__The Freedom Writers. _—with Erin Gruwell Foreword by Ziata Filipovic _____Ci ©9208 Te en Bio sgn rt “Toure weacher Ms. Grove, “Whocaugheu tbeliowe mouse ‘Tenge Frank, “Whe apie wo wste “Todt, ou fend, ‘Who ined archer “To carbelaod Mien, “Wh secgnized teem ia eachof ws “Toth Preedoa Ries, ‘Who paved the way ‘Tobie everohere, “hoe ves were xo senelen violence but whose sii lseoma Daz Day, “Tomaow morning, my jovmey as an English rocher 0 aly begins. Since at inpessioa ares inion, I wonder phat my sradents wil think about me. Wil they think Pout of tooch orto prepps? Or wore yor, tht I'm to Youngta eke serous? Maybe Fl have them wr a joumal entry desebing ‘nhac theiexpeeaons ar of me td he lass ea though [spent lt years sidene eacher a Wilson igh Schoo, Tm sll lenning my way around the cy. Long Beach is so diferent chan the gated community T few up i “Thaaks to MTV dubbing Long Beach asthe “pangstep cap ta” wid es depen of guns and gai, my fends have & -muped perception ofthe city, LB Cat the rapper sfe tot They ehink I sould wear blletpoe vest her than peas. Where Ive in Newport Beach isa utopia compared t some of neighborhoods seen in 2 Snoop Dogey Does video. Sail, TV dso blow things ou of poperon. “The shoo is eraly oct in fe neghborhon, unt few miles from the ocean. It ction and repuation make i de- sible, So mucho thatalotof the sens tha ire in what chy ‘alte hood” ake on othe buses just get hol every dy. Students come it om every corer ofthe cy Rich Kidsa te da ite ny fom the shore sine pookids fromthe proces... there's rey mice rel, and culere within the confines of he quad Buc since the Rodney King ty rc tension has spilled ree into the shoo Duc to busing and an oubesk in gang activity, Wins tonal white, pperslas demopaphies have chtnged rai cealy. Affian Americas, Laos, and Aas now make up the macy othe seadent body, Asa siden tencher sya, Iwas prety mv. wanted te see pas colorand clare, bu wis inmedintey conte byt ‘when the St bell ng and scent med Shaw suntered in bouncing «basketball. Hew junio a dsiplinay ester fiom Wilsoa’scosowa ra and his reputation preceded him Wordvas that he had threstened his previous Enis tescher ‘vith agua (which Tate found out was only a pase water gun Dbucichad all eh making ofa daamatic showdown). In thove fst few minutes e made ic rally lea tha he hated Wino, he ted Bogs, and he ated me. Hisole puspore was to mae his preppy" student teacher cry, Lie did he know tht within ‘month, bed beth one crying. ‘Shammud became the but faba joke A classmate gored of Sharma's nts and drew rail ttre of him with huge, exaggrste lips. A tho deewing mage its way around the ls the ther seen lnghed Sys, When Sharad soit he looked as if he was gong © ery. For he fist ine, his cosh fide bopn crack ‘When I goce hold ofthe pics, Ime blinc “This ithe ‘9pe of propagunds that the Nas ed dating the Holocaust." yelled. Whe student smidlyaked me, “What's the Helo Twas hacked, Tasked, “How many of you have heard ofthe Holos?” Nota single pecson sed his hand. Thea Tasked, “How many of you have ben shat” Nes every hand went up TD Bitimen one. Sall (968 Nee afi Siu 2 % C 1 immediatly decided to thow out soy mescuouy lunged lesns and make nernce the ene of curicalu. From tht moment on, [would y€ biog sary tie by sing new books, inviting guert speaker and ping on Sed Since I wis jus 4 anident teacher, 1 bad no badger for sy Hoel schemes, 0, I moonlghted a concvge athe Mar Ad sold linge a Nordszom My dad even asked me, {as you just bea nema scheitn iy ‘Acnls, aemaly did't seem so ba after ey fst sat I took my siden to se Sind Ls in Newport Beach t+ predominately whie, uppercase cheater. Ima shocked to ace ‘women gab thei peas nd clutch heir porse in fet. Alea pa per nn ¢fonepige ance aboet the incident, desing how Dooly my sudens were tested, afer which I resied dexth ‘Greats. One of my dgrutid neighbors had the abdaiy sy, “Ifyou lowe black people so much, why dont you jst mary & Al this daa an I ide’ oven have my ttcing crn ‘ils yet. Lacy, some of my poferor fom Universi of Ca foria-eine ead the acl nd invited my clas to asesinar by the author of Sen's Lis, Thomas Kenealy, Keacsly was 30 Iimpresed by my stadens that a few dye later we ota invite ‘ion meet Steven Spielberg st Univer Seis eoula'tbe- level The famous dinero wanted to ect the ls tht had dubbed “as color as « bor of Cola cgons” aod ther “okie eacher who was easing waves.” He marveled at how ft these unteachable”sadenthad come unr clas and what, 4 close group shey had become. He even atked Shard what "yo were punning odo next year san encore. After all 2 fm does well you make a sequel acta urpasesevergone's ‘ismante i Yep, cha’ excty what happened Upon ‘my seen fom Uaivesal, th head of th Eaglsh department told me, "Yo'e making we fo ba.” Talk sbout buring my bubble! ow was [making them look ba? Mer aly these wee the same kids de "oust month” were to stpid™ toread advanced placement books. ‘She weat on 9 sy, Ting re based on senior round ‘here" $n er words, Iwas lncky to have jo, ad keeping ‘Sharad and his pose another year would be pang the ene al 988 re 1A be teaching fesman—t risk” freshmen the assignment was hoping rng board. But = Fa serine tomo back the Ten convinced taf Sharad ould change, then anyone can $0 pes al pep me ont wo win Sart over “ = ry foureen years wo come sud wal of Saree Ft T wondet how Fong is [pana take a beh ffmatically under he Na occwpton sid Zs using the in Sanjevo. Suddenly, Zim foo switched fom bet sta snd watching MTV tthe losing of her hol andthe de i ‘ion ofthe nina trary. As de war progressed, abe ex ‘cnced and chronicled fod shorages, ily sheling nd death ofc. In 1991 a he age of love, 29 Zine watched hese peace rein was. y stents west Los Angele cnlly bum in the wake ofthe Rodney King vedic as Zl dodged miper Se ia the suets where she nce played my ents dodged susy balls fom div-by shoacngy, as Zi vated her fens killed by the ventless vslnce of wat, seudenss watched nds geile by semels gang vielen, Sanjevo, Zita descbed how soldiers used a “black cayon ‘war put an “S" on Seb a °C" on Groat and an "Mo ‘Maslin. hin my seen could arg hat they, ohare cx peienced “black eyo ofr, being them with "Wa hice fer bck an “Lor Latino, andan “A for Asia, Think my sadents wil beable wo identify with the cca _roagoiss in al of the book Ive selected, But since the books nears fora while 'm ging have them nd shot sere and plays tar chy be abe relate to, ihink hey be su prised how if ior are 00 he—The sound of my alas clock woke me 8 dak his morning The sun wsn'au yer s01 desided net get My oc sw shings deen nd hepe beeping Sol thanked my clock by hong ion the oer The beep- stopped. Ar looked overto se where the lock ad landed coat gon the door Wh? Beene | on'have I tuned on the ight 9 T ould got sared on my dr. 1 ed pase the eee mimo in he room ogee my clothes. The showed my lecping pace—« thick blaskerand plow "The minors election als ovale dat the rom dos ot Goagioime.Itmade me forlend. Almont the peat of erying bed my clothes fom the closer and waked down eke Jong ay tothe Bathroom. During my shower, xe. Tens mined [yh the water sceasing down my fice. Tmelcomed the px hat fame wich he eas Ie the only wey Ioan deal with my cuent ssoation. The room, hllay, and buhoom doa belong tome “Tis i not my home. My mom i dwn th hl sleeping i « Pen, bc this ssl ce my ome. det ves hone anytre. S50 aati a ofthe Bathroom, done with my shower, sd ready go. Thave remind myself that todays the ist ay sfiny wont grade your ac Wilson High School. I shouldbe happy tac geta chance co See my fiends eer noe seeing them alla ata ssc Bt Fronerfny ind wer mates bade ‘Tat net woth wot ny sore necn yer fe lsd with pho tht wl ever gee. ‘My mom moving Begun snd pleading king fr more dine ithe wre gun fra lat beth fe Thon nee ei aceon wae mato" tine ws ae Tne ated see yom as she ha up the phone she sed aound to see me suoding here coed tnd wel 1 dt Enow wht wrong She qity elders he cou ged sd ‘Sh hase wat soy. She bean tory si ths ie ere than when I walked in. erent my shee bls, She tein tat we were ging te ved She kepeeplgiiag te sing se fed mca a ater and provider: Soo wes 8 ‘oth bhinden he en. The hoard wa aed eey hoe fant made heaton woe ms ely ouee do) Joong ge The only oud ein ny oghbethood _was selling drugs—so I decided to pass. " "le Kid were having an xjong the umes Te packing my cohes and banging i ores tad wondeing ‘ere we were ang nend up. My mom digo’ Kno wins do {ewheretogn. Weta oo fami tolean on. No ancy scone {agin Wihou js my mom cnc hare enough ooey ogee notes place What 0! No her ep ou a sage “Tei theses ws sppne py nee cone pyei ney i eS epee, Lemp some Sep ha ih ne hoe ‘something would happen. = “The mening of our ercion shad knock othe dor woke sn. Th ther at het do bh We were ming lot soos fran cul ered loseop ayaa something to happen. Tosked any mes tse she wall “Goh becawe she wes slent moving the sax ‘ur paor hed ind who had a ice, big house where be ved by hiseltThe pastor’ fend, who was informed of ust rion welcomed us with open am. The ams of senhger were ioe mre comfortable than she arms ofthe hei (200 nsu-t'm wating fer the bos. Fasbacks ofthis sum fac pss though my mind lke 3 Song repentng itself over and tre pi, T uy to ell pele could have been worse. Nothing The this as ever happened tome. Isated thik the ssaion sre ye base away aed fr the top video gxmes ev Tey Chismas and birhday. Fehoold have asked fr something Jess expensive; meting we could afford. (ets core siden oe bos to cach ancther bus ha wil ave ake me dts to scucl. Sehoal - «why bother ging fchoal? Wha’ the use of gag if don't have placer vet Then ends ask how my summer was, what am gong 82771 tres ciced fom my apartment? I dont think so. m noting © {el wu! wha happened. I knew everyone would be meaing ow ction, ae shoes and have new bascus Me? With outs om a year, some ol shoes and no new haut. [fee ike is Inopeless to ty to fel good and make god grades. There's no 7:10 ant—The bus pop in one of the schoo My seomach fects ike fs gen nm Hiay le bal. feel ke heowing fp. Teep thinking tat ge aughed ae the minute ep off thsbus Instead im eted bys couple of my fends who were tn ny Engl clas ase yas tthe pg chi me Ms. Ge tril ay ery English each from last year, i realy dhe only enn thar made me think of hope fo ny fre Talking wth fy fiends aboot our Engl cls andthe adventures We bal the ‘earbefre, Fegan feel bere.oa em 745 sau receive my cas schedle andthe fe eae ‘on the ists Ms, Grell ia Room 26; [alin the rom and feels though al she problems in my lie se ot impor smote, Tam home Dior 25 DestDiay, ‘arnt Scho jot seed and Thre og wo the hospi Atsn. This time Thave ave sin sng, The doco my willbeoo fea fore weck ooo hope they se ake Tam fequenly hmpiaize for lng dice ele tie ‘eos. CF hs been «ens pr of ny fe My tren seca have coughing acs cery Sr fee mints tht ls aout ve mints eck Tan my concntaon an cane rene. Th acon gives gine My weigh io a polem Since Tea get wat Len Tmt in ‘eih Thave ake pl lp digs ny fod end peso breathing wenmeat. I don, Igetsevereomchachen Mont fhe ie end op lig wee: ‘have bee on «empl st for oer sic months and 1 proaby ony havea ew eas et ive ules Tce ew Ings makes me wonder sieht ot ‘eva ough, sary road abead ferme Anything can happen oe, td hope il be prepared Terr ong ai vol andy ends. Pe ely 2 Ingo miss Ms Gan hercla Laseur when {sinc ap tlt house likes wont card and everyone in her das Signed Se even cae the hospi vit me "deathoo wht Kn oftnignment Fn bute imu, Lhope the gery wa Kep eof te han ‘wo weeks I wold hte be out of chal lager ha th De cause schools one ofthe ony hing tha ove aie DessDiary, "Todo I waked into my ffh-pesiod English as all of des wei asthe al Osh cond ed arate inthe ple Tes Angry Mena des ics the Irs tike she wants us o role-play Wich my lek 'm probably ping ob theft pero he pies. Why di Ihave be rans feed in hile) ‘Bree ine‘ seems roknow everyone esse hit Ast her, where ees om Yor nane Wee rely talk to people and Tm sre nobody knows my name. ‘youl to Keep eda wa. “Ohm Gad - shes goingo pick mes bea canes Know sei» goo et se king ms” Now eyody wll kow my ame Tinned sick my head into tnybeckpack to euch fr someting, anything ook Hike Tm ened Ione hi eed nd efswe Phe, the pssed me up, ques gor cy this ine. That aking in ion of peopl. and al his teacher does ilk. She cals on peo- pletoanrwer question fk dey could sve a smartanswer kt tif the top of thee head. Why can she talk monocoously ‘tough the whole late perag? Why coulda she jst be boring Uke ny otherteacben? Diow 27 DearDias, Murder, aking ai, ang oa, ho one thing you an never epay or aplogize foe. Lately the wor murdet as been 8 Shadow hovedng over my ie. Everywhere sm, [seth ‘Stmpoon ti all ove television, MiG ie having our as readwithout ne. The nextday 8 my fiend and I stood ia in board the bus, we were asked to step out othe ine ad et board. We were scully being denied the righ pups the fld tip because we were aot wearing tes by tat teacher tht had talked twa dey ein 1 was in comple shock. had wotked so hard to gett the awaited momen on betold that could not pancpate because of ny appearance ‘Confused and disappointed, my find and T went bom ‘The nex day was very hid ar evergene asked why Tina tend the id ep. Acca, what eal bothered me ws ow tsvone was bagging abouc how fa walle whl tr incident, met wih Ms. Griwell tnd te othe: teacher wh ‘ented me fom pricing inthe event MG pt up hela ‘gh! Appateny se fe that Ted the sgh to o to, ju ike verone els, and tha Twas wrongfllydiscsininated again becase of the way Iwas dese. ven tough the eacher eve sly apelogind wo me fic i batt detinaon I gre tim Beda foe Think he nas denied smehing bs cus the fc tat snot meng tebe lw the dies code digo me: From ero, vl alk wi ‘adie cds od dean of hen Peo sy ‘booles by their cover. a Diony 30 DesrDiss, “Rot ee" Bind bn" wos ye, “Cake tts Sit" were the mewn cone haa eg my el Soa woud ane me fom semen andi chon sas every ey ese my sees en ange wold ‘emis Leven bees motel cane oats cave people mein fe mach, Thee elec stoped my peasy sd tamed mein sys ce nyse bese Twas id of aking end end Eetating hcp fof e behind ik etre Trrting ny sone cs when had Sine meat w me mang comment sone my ba yes na scntvewhe cones my fecha Gi sncvosd ic Teed ein es bse stared a= ere asp and Tn "oe kot i ask scott" bre Fd the browse Ten whe peopl i hemi “Sht wp, you ld Gen Wn The ber el me trans To. typed Ticats epsete al he ids onpour eye iene Ate ged op 7 agar my loos yen no raed cht Si Tonos da 1 kd ove Literal MY i SE a Ay odeoeeacher pred or and To king slay Ian know what appened omens. Tea Téa te eh, sed me aboot oe endo mane Saori was teed bese a “Sein ate ond nan denoted made er Be cont Ate ylingand seaming techs sei the SSS oac ner up and mats er bsome a ewe oh Maybe sion cult ke mes beter een 2 DarDiay, “Te bel angand everybody waked into clas All che desks sere up agunn the wall There a able fl of plastic cham rene gases and bls of apple cider all rand the room, T fought, “Wha the hele ging on? Are we ving 2 pas?” 1 fav Ms Grawell waving her rms sound Uke aerazy lady, bueno ac war racing to herein high Weall knew the effect a fein don Mo. Grovett ll "Throughout he clas peed, things began change deat cally. Me Grivell toed onthe des and begz fo alk abou change I ehooght, “Whit thisadyeing do?” What docs she mean by “change”? Then people started eying. cought myself, "Whyis everyone crying?" I dda undestand, ‘Ms. Grol passed ou Boks and bags fom Barnes & No- ble. When Tm shelookon people's aes fle oping up forjos. [waned to seceding them at that very moment. Ts so ecupied with one af my now books that I mised the whale den of what we were supposed to do with them. The bok had never ben opened and the pages smelled like anew car. ted reading plby Elie Wiesel, and I can't geared on The ‘Wee by Todd Sesser, Anne Fre’ dary, and late Bo ot eat Zia’ Diary Aue shoe we were grin have to do alot boo repores Then se old ur aboot the "Read thon er Tle sce.” What the hocks Me Gruwell aking abou She wid we'd have fun beesse the saves ate abou iia sini stations. We weteal eensges who were ging trough = tia ime in ourlves. Some of ws suceed and ethers don't Thatis jst how it {is andallI wanted to do was be one ofthe people who make have always been on fhe kids that needed to change—1 cate even uy to deny it My mom ino help Beenie ene do ‘nyching wrongs ber eyes. Lam “Mommy lig” ao ater how badly Tam ding schol or what ype of us De ed. yp dei jue she opps Hes never ezed about how bam Aoing—or hw ood fr harm [Byerone changes a5 they ge olde, no mater ifs god ot tid. So guess Twa fered an opportuni that noe mans people hve. Igoe second chance wo change my fe fr the beet. thank God thr he eat an angel to pve me thar chance to cans: ms alvays known a the person that was ging 0 be rosie, or ex pregnant before Tamed fosreen sd Gop [Now Ihave he chaneot prove them mons Bendis, "Pana psed sine ooo yen ed in ee he mar ved is one respected those wo. Those guys Were Gf bai, Tha’ ow [waned 1 be when T grew up. All Grane od was impress them, While Twas in schoo oe dey, They were led while tying to commit robber. T chink Geuldhave been wich hem. fe thisincdens, [aed see if from whole new pe seatve Thad been taking tbe wrong path all slong: Now my Tee fend and Tre the odest choos inte aso [was pital hora ch olde guys were eer xfer under or ving behind tan As the weeks wont by, I slowly changed my wars 1 dat sven the younger ones to ook upto me wbes Twas oer, Thad one so mich to hur sy corimoairy and now rwas ic ro do romethingobelp it ‘Now the yung onze looking up rome ata role model ray my hanes togve uit image on how things sould be tod make them se ight am wrong, My neighbor adre me. hve a warm fesing deep down inside 8 if Tam che “chosen fei th bro, Briers me wo know thas eok he ives of to dear fiends forme worn my if ound Tpuee is never on ate eo change fe IT did i ote sould be able oa well. eal all depends on how badly one ‘Ponsa change Tm fucky to have another opportuni ata clean is jas too bad the te chlor were never given the same oppor.Gani ssdaytear pea ia he aye iT a xed den <72e Thov ves in ome stage wry nee ees thar as deep iid, crenone wes ing ee poecine [Sd Iginla ae {rotoct me from the ane ching I was acrualyaftid ofthe qui ‘edie Dot had dows lain nese Serine orem nedarhadno chs bare ree es sms ony protecting me, snd sending ot a wating ne with se again ‘Onthe othe sie ofthe courzoom were he fim members he guy who was being falsely accord of murder. Those peo 6 his family and hs ends of ous were louking at me With ig. Tknew why but id'ecare Iwasa f them They Sete our vals and they hd it coming, They had alieady killed Se of ourfeends, nd they hd jumped mes couple of weeks be- fine. The one person o his sde cage my ey, Her look wasn't Aled wih ge, there was suengh and sadoes, which made i Puinfily fami. Ske looked ae me tear roling down. her fheeks, and hugged th il gion hese, ‘When sa er tear a ide ite ide of me whipered ‘ey quietly, “Does she emiad you of vomcane you lore more ban anyone else inthe wold I edt ignore the ite wie, but then the vice spoke louder. Ietold me that chis woman was tay mothe, and tat ee i wat me I couldn’ help bu tare ack, imagining how fe woul! be for that litle gi without her ‘ater. [pire her wating for er father 0 come home know ing be waseeT pictured he isting hi an wot being be to ‘wach him bees of an unbreakable window, a Fimagined her anrng t unlock his cage, knowing the could’ "The same ‘memories Ihave of my faherinprzon The woman oked et me spin, and ould se that she es sulting the sae way my ‘mother suffered when my dad ad brcher weno prio. won ered how they could bes diferent My mathe is Mexican and ‘his woman bse, yee the emotions eh made thet ey came fiom a bear that wasting spar the same way. “Phoughowt my if ve always head the same thing “You «aa go agin your own people, your ova Blood Te got 0 en leave in my heed that eve a Ia on he witness stand kept thinking of those same words, "You eat go aptinse your comm «Yer ny soled amit yall peopl, had petsein the won poston of my Ife. My fesings were sang ‘hangs, I began have second cooghts. Iwas convinced tha ‘7 going before entered the court, blue I sw the ‘woman, before saw thei pi bot now was’ so sure Suddenly, his yer ineropred my touhts by basing ut with question. Whe abot the guy? Then T loked st my ‘cod. He was jus stating at me with smogooken his ace. He ‘was’ wortied about anything even though he ws guilty, ven ‘hog he knew I had wienesied everthing, When he shot the sty he looked ae me and sid, “Thi fer oo.” He knew fw ving oi, he new cha ad aay ad his bak before, 0 2d noses orm ca him now Ieumed took et im any yes tured ging water. He was surpied if fewest big ea bute cime ews big dal "Then I hanced tm mo, he shook her hed ad ie mat ‘sifshe knew that vamed 0 say the uth. Enever a her what scully happened da gh, ut she Knew my fend had doe it When sc had asked me what I wa ig to say, Tal hee “Pm going protecemyown - you kaow how iti You bre to know, you and every ether pemon in my fan taoght me outa own.” “Leno how it iy but why does always have tobe that vay?” She never spoke tht way me lore, aftr alk my father {sin prison and most of my fii in «gang. lays Seured ‘hat my mam acsepeed how ching were Tht’ just the aye ‘hing go when youre ina gang. Then the wkd me, “How docs ie felt be sending an izancene pero so pisoa! Yea probaly feel ke that man that sen ou fier apron knowing he wat Jnocent, you know he wat only potting his owa tn” And at theft timein my ie, the image oy mother made me believe ‘tha Teould change the way things mee. Beonse x tne moment iocked eyes with Paco and sid, "Pao dd it. Paco shot the ew Dias, Tate ging to beso dsappsintd in me Actly Tm moe open pt forthe way Tm ching peopl it be Tin something Um at Since Ive bes i Ms Gr day creo thins Ia “Lie Min Codie Goodie.” Tenor fs she aves wit mea te “ood” xan Tn the Led of dent that es as good de nis Mectoche’'s pot The stnge hing th wheverone med Tite is changing because of our “toast for change,” I seem t0 be the onyone wu ot ung sayeth forme bese Iavcalbef people wh shy than sat an thal Jee hare opeber td ty veins wah he Woe Tt me they aly knw tht on he sie Tam just bushy "Tm ting Lagi with dep souet—beings ne dike Twa and wih my at ote pretending {ote bout what Tam: Deep down inside thurs we tha tur ring yell anyone shoe my problem Ido wane change, ut bard I ard fr chee been feta: people wil ake he sober me Pve been ingot sothng suse diy os ike geing pete morning, ingeothe bathroom, and bmshing youre ean keep on hiding the face charm a esos Fim i Ingit from ny or, MG, and al of my fends now need bp, but ow dogo aboor seta it Ic has got co be hereditary earse not oly do have this peoblem, bot my grandfather, dd and hs mow had this problem also, Tess Twas ging 2 tend up with ems sooner orate. Tee me tell you about my day. Ewoke up ening ornge pice witha ie hin of vodka, Guess what ig Azusa TensDiory 4 Dear Diary ‘When we beeen out lssn abou the importance of i tolerance, Thad a des taeda leon would be a ifeaeing lexpesence. After reading Nip and Amar Pronk The Diary of e Yous Gir guess you could sy Tknew about the Hoocaat,bue ‘vesao prepared for wha as ong te fed ith ody. Ms, Grewel hd ben king fra lng tne abou ringing ‘na Holos sursver med Gerd See. Well day, we sllymether, Like Anne she Jewish and was born Poland and she dn’ meet Hier’ sandals of parity either Dong Weld War Il, Gerda’s parents made her g inn hing with «Cathle fail. She wa forced to lve in Bement Where she could bey send up. Se could hear the 8 soldiers marching ouside, srssng for thir ext vit She ithe only Survivor in he fan iy ahi, she ma pated fn aca. Justas Ann was eapped Gorda ws tmpped, Neither ends ‘or Ange could lead normal teenage lives. They lost thei ino- ‘ceace due to uncoatolablecicummances, Whenever they ren ‘red outdo they feed the poi of being eprred bythe (Gesuap. Jewish people adm wears yellow St of Davi, which Aisingished them Bom ethers. They wee fed o atend spe ll schools outed om oherchiléen. They were idle and Commented thoughoot the wat ‘Unforanaely, I know exely what feels tke to not be eto gp ouside, not beease ofthe Gesap, but bese of "When I walkcosde, Teonsandly glance fom side wide tahng these ding around me. Since I fel out of ples, fon paton a fae so that in, Maybe if Tok and ike Song they wine conitont me, rie darespeccal tolok seg nein heey, agin whac would happen sone scenuntioncrnp inated 4 Gestapo—ehey Would ge killed rently, Afer the sores ard fom Gerda, can garnece har won't seperete mistakes of other Tamiied ie how T ould exapatize oe ony with Anne Trek, bot alo with « Helou survivor, 'm gal Tha the oF- Torney to ear shout the pst rough Gera. Se ving Poof Trhistry. This expeence wil help se pass onthe measge of tolerance thar Anne did for and chat Gexa survived for Dew Diary, "Toa Btcen sear, the only heroes I ever read abot an toon ia tah, coef underwear and dew buildings a each ther for fa, But oes, thaell changed. Are er leapcof the nse bok wo pay my lst special vis. Her name is Micp (Gs end shes the lady Anne Frank wroce abou inher diay ‘Gacbelione thar the womaa sponsible for keeping Anne Feta tle inthe sic came wo speak 0 ws pon! ‘Ac Tenered dhe Brain Deaton ents, Toul fel the x iron Many of ts stayed afte ool yesterday to make wel ‘Se signs to deconte the walls and sever stadent gt ‘choot lly ent help set up a big buflex. We wated every ‘hingso be perfec: ‘Norte pope inouetions were made by Ms. Growl he mae her entenes, Everybody stod upand cheered 3 Misp {pade her way into the al ee shied yee herinpenon aterSoon Siping 996 at seeing her portayed ia moves nd reading boutherin the b ‘No oorful underwear needed she wa rue here. ‘After she sted i, Miep began ele about how she Aetighed ro meet us She descibed to Sntand how se fi the Frank family from the Nazi soldiers and how she fu Dia “Ifyou could ive an cxmity and nochange a iingor exist he blink of an oye and ake everthing, whit wuld you "This was one of Me Gs questions afer we read this im eg her ead go, bu they thestene kil he My fiend who was siting neat co me was crying. Sine we've been sudying the Halacha mad hi think alluhe people he knows who have been Kile is bes ead ae Lehi wish is ie dently shc himself and en this dey, be sil has nigh Forehe snows afastone shout his death Miep tld everyone dh not ada goes by we ‘ever knowing heist head ‘he doen think about Anne OFthese Wien she ld this, my fiend stod up and tld he she wat [Never knowing the pin oie his her. Then he asked her ish bellowed that she was «hea ‘Acitserslslowy gow ‘We expected hero sy yes, bu think sth surpised ws ll She Nevis pesing in on the heue said "No. Yoo, my Hinds, are the tue heres." Heroes? Us Having her sy that mae me rele oe than ever how spec sy lasmates ae Like she sud, we are he heres and ia. ‘wt let the younger geneaon know whi going on Te ste ‘Moment Tolive forever And never fel thine ‘Towa milion iecmer feel goodtoknow that for eae in my life my fends and Tae aly» exode and become snd doing thevgh ehing "Wish not forthe ne ‘After he nished and we alla che epporunity ive her Before ee slg or have het sign our books, I realized how lucky we were Lastonly meats Mose peopl wil probably never have the opportunity heat he Bacchange everthing story in peron like we di A legacy let by oe i cated by fone woman, was passed 08 new generation of tens whe ave ‘he chance a make difernce ike Ana's ary did Now fer meeting Miep, ean honey sy tt my heroes senotjstenade-ap charsctea—my her eal. Obtobetichmine “Toexistforles than tment ‘erin haemoment “Toexpove the wld 0 every open oye (Onsobe thunderMs. G did what she does bers she eked e anyone pe 'm notin tei honors class. Wel took ke sheye ‘woul listen oer bout ouacmpishments ua we had ma some heady. They wer aking about eng us hve our pee ‘ass. Everoae is wore I've caughe couple kis eyng fs ston piel macnn {ig cml someone probably caught me more shen nce Al things moch difereny than my fiends do bees of my hin bout i us nt being together. What would we do? Wi lexpesences, but hes, theyresll my fends foberiam orscoople ‘old we tun Ahh scl arcu i cy fede ha ther ging e ‘ke ie tines are ih no, ea coi rn Oc ny aa 1 Y rn to her class the very next day! If my have le whee evn cep me and Tape cs tinge a ve sod eae witht forthe oy yu ra mc Thop ey wi Gn Tes bmn hard ine fr eveyone Weve to eep wring rn waar re gl incl soogh ne dt hoy wea gn oe sacs fr Tn cmmmnd they de om oo pace Hey eat yer or not. These washes ca's beak our lai, we me *heco Ca inked, not by ou hands, but by out hear and we wllalways Be ‘opether. im sere, very sued. hope everthing works out “ "ANNE FRANK HOUSE Coen 28 o_— DeirDiay, = Schoo lost ver, and just found out thet we gett have ‘Ms. Gruvell next yea! I prea nes forall un. She ough hard wo keep us together! Ive een hucky have her er to ‘yeu. My mom sts, "Pv ithe lotery in eduction” Sh bcae bes teacher Ive ever had. She uly cares above ws and eves {dg ws based on sppeaances Now I ge tobe in her cle my have alot oftends whe ain honors nlsh an they've ‘become quit inrestedin what my clas hs Be dng ltt ‘There have been quesions about ov fl wean the diane ‘westcnded Afterall de yeas my fends who had made me fee ‘opi, ll ae now interested in my cas. After lh they tod call Ms Grawe'sclas the “Choe Cis” because ofa the mi ‘noes. They have always made me fel likes damb whit boyPane ose Ball to96 or bens ye, cond forget Pm the only blak petson sound Him, mst have slipped my ind, remember the teacher Id before Ms, Grell Let'jase yf techer hese very tefl [deutch alors fade tnd sereorypieasatements, but one day she tok leon Twat in clas ooking over ou zag it fr the en lng with oor ‘coma ssgnmens, hea I oticed saddening lack of dives 1 ‘sked her why, and her respons wat “We don rea lak ec are in this cls bocruse i all at sex, fiction, dg and using.” Whoa thee, slow down lady. simple it's iaprrop "would have sufied. But no, she had to ake i to the om tieme. I almost ovetooked che bixant ignorance of her statement, but did she have toy iin on ofthe eae ls 1 mes, cuch! held my tongue und une, when [told my fad. Herre sponse was that [shoud tll my hc lhe principal, ell he supericendent, bur tll someone. {told my mom whoa I get ome edt ellherin noachalang offend vor of wey, Cae You jue see iy me a the diane able ia berwea swalowy ing to de. The thought of losing the wo people Towed mos in ‘he cate world made me fel dead inside “The heiupter came and took here another hospital. My sone and I tod tore un the elcopea disappeared 1 fle 30 ‘weak tha cou arty tnd [looked my sunt. Showa sbak- ing I dds’ want 9 go home [knew tht evenly 1 would have to fice my dad As T approached my dus house. saw a sezne tha loked ike an angry mob was teady o srk a 239- time. [coud see my did standing in the window wih machete inhis hand, Thuted hin. He made me tremble wit for becuse | new hehsd wie o kill gandimother The cro was ying shin, and he was yong back Fiaaly, the pice came and knocked on the dor I stood her, eying moveso my dad would’tse me, butmy feethad feanol and they woulds't let me move. 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