> 01:17:06,846
It's not like they really learn
as normal as what students have to learn.

1066
01:17:06,884 --> 01:17:08,749
normal students? Yes, they are.

1067
01:17:08,853 --> 01:17:10,343
They read Anne Frank's diary.

1068
01:17:10,455 --> 01:17:12,821
They learn vocabulary,
grammar, writing, poetry.

1069
01:17:12,924 --> 01:17:15,222
Okay okey, I'm sorry. Sorry.

1070
01:17:16,160 --> 01:17:17,718
Congratulations.

1071
01:17:25,803 --> 01:17:26,861
What's wrong with you?

1072
01:17:27,004 --> 01:17:28,995
You know, at Deb's party,
I heard you told people...

1073
01:17:29,140 --> 01:17:31,506
... that I am an architect
and my work is only temporary.

1074
01:17:31,609 --> 01:17:34,635
I want you to stop so ok?
I like my job.

1075
01:17:34,745 --> 01:17:35,837
Alright.

1076
01:17:36,814 --> 01:17:38,907
You're the one who said
you will be an architect.

1077
01:17:39,016 --> 01:17:41,041
Yes, four years ago,
before we got married.

1078
01:17:41,152 --> 01:17:42,744
Will I go back to school now...

1079
01:17:42,854 --> 01:17:44,754
... for two years and
three years internship?

1080
01:17:44,856 --> 01:17:46,346
I will be 40.

1081
01:17:46,457 --> 01:17:48,482
Okay, I think you
still want it.

1082
01:17:48,593 --> 01:17:52,620
It doesn't matter if I want it, Erin.
That doesn't mean it will happen.

1083
01:17:54,799 --> 01:17:56,061
Why not?

1084
01:18:05,276 --> 01:18:09,269
"Writing in a diary is really
a strange experience for someone like me.

1085
01:18:09,413 --> 01:18:12,143
I mean, not only because
I never wrote anything before...

1086
01:18:12,283 --> 01:18:14,581
... but also because
seems to me on another day...

1087
01:18:14,685 --> 01:18:17,483
... both for me and for others
will be interested...

1088
01:18:17,588 --> 01:18:19,419


1089
01:18:19,524 --> 01:18:21,458


1090
01:18:21,559 --> 01:18:22,958


1091
01:18:23,060 --> 01:18:25,528


1092
01:18:25,630 --> 01:18:26,654


1093
01:18:26,764 --> 01:18:29,528


1094
01:18:29,634 --> 01:18:31,363


1095
01:18:31,469 --> 01:18:33,232


1096
01:18:33,337 --> 01:18:36,966


1097
01:18:37,074 --> 01:18:40,134


1098
01:18:40,645 --> 01:18:44,945


1099
01:18:45,516 --> 01:18:48,178
... Jews are prohibited from riding the tram
and are prohibited from driving ".

1100
01:18:48,319 --> 01:18:50,219
" Jews are forbidden to visit the theater...

1101
01:18:50,321 --> 01:18:52,346
... cinemas and other entertainment venues ".

1102
01:18:52,456 --> 01:18:54,549
" Jews may not take
in public sports...

1103
01:18:54,659 --> 01:18:57,389
... bathing pool, tennis court,
hockey field...

1104
01:18:57,495 --> 01:19:00,089
... and other sports fields,
are all prohibited ".

1105
01:19:01,132 --> 01:19:05,466
" I can't tell you how
depressed can never get out of the house.

1106
01:19:06,270 --> 01:19:10,969
Also, I was very scared
that we would be found and shot ".

1107
01:19:12,410 --> 01:19:16,710
" No one can get out of the conflict.
The whole world is at war.

1108
01:19:16,914 --> 01:19:19,075
And even though the Allies did it better...

1109
01:19:19,217 --> 01:19:20,844
... the end of time is already visible ".

1110
01:19:23,054 --> 01:19:24,021
Hey.

1111
01:19:25,189 --> 01:19:27,453
When did Anne shoot Hitler?

1112
01:19:28,059 --> 01:19:31,119
- What?
- You know. Take it out?

1113
01:19:31,229 --> 01:19:35,825
Eva, it's" The Diary of Anne Frank " ,
Not "Die Hard".  Continue reading.

1114
01:19:36,701 --> 01:19:38,168
"We talk about
the most personal things...

1115
01:19:40,705 --> 01:19:42,900
... but we haven't touched the things
that are closest to my heart.

1116
01:19:43,007 --> 01:19:46,408
I still can't get the start
or the end of Peter.

1117
01:19:46,510 --> 01:19:49,035
Is he shortsighted?

1118
01:19:49,146 --> 01:19:50,909
Or the shame that controls it again, what about me? "

1119
01:19:51,048 --> 01:19:54,449
- Will Anne and Peter join?
- I won't tell you.

1120
01:20:00,091 --> 01:20:03,686


1121
01:20:05,062 --> 01:20:08,122
"This is truly impossible for me
to build my life in a foundation...

1122
01:20:08,165 --> 01:20:11,032
... chaos, suffering and death.

1123
01:20:11,836 --> 01:20:15,465
I see a world that slowly
turns into a wilderness.

1124
01:20:15,573 --> 01:20:19,373
I feel suffering millions,
but when I look up at the sky... ... I somehow feel everything
will change for the better ".

1125
01:20:19,744 --> 01:20:23,475
- What is Eva?
- Why don't you tell me he's dead?

1126
01:20:28,352 --> 01:20:31,719
Why don't you say he's been caught finally?

1127
01:20:31,989 --> 01:20:34,253
I hate you and I hate this book.

1128
01:20:34,659 --> 01:20:36,786
Eva.

1129
01:20:36,894 --> 01:20:37,861
If he dies, then what about me?
What are you saying about that?

1130
01:20:37,962 --> 01:20:42,194


1131
01:20:43,401 --> 01:20:46,029
- Anne Frank died, but she...
- I can't believe they caught her!

1132
01:20:46,137 --> 01:20:48,765
That shouldn't happen
in the story! That is not true!

1133
01:20:48,873 --> 01:20:50,602
- Because that's true?
- I'm not talking to you!

1134
01:20:50,708 --> 01:20:53,404
You talk around me.
It's the same.

1135
01:20:53,511 --> 01:20:55,342
Listen, to me,
he's not dead at all.

1136
01:20:55,446 --> 01:20:58,142
How many of your friends do you know
killed now?

1137
01:20:58,282 --> 01:20:59,613
Too many to count.

1138
01:20:59,717 --> 01:21:02,151
How much have you read in the book
about it?

1139
01:21:02,420 --> 01:21:05,389
Did you see them on TV
or even in the paper?

1140
01:21:05,456 --> 01:21:07,083
That's why this story was written.

1141
01:21:07,191 --> 01:21:08,954
She's in our college.

1142
01:21:09,093 --> 01:21:12,585
Anne Frank understands our situation, my situation.

1143
01:21:12,697 --> 01:21:15,632
And Mrs. Miep Gies,
one who helped hide it?

1144
01:21:15,733 --> 01:21:16,961
I like it.

1145
01:21:17,068 --> 01:21:19,502
I read other books
about him from the library.

1146
01:21:19,603 --> 01:21:22,470
Wow do you use your library card?

1147
01:21:24,408 --> 01:21:25,466
No.

1148
01:21:27,745 --> 01:21:32,512
OK listen.
Marcus has given me an idea.

1149
01:21:33,017 --> 01:21:36,509
In lieu of the record assignment
about "The Diary of Anne Frank"...

1150
01:21:36,654 --> 01:21:40,590
... for our duty, I want you guys to write to Miep Gies...

1151
01:21:40,691 --> 01:21:42,955
... the woman who helped shelter the Franks.

1152
01:21:43,060 --> 01:21:46,518
He still lives and lives in Europe.

1153
01:21:46,630 --> 01:21:49,394
In the letter, I want you to tell him
how you feel about this book.

1154
01:21:49,500 --> 01:21:51,991
Tell him about your own experience.
Tell him what you like.

1155
01:21:52,103 --> 01:21:54,264
But I want the letter to be perfect...

1156
01:21:54,372 --> 01:21:56,806
... so prepare more than one
text okey?

1157
01:21:56,907 --> 01:21:58,374
Will he read the letters?

1158
01:21:58,476 --> 01:22:00,876
Now it's the task of writing.
I will read it.

1159
01:22:01,045 --> 01:22:02,603
We have to read it.

1160
01:22:02,747 --> 01:22:05,807
- Yes, you can do that right, Ms.G?
- I do not know.

1161
01:22:05,883 --> 01:22:07,248
Maybe we should bring it
and talk.

1162
01:22:07,351 --> 01:22:09,182
Yes and a big dinner again.

1163
01:22:10,955 --> 01:22:12,786
Wait. Friends.

1164
01:22:15,993 --> 01:22:19,588
Friends! All!
Listen! He is elderly!

1165
01:22:19,697 --> 01:22:22,165
I don't know how to contact him.
I don't even know if he can travel.

1166
01:22:22,266 --> 01:22:23,893
And it will be very expensive.

1167
01:22:24,001 --> 01:22:25,696
We can collect money.

1168
01:22:26,637 --> 01:22:27,695
Ms. G?

1169
01:22:27,805 --> 01:22:31,764
If Miep Gies arrives,
may I, like, be the person who escorts him?

1170
01:22:42,905 --> 01:22:46,000
"Long Beach local restaurant to help middle school students"

1171
01:23:06,343 --> 01:23:07,742
Hi, I'm trying to find out the number...

1172
01:23:07,845 --> 01:23:10,336
... for the Anne Frank Foundation
in Basel, Switzerland.

1173
01:23:13,445 --> 01:23:16,636
"What do public schools finance for funding,
if not for our students?"

1174
01:23:33,445 --> 01:23:36,636
"Writing subjects eliminate emotions
curriculum vitae of students"

1175
01:24:16,000 --> 01:24:19,680
"Wilson school students hold a dance contest
to raise funds for guest speakers"

1176
01:24:25,122 --> 01:24:26,680
Come in, Margaret.

1177
01:25:13,304 --> 01:25:16,102
Ms.G sent us a letter to Amsterdam...

1178
01:25:16,206 --> 01:25:18,003
... for Miep Gies himself.

1179
01:25:18,208 --> 01:25:20,403
When Ms.G's mind composes
will be something...

1180
01:25:20,511 --> 01:25:23,002
... none can stop it,
to materialize.

1181
01:25:30,321 --> 01:25:34,451
And after we collected money to bring it to Long Beach, he did it.

1182
01:25:36,860 --> 01:25:40,660
But damn, I didn't think
he was so small.

1183
01:25:59,316 --> 01:26:02,843
The fortune of Jews is around $ 2.

1184
01:26:03,721 --> 01:26:06,986
Someone who needs money
reports to the Gestapo.

1185
01:26:07,024 --> 01:26:10,892
On August 4,
they stormed my office...

1186
01:26:11,595 --> 01:26:17,966
... and someone pointed a shot at me
and said "Don't speak".

1187
01:26:18,469 --> 01:26:20,096
"Don't say a word".

1188
01:26:21,238 --> 01:26:23,866
And then they go straight upstairs to the attic.

1189
01:26:24,408 --> 01:26:26,842
I feel so helpless.

1190
01:26:26,944 --> 01:26:29,504
I can hear Anne screaming,
an object thrown around her.

1191
01:26:29,647 --> 01:26:32,377
So, I ran back to my house.

1192
01:26:32,516 --> 01:26:35,246
I'm looking for earrings
or knick-knacks, you know...

1193
01:26:35,352 --> 01:26:38,116
... whatever I can take
to bribe them.

1194
01:26:38,255 --> 01:26:41,554
So I take it again,
everything...

1195
01:26:41,659 --> 01:26:45,959
... and there is an army that
takes out the gun...

1196
01:26:46,597 --> 01:26:48,792
... and put it in my head.

1197
01:26:53,370 --> 01:26:57,966
You can be shot because you hide
Jews or go to camp.

1198
01:26:58,676 --> 01:27:02,635
Then another army
recognized my accent.

1199
01:27:02,846 --> 01:27:06,543
She's from Austria, so am I.

1200
01:27:06,984 --> 01:27:09,748
But I was adopted
by a Dutch family.

1201
01:27:09,853 --> 01:27:13,653
So, he told the soldier with the gun
to let me go.

1202
01:27:15,559 --> 01:27:20,087
There was no day, by the way
I didn't want to remember August 4.

1203
01:27:21,398 --> 01:27:25,232
And I think of Anne Frank.

1204
01:27:27,805 --> 01:27:28,897
Yes?

1205
01:27:36,780 --> 01:27:38,873
I've never had a hero before.

1206
01:27:39,783 --> 01:27:41,250
But you are my hero.

1207
01:27:41,719 --> 01:27:45,416
Oh no, no, not young people, no.

1208
01:27:45,522 --> 01:27:48,218
I'm not a hero. Not.

1209
01:27:48,325 --> 01:27:54,855


1210
01:27:55,265 --> 01:27:56,664


1211
01:27:58,702 --> 01:28:01,535


1212
01:28:02,239 --> 01:28:09,077


1213
01:28:10,481 --> 01:28:16,386


1214
01:28:18,889 --> 01:28:20,686


1215
01:28:21,258 --> 01:28:22,418


1216
01:28:26,630 --> 01:28:30,191


1217
01:28:30,300 --> 01:28:35,067


1218
01:28:37,207 --> 01:28:40,005


1219
01:28:41,311 --> 01:28:44,940


1220
01:28:51,822 --> 01:28:55,258


1221
01:29:14,945 --> 01:29:16,310


1222
01:29:20,751 --> 01:29:23,515


1223
01:29:24,154 --> 01:29:26,122


1224
01:29:27,825 --> 01:29:28,917


1225
01:29:29,593 --> 01:29:31,857


1226
01:29:33,230 --> 01:29:35,858


1227
01:29:35,966 --> 01:29:38,628


1228
01:29:39,002 --> 01:29:40,299


1229
01:29:42,239 --> 01:29:43,831


1230
01:29:45,909 --> 01:29:47,638


1231
01:29:53,851 --> 01:29:56,547


1232
01:30:23,347 --> 01:30:25,315


1233
01:30:30,921 --> 01:30:33,321


1234
01:30:39,630 --> 01:30:43,566


1235
01:30:43,667 --> 01:30:44,964


1236
01:30:47,471 --> 01:30:50,599


1237
01:30:52,509 --> 01:30:54,136
I need you, Mama.

1238
01:30:55,946 --> 01:30:57,413
I need you.

1239
01:30:59,513 --> 01:31:34,085


1240
01:31:35,085 --> 01:31:36,848
And what time is that?

1241
01:31:37,721 --> 01:31:40,019
I told you 9:00, 9:30.

1242
01:31:40,691 --> 01:31:42,158
And you have a clean assessment of the defendant,

1243
01:31:42,259 --> 01:31:44,124
Grant Rice, at the shop?

1244
01:31:45,329 --> 01:31:47,695
I told you,
he's playing video games.

1245
01:31:48,298 --> 01:31:50,766
Then what happened?
What do you see?

1246
01:31:51,201 --> 01:31:53,294
Yes he hit
because he lost playing...

1247
01:31:53,437 --> 01:31:57,032
... and then he starts shouting
and so on, threatening everyone.

1248
01:31:57,140 --> 01:32:00,337
Is he threatening everyone?
He threatens you?

1249
01:32:01,445 --> 01:32:03,879
No, people have shops.

1250
01:32:04,014 --> 01:32:06,039
He wants more money
to play.

1251
01:32:06,083 --> 01:32:08,108
And what do shop owners do?

1252
01:32:08,952 --> 01:32:12,251
He shouted back.
And they fight.

1253
01:32:12,522 --> 01:32:16,788
Then he, the defendant, struck something
and left the shop.

1254
01:32:17,361 --> 01:32:19,852
And then what happens?
What do you see?

1255
01:32:24,034 --> 01:32:25,661
I see...

1256
01:32:37,848 --> 01:32:39,315
I see...

1257
01:32:54,598 --> 01:32:56,065
Paco did it.

1258
01:33:00,237 --> 01:33:01,966
Paco killed that person.

1259
01:33:54,037 --> 01:33:56,999
Because of what you did today, you will die.

1260
01:33:57,566 --> 01:34:00,666
Because of your father you can still live.

1261
01:34:00,866 --> 01:34:05,266
But you have to die for us.

1262
01:34:05,466 --> 01:34:09,599
And one day you know how to suffer a traitor.

1263
01:34:27,591 --> 01:34:30,082
My father doesn't want to talk to me anymore.

1264
01:34:32,462 --> 01:34:37,832
And I have to bow for a while
because there are words coming out to attack me.

1265
01:34:39,236 --> 01:34:41,534
So I will stay with my aunt.

1266
01:34:43,006 --> 01:34:47,966
Listen, my aunt lives further...

1267
01:34:50,046 --> 01:34:54,346
... so I just wonder what I can, like...

1268
01:34:57,487 --> 01:35:01,056
Stay longer here with you.

1269
01:35:02,926 --> 01:35:07,420
Until I can do my homework until it's finished.
Because it's too late when it's at home.

1270
01:35:09,900 --> 01:35:12,869
You can stay longer all you want.

1271
01:35:14,237 --> 01:35:18,196
And I can even take you to your aunt,
if it's too late.

1272
01:35:21,444 --> 01:35:23,275
Ms.G, let's not joke.

1273
01:35:59,049 --> 01:36:00,983
I think I found your color.

1274
01:36:47,664 --> 01:36:49,655
A waiter is coming soon,
at your exit.

1275
01:36:49,766 --> 01:36:52,530
I will give direction to you.
Yes, that's good.

1276
01:36:59,576 --> 01:37:03,376
Stop! That is all! Now, now! Hey!

1277
01:37:05,115 --> 01:37:07,583
You have three seconds extra.
Start!

1278
01:37:13,757 --> 01:37:16,021
... anger and provoke them to become violent acts.

1279
01:37:16,126 --> 01:37:20,392
In 1961, cross-ethnic groups for
civil rights traveled by bus through the south...

1280
01:37:20,497 --> 01:37:22,226
... against separation.

1281
01:37:22,332 --> 01:37:25,199
Black skin sitting in front,
white behind.

1282
01:37:25,669 --> 01:37:29,196
They were attacked, bombed,
but they kept going.

1283
01:37:29,806 --> 01:37:33,970
In Montgomery, Alabama, Jim Zwerg
offered to be the first on the bus...

1284
01:37:34,077 --> 01:37:36,443
... knowing there is a mass waiting for them.

1285
01:37:36,579 --> 01:37:39,548
He almost died being beaten
until others could escape.

1286
01:37:39,649 --> 01:37:43,141
That's kind of courage - it's amazing for me.

1287
01:37:43,286 --> 01:37:46,653
I feel scared even though it's in this class,
and I'm embarrassed...

1288
01:37:46,756 --> 01:37:50,522
... because I always become a stupid kid
in school, even with my friends.

1289
01:37:50,694 --> 01:37:52,059
But not anymore.

1290
01:37:52,228 --> 01:37:53,752
And I have to have some kind of courage...

1291
01:37:53,863 --> 01:37:57,594
... because I could be lying
to get out of here, but I settled.

1292
01:37:58,668 --> 01:37:59,965
I'm settled.

1293
01:38:00,403 --> 01:38:01,700
Hey I'm home!

1294
01:38:02,305 --> 01:38:07,242
Sorry to be late. I take students home.
I don't want them to take the bus.

1295
01:38:07,777 --> 01:38:10,143
You will never believe what happened.

1296
01:38:11,514 --> 01:38:13,175
I'm very tired.

1297
01:38:13,683 --> 01:38:16,550


1298
01:38:17,220 --> 01:38:20,451


1299
01:38:40,076 --> 01:38:43,170


1300
01:38:43,947 --> 01:38:48,350


1301
01:38:50,353 --> 01:38:52,116


1302
01:38:52,222 --> 01:38:55,487


1303
01:38:55,592 --> 01:38:57,560


1304
01:38:59,929 --> 01:39:03,990


1305
01:39:06,336 --> 01:39:07,963


1306
01:39:09,205 --> 01:39:10,695


1307
01:39:11,307 --> 01:39:13,468


1308
01:39:13,977 --> 01:39:16,502


1309
01:39:17,113 --> 01:39:20,674


1310
01:39:21,284 --> 01:39:22,581
I'm proud.

1311
01:39:24,921 --> 01:39:28,220
I just want to live my life
and don't feel bad about this.

1312
01:39:28,324 --> 01:39:31,487
- I don't try to make you feel bad.
- You don't need to try.

1313
01:39:31,594 --> 01:39:34,392
I don't plan to be responsible for these children.

1314
01:39:34,497 --> 01:39:36,522
- Who asked you?
- Nobody asked me!

1315
01:39:36,633 --> 01:39:37,622
They are not even your children!

1316
01:39:37,734 --> 01:39:41,534
Why am I being asked?
Scott...

1317
01:39:45,675 --> 01:39:50,578
I finally realized what I was supposed to do and I liked it.

1318
01:39:50,713 --> 01:39:55,377
When I'm helping these children
understand their lives...

1319
01:39:56,019 --> 01:39:58,852
... everything about my life
made sense to me.

1320
01:40:02,392 --> 01:40:04,758
How often can someone be like that?

1321
01:40:08,064 --> 01:40:12,160
- Then what do you need again from me?
- You're my husband.

1322
01:40:12,268 --> 01:40:17,171
Why can't you stand next to me and
be part of it, how do wives support husbands?

1323
01:40:17,273 --> 01:40:19,138
Because I can't be your wife.

1324
01:40:26,449 --> 01:40:28,747
I hope I can make what sounds
less terrible.

1325
01:40:30,920 --> 01:40:32,080
Erin?

1326
01:40:33,690 --> 01:40:36,250
You know,
if you have to choose between us...

1327
01:40:37,760 --> 01:40:39,387
... and class...

1328
01:40:41,197 --> 01:40:42,630
... who will you choose?

1329
01:40:44,667 --> 01:40:48,125
If you love me,
how could you ever ask that question?

1330
01:40:49,105 --> 01:40:50,732
Erin looks at me.

1331
01:40:54,244 --> 01:40:56,405
All of this has landed on me.

1332
01:40:56,779 --> 01:41:01,148
Here's how. I am not one of those children.
I don't have the ability anymore.

1333
01:41:02,986 --> 01:41:04,510
hear?
You don't want to be here anymore...

1334
01:41:04,654 --> 01:41:07,987
... because if you do it,
will you be in the classroom every night?

1335
01:41:09,325 --> 01:41:13,955
That's not true. I want it here.
I love you.

1336
01:41:15,131 --> 01:41:17,099
You like my proposal.

1337
01:41:22,639 --> 01:41:24,937
But it's like a good proposal.

1338
01:41:28,611 --> 01:41:29,908
I know.

1339
01:41:57,974 --> 01:41:59,771
Daddy? Hey.

1340
01:42:02,378 --> 01:42:05,575
You know, actually I tried to
phone another...

1341
01:42:05,715 --> 01:42:07,683
... and automatically contact you.
Sorry.

1342
01:42:07,717 --> 01:42:10,277
Listen, I'll call you tomorrow, okay?

1343
01:42:10,420 --> 01:42:13,719
I need to make this call.
I love you.

1344
01:42:26,769 --> 01:42:29,260
Ms.G told us to read "Twelve Angry Men".

1345
01:42:29,372 --> 01:42:33,009
About all things how one member jury
helped change the hearts of 11 other members of the jury.

1346
01:42:33,044 --> 01:42:34,874
That makes me feel full of hope.

1347
01:42:35,411 --> 01:42:38,676
At 2:00 today, my brother
was given a verdict in his trial.

1348
01:42:38,815 --> 01:42:41,443
There is no Lawyers Team,
only lawyers appointed by the court...

1349
01:42:41,584 --> 01:42:43,552
... who might think
his butt is guilty.

1350
01:42:43,686 --> 01:42:47,315
And I realize the "Twelve Angry Men"
is just a book and nothing more.

1351
01:42:47,657 --> 01:42:50,387
My brother was sentenced to 15 years.

1352
01:42:50,493 --> 01:42:53,223
Justice does not mean
bad people go to jail.

1353
01:42:53,329 --> 01:42:55,524
That only means someone
must pay for his crime.

1354
01:43:01,371 --> 01:43:02,895
So, do you have time now?

1355
01:43:09,779 --> 01:43:11,371
Does anyone know where Andre is?

1356
01:43:11,514 --> 01:43:12,776
I didn't see it on the bus.

1357
01:43:12,915 --> 01:43:14,382
Yes, I haven't even talked to him.

1358
01:43:23,292 --> 01:43:24,816
Ms.G?

1359
01:43:25,194 --> 01:43:27,526
Will we be in the same room again next year?

1360
01:43:27,630 --> 01:43:30,758
I don't know.
You will be in grade 3 next year.

1361
01:43:32,301 --> 01:43:33,825
What do you mean?

1362
01:43:33,936 --> 01:43:36,632
I teach grade 1
and class 2 students.

1363
01:43:36,739 --> 01:43:39,867
You mean, we won't be with you next year?

1364
01:43:42,578 --> 01:43:43,943
I...

1365
01:43:45,815 --> 01:43:49,546
... I don't teach 3rd grade,
I think you understand that.

1366
01:43:50,053 --> 01:43:51,179
What? What are you talking about?

1367
01:43:53,389 --> 01:43:55,016
You don't want to be our teacher
next year?

1368
01:43:55,124 --> 01:43:57,649
Of course I want to. I can not.

1369
01:43:57,760 --> 01:44:00,251
- Why can't?
- That's from the Education Council.

1370
01:44:00,363 --> 01:44:02,297
That's a rule.

1371
01:44:05,034 --> 01:44:07,832
Ms.G hasn't been here long enough
to teach upper middle class.

1372
01:44:07,870 --> 01:44:09,201
Who cares about
Middle class?

1373
01:44:09,338 --> 01:44:11,898
Damn it! They can't do that!
They have no rights!

1374
01:44:14,010 --> 01:44:16,808
- Ms.G, this is where we throw our poop.
- Yes.

1375
01:44:16,946 --> 01:44:20,382
Everyone is friendly with everything.
Everyone knows everyone.

1376
01:44:20,516 --> 01:44:23,952
This is the only place where we can truly be ourselves.

1377
01:44:24,087 --> 01:44:26,112
There is no place like this
out there for us.

1378
01:44:26,389 --> 01:44:27,788
That's right.

1379
01:44:28,291 --> 01:44:30,851
I am not permitted
to teach grade 3 or upper middle class.

1380
01:44:30,993 --> 01:44:31,960
Are you not allowed?

1381
01:44:33,996 --> 01:44:37,625
Ms.G we can be this opponent, you know,
like "Freedom Riders".

1382
01:44:37,734 --> 01:44:39,497
Yes, yes,
we will all spin on the bus.

1383
01:44:39,602 --> 01:44:41,593
It's just this time,
they tried and we got on the bus...

1384
01:44:41,704 --> 01:44:43,501
... we dropped out of some of them
members of the Chief Council.

1385
01:44:44,140 --> 01:44:45,129
Marcus.

1386
01:44:45,241 --> 01:44:48,870
... or we can go to newspapers, media.
That will attract their attention.

1387
01:44:49,112 --> 01:44:50,579
Or we paint the administration building...

1388
01:44:50,713 --> 01:44:53,181
... with the word "fucker"
in various colors.

1389
01:44:54,917 --> 01:44:56,612
Hey that's something.
We can do it.

1390
01:45:02,058 --> 01:45:03,025
What?

1391
01:45:03,126 --> 01:45:06,687
This is my book, not Scott's.
I packed the wrong books.

1392
01:45:06,796 --> 01:45:08,491
Honey, take a break.

1393
01:45:12,435 --> 01:45:13,902
Sit down.

1394
01:45:17,073 --> 01:45:19,667
I can't believe I'm divorced.

1395
01:45:21,144 --> 01:45:23,578
I never thought this would happen.

1396
01:45:27,550 --> 01:45:29,643
What should I do now?

1397
01:45:30,620 --> 01:45:33,088
Next year, I'm not going to
with my students.

1398
01:45:33,489 --> 01:45:35,787
Do you think you should be with them?

1399
01:45:36,659 --> 01:45:38,957
Or should they move?

1400
01:45:39,295 --> 01:45:40,762
I don't know.

1401
01:45:44,567 --> 01:45:47,035
This is just the work
like you said.

1402
01:45:47,136 --> 01:45:48,763
Yes, there he is.

1403
01:45:49,705 --> 01:45:51,673
But is the job done?

1404
01:45:54,010 --> 01:45:55,602
Listen to me now.

1405
01:45:55,878 --> 01:45:58,403
What did you do with the children...

1406
01:46:00,817 --> 01:46:03,115
... I don't have
words for that.

1407
01:46:04,854 --> 01:46:09,814
But one thing is certain,
You're an amazing teacher.

1408
01:46:11,694 --> 01:46:13,059
Special.

1409
01:46:13,830 --> 01:46:18,233
You have been blessed,
my daughter.

1410
01:46:20,203 --> 01:46:22,171
And I envy you.

1411
01:46:24,874 --> 01:46:26,501
And I'm amazed at you.

1412
01:46:29,011 --> 01:46:33,004
And how many fathers have experienced that
to say that to his daughter...

1413
01:46:33,149 --> 01:46:35,117
... and really mean?

1414
01:46:38,988 --> 01:46:42,082
What he proposed was a violation of our union charter.

1415
01:46:42,191 --> 01:46:45,354
He can't move with his students
to teach them in grade 3.

1416
01:46:45,461 --> 01:46:47,452
She's only been here for two years.

1417
01:46:47,563 --> 01:46:49,656
There are teachers here
who have tenure...

1418
01:46:49,765 --> 01:46:52,029
... who have worked and committed
for a long time...

1419
01:46:52,134 --> 01:46:54,034
... to reach the upper middle position.

1420
01:46:54,136 --> 01:46:58,095
Not to mention their experience
in teaching students in higher caliber.

1421
01:46:58,207 --> 01:47:01,005
Excellent school programs exist
under our jurisdiction.

1422
01:47:01,177 --> 01:47:03,941
I don't want to change the top school program.

1423
01:47:04,080 --> 01:47:05,980
I just want to go with my kids next year.

1424
01:47:06,082 --> 01:47:08,277
He can't.
I have high school.

1425
01:47:08,351 --> 01:47:10,376
The Education Council
will not allow this.

1426
01:47:10,519 --> 01:47:12,453
The teaching-learning rotation will be disrupted...

1427
01:47:12,555 --> 01:47:14,853
... retirement schedule,
will be re-evaluated...

1428
01:47:14,957 --> 01:47:18,393
... don't respect the teachers
who have gained their way for a long time...

1429
01:47:18,494 --> 01:47:20,655
... and that focuses on classrooms...

1430
01:47:20,763 --> 01:47:23,596
... not on public relations
and articles in newspapers.

1431
01:47:23,699 --> 01:47:25,690
I didn't ask for the articles to be written.

1432
01:47:25,801 --> 01:47:27,291
She's in a divorce.

1433
01:47:27,403 --> 01:47:29,894
Note, they stay longer in class,
they eat, they play games!

1434
01:47:30,006 --> 01:47:33,100
Okay, let's all take a breath here.
OK?

1435
01:47:34,543 --> 01:47:36,636
Now I hope
we can talk this out...

1436
01:47:36,779 --> 01:47:38,474
... maybe visit some
regulatory agencies.

1437
01:47:38,614 --> 01:47:41,082
- There is no regulatory agency...
- Margaret.

1438
01:47:41,951 --> 01:47:43,418
Carl, listen.

1439
01:47:44,020 --> 01:47:47,080
Put aside all the resentment
for now...

1440
01:47:47,189 --> 01:47:48,588
... even if the setting institution is created...

1441
01:47:48,691 --> 01:47:52,821
... and he can teach them in High School,
no one accreditation course...

1442
01:47:52,929 --> 01:47:55,295
... in the curriculum for him to teach.

1443
01:47:55,932 --> 01:47:59,595
Unless Brian barter one of his
Mid Middle Class classes with level 2.

1444
01:47:59,702 --> 01:48:00,760
No.

1445
01:48:02,538 --> 01:48:04,768
Then there is nothing I can do.

1446
01:48:08,311 --> 01:48:09,608
So that's it?

1447
01:48:10,746 --> 01:48:12,213
Believe it or not, Ms.Gruwell...

1448
01:48:12,315 --> 01:48:15,045
... there are other capable teachers
in this school.

1449
01:48:15,184 --> 01:48:17,175
If you make progress
as you say...

1450
01:48:17,320 --> 01:48:18,981
... your students must be prepared
to continue.

1451
01:48:19,088 --> 01:48:21,750
They might even get something from more experienced teachers.

1452
01:48:21,857 --> 01:48:25,122
You can't teach them.
You don't even like them.

1453
01:48:25,227 --> 01:48:27,058
What should I do in teaching?

1454
01:48:27,163 --> 01:48:29,757
I have been an educator
more than 30 years.

1455
01:48:30,166 --> 01:48:31,861
I have students who still remain
related to me.

1456
01:48:31,968 --> 01:48:34,402
I know to be able to be liked by
in the classroom!

1457
01:48:34,503 --> 01:48:37,472
You don't know how much I've struggled.

1458
01:48:37,573 --> 01:48:39,234
Fighting to become a better teacher...

1459
01:48:39,342 --> 01:48:42,709
... and now what, suddenly I can't afford to educate your students?

1460
01:48:42,812 --> 01:48:45,474
You know, if they move
to our class and they fail...

1461
01:48:45,614 --> 01:48:47,673
... it's because they're not ready!

1462
01:48:47,817 --> 01:48:50,513
That's because you failed, not them!

1463
01:49:09,105 --> 01:49:11,767
Andre? Wait a minute before you enter.

1464
01:49:25,021 --> 01:49:27,489
I heard about your brother's verdict.
I'm sorry.

1465
01:49:27,623 --> 01:49:29,818
Is that why you haven't entered so many classes?

1466
01:49:29,925 --> 01:49:31,722
I have something to do.

1467
01:49:34,997 --> 01:49:36,794
About this.

1468
01:49:37,266 --> 01:49:38,426
Evaluation assignments...

1469
01:49:38,534 --> 01:49:40,001
... that you have created yourself
with the work you are doing.

1470
01:49:40,102 --> 01:49:42,536
You gave yourself an F value.
How is that?

1471
01:49:42,938 --> 01:49:46,135
- That's what I think I deserve. That is all.
- Oh really?

1472
01:49:47,710 --> 01:49:49,405
Do you know what this is?

1473
01:49:49,712 --> 01:49:53,705
This is an insult to me,
and everyone in this class!

1474
01:49:53,849 --> 01:49:57,114
I don't want a reason.
I know what you're up against.

1475
01:49:57,453 --> 01:49:59,683
We all of us fight something.

1476
01:50:00,656 --> 01:50:04,023
So you better muster your mind,
because if you play football...

1477
01:50:04,126 --> 01:50:06,924
... which I saw with my own eyes
and told me this is what you deserve...

1478
01:50:07,029 --> 01:50:08,587
... I won't let you fail...

1479
01:50:08,631 --> 01:50:10,690
... even if that means
must come to your house every night...

1480
01:50:10,800 --> 01:50:12,495
... until you finish the task.

1481
01:50:12,601 --> 01:50:14,398
I understand who you are.

1482
01:50:14,937 --> 01:50:17,064
Do you understand me?

1483
01:50:18,074 --> 01:50:20,042
I can understand you.

1484
01:50:21,911 --> 01:50:23,845
And you didn't fail.

1485
01:50:27,283 --> 01:50:32,220
So, take a minute.
Legalize yourself simultaneously and enter.

1486
01:50:32,755 --> 01:50:34,780
I want a new evaluation.

1487
01:50:39,995 --> 01:50:42,793
Value F. Did you stumble?

1488
01:50:48,471 --> 01:50:51,929
I want all of you to know that Dr. John and I have tried very hard.

1489
01:50:54,710 --> 01:50:57,577


1490
01:50:57,713 --> 01:50:58,805


1491
01:51:00,449 --> 01:51:02,349


1492
01:51:03,085 --> 01:51:05,053


1493
01:51:06,455 --> 01:51:08,923


1494
01:51:10,493 --> 01:51:14,156


1495
01:51:14,263 --> 01:51:16,458


1496
01:51:17,166 --> 01:51:19,498


1497
01:51:33,716 --> 01:51:35,115


1498
01:51:35,351 --> 01:51:36,648


1499
01:51:37,419 --> 01:51:42,049


1500
01:51:43,959 --> 01:51:47,258


1501
01:51:48,063 --> 01:51:50,861


1502
01:51:52,234 --> 01:51:55,897
Everyone in this room
has the opportunity to graduate.

1503
01:51:56,939 --> 01:51:59,499
For some things, you will be the first in your family.

1504
01:51:59,608 --> 01:52:02,372
The first with the choice
to go to college.

1505
01:52:03,379 --> 01:52:06,177
Some may move
faster than others.

1506
01:52:07,783 --> 01:52:10,081
But each of you has a chance.

1507
01:52:11,153 --> 01:52:14,122
And you did it.
Not me.

1508
01:52:21,197 --> 01:52:24,860
Now, I have one...

1509
01:52:26,902 --> 01:52:28,494
... the last project in mind.

1510
01:52:28,604 --> 01:52:30,799
- Ms.G.
- Yes?

1511
01:52:32,641 --> 01:52:37,601
Ms.G wants us to put all our diaries
together in one book, like Anne Frank.

1512
01:52:38,347 --> 01:52:40,372
He found a businessman, John Tu...

1513
01:52:40,516 --> 01:52:43,349
... to donate 35 computers,
so we can work.

1514
01:52:48,424 --> 01:52:51,825
He told us, we have something to say to people.

1515
01:52:51,994 --> 01:52:53,193
We are not just children in the classroom.

1516
01:52:53,228 --> 01:52:58,193
We are writers with our own voices,
our own stories.

1517
01:52:58,300 --> 01:53:00,359
Even if nobody reads it...

1518
01:53:00,469 --> 01:53:04,064
... books will be something left out
and voiced we have been here...

1519
01:53:04,673 --> 01:53:07,767
... this is what happened, we are valuable.

1520
01:53:08,244 --> 01:53:12,510
Even if it's only for each other.
We won't forget it.

1521
01:53:14,216 --> 01:53:16,582
Ms.G does not promise
it will be published or anything...

1522
01:53:16,685 --> 01:53:19,552
... but we can get ourselves out there.

1523
01:53:20,289 --> 01:53:22,519
He asked us with the title...

1524
01:53:23,058 --> 01:53:25,026
... something to call ourselves.

1525
01:53:42,811 --> 01:53:44,676
I just received a call
from Karin Polacheck...

1526
01:53:44,813 --> 01:53:45,905
... from the Education Council.

1527
01:53:46,048 --> 01:53:48,039
That will be a meeting
with Dr.Cohn about your class.

1528
01:53:48,183 --> 01:53:51,619
- Do you know what this is?
- Not.

1529
01:53:59,428 --> 01:54:04,889
These students, this class,
they have become a family.

1530
01:54:05,801 --> 01:54:07,393
For whom? For you?

1531
01:54:08,070 --> 01:54:09,697
For each other.

1532
01:54:10,506 --> 01:54:13,839
Room 203 is a kind of home for them.

1533
01:54:14,376 --> 01:54:17,709
Their beliefs are all wrapped up in
ourselves together as a group.

1534
01:54:18,147 --> 01:54:19,273
After they leave their class...

1535
01:54:19,415 --> 01:54:21,849
... believe me they will come back
to their old habits.

1536
01:54:21,950 --> 01:54:25,909
They read the numbers, their writing
turned out to be better, Ms. Campbell.

1537
01:54:26,055 --> 01:54:29,547
On paper. But what has
been achieved in reality?

1538
01:54:29,658 --> 01:54:31,285
What about new students
who enter next year?

1539
01:54:31,393 --> 01:54:33,384
Can he repeat this process every year?

1540
01:54:33,495 --> 01:54:34,894
The method is not practical...

1541
01:54:34,997 --> 01:54:37,625
... impossible to apply
with the existing order.

1542
01:54:37,733 --> 01:54:40,224
What would happen if every teacher
did this method?

1543
01:54:40,836 --> 01:54:42,064
We have millions of children...

1544
01:54:42,171 --> 01:54:43,900
... to get an education system
in this country...

1545
01:54:44,006 --> 01:54:45,837
... and we need a method
to achieve that...

1546
01:54:45,941 --> 01:54:48,842
... which allows many students
to develop as soon as possible...

1547
01:54:48,944 --> 01:54:50,878
... not only certain cases.

1548
01:54:52,381 --> 01:54:55,839
And you think you can honestly make
family like this in every class...

1549
01:54:55,984 --> 01:54:58,953
... for each graduate,
for each student you teach?

1550
01:55:03,525 --> 01:55:04,992
I don't know.

1551
01:55:11,200 --> 01:55:12,531
Thank you.

1552
01:55:32,921 --> 01:55:35,822
Hey, there she is Ms.G.
Hey, there she is Ms. G!

1553
01:55:44,733 --> 01:55:46,132
What happened?

1554
01:55:46,935 --> 01:55:50,735
So?
Are we going to be together in class 3?

1555
01:55:56,578 --> 01:55:57,875
No.

1556
01:55:58,814 --> 01:56:00,679
- What?
- What?

1557
01:56:05,287 --> 01:56:08,654
We will be together in class 3
and in the upper middle class.

1558
01:56:10,092 --> 01:56:11,150
Yes !!!!

1559
01:56:16,000 --> 01:56:18,999
Most of these free writers
are the first in their families...

1560
01:56:19,100 --> 01:56:22,200
... who graduated from high school (SMA)
and went on to college.

1561
01:56:25,800 --> 01:56:27,700
Following some of his students...

1562
01:56:27,900 --> 01:56:31,600
... Ms.G left the Wilson School to teach
at California State University, Long Beach.

1563
01:56:35,000 --> 01:56:37,999
Diaries from independent writers
were published in 1999.

1564
01:56:39,000 --> 01:56:43,000
Erin Gruwell and the independent writers
founded the Freedom Writers Foundation...

1565
01:56:43,200 --> 01:56:47,400
... dedicated to repeating the success of
203 classrooms in classrooms throughout the country.

1566
01:56:51,000 --> 01:56:54,000
Erin Gruwell and independent writers
2006.