Tuesday, March 27, 2012




 FREEDOM WRITERS


By: Jessica Bibiana Liberato R.


After I watched the movie called Freedom Writers, I began asking myself the extent to which the role of the teachers in the classroom is and how accountable we are for making our students become and feel someone important. It was a very inspiring movie and it shows us that the only boundaries impossible to pass are the ones we establish. Sometimes, our own conceptions and beliefs make us think we cannot do anything better for our students and just continue reproducing the same old traditions that are now old-fashioned.

What I enjoyed the most about the movie was the way in which the teacher looked for ways to face a difficult situation that the students had at school. I believe that most of us have to deal with difficult situations in both our lives and our schools but in the latter, some people just keep distance and never worry about how students might feel and what they would do as a consequence of their desperation. In my point of view, the teacher shown in the movie is an example to follow and although our reality is a little different to the one displayed in the film, our challenge must always be to transform our students’ reality and environment and always look for their welfare.

What I think we must learn from this movie is that should never give up and just let things happen without any intervention from our part when we know it definitely involves our attention and care. Many people use a mask to cover all their fears and bad experiences because they do not want to repeat what they had already lived. However, it does not affect the person who wears it but also the others around and that is a selfish thing to do. Teachers must heed the call to be examples to follow and if we actually search for the best for our students, we should also give them the best when teaching, sharing time with them and being part of their lives.

Being a teacher can be similar to assuming a role of showing a topic for students to repeat but being a good teacher goes beyond because not only the cognitive processes are important but also our students’ feeling, emotions, likes, social worlds, experiences; then, the challenge for us has to do with the way in which we interact with what they know and have lived as a way of motivating them and help them become good people for our society.



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