After watching the movie Freedom Writers, reflect on its main themes and write your reflections and answers in
response to each of the following prompts/questions:
- Do you agree that teaching is both a privilege and a responsibility? Why?
2.How can different environments and cultures in which students live/grow influence their success in school
and life? If you were a teacher, what would you do to better understand such circumstances? How would that
knowledge influence your teaching?
3.If you were a teacher, how would you harness the power of stories, personal stories, culture, literature, and
art to support your students’ success in school and life?
4.Have you ever considered the balance between a teacher’s profession/career and his/her family and life? If
you were a teacher, what would you do to achieve it and maintain it throughout your career?
5.What is “failure” in school and life, and how would you help your students consider this concept from other
perspectives through literature/art/pop culture?
6.How would you help your students better understand the world through literature/art/pop culture?
7.How would you help your students embrace their uniqueness through literature/art/pop culture?
8.How would you expand your students’ autonomous thinking skills through literature/art/pop culture? - How would you foster your students’ self-confidence through literature/art/pop culture?
10.How will you teach for change through literature/art/pop culture?
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