I hate that they didn't make this movie more complex by including likelihoods. For example, white people are more likely to live in nice neighborhoods, but not all of them actually do, so they could have had one or two white impoverished gang members in the class, and one or two privileged nonwhite students who didn't face constant danger or even racism (meaning that Victoria doesn't count). The Barbie movie did that with the two sexes. That would have made this film more admirable IMO.

Id love to teach and wish I had her passion.

As a grown man, I can say, I cried, laughed, smiled and some sadness, we all have some sort of Tourette syndrome......we are all battling. Pls remember, ALWAYS BE KIND

I liked this scence because she gave them a space to help to talk and heal

Still such a good movie! Some movies are made about real life experiences!

COBRA KAI

Fun fact: The first girl to grab a notebook was a contestant on the teen reality competition show Endurance.

Liberty and speech is not poetic liberties and speech is individualism people who just say our constitutional rights are poetic people who are arguing freedom of speech like this movie is about

The only White Savior movie worth a damn, IMO.

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Yo what’s Kyler doing here!?😂

i always come back to this movie, and ANY scene i watch from it just drives me to tears so fast 😭

People like to call empathy exercises "corny/cringe" and usually it is right until one of them gets to you and its like a goddamn punch in the stomach. I'll always respect the people who give them a chance cause it might miss like 90% of the participants but the remaining 10% will get a priceless experience out of it

She forgot to ask... "How many of you had been shot or unfairly arrested of harassed by Police? Mostly, White Police officers"

Didn’t know kyler was in this hahahaha

Where there is a will there will definitely be a way. If you put your heart into what you doing( good things) no matter if anyone appreciates you or not, that’s living.

This scene is really moving, it made me think about all the suffer and all the terrible things that a lot of people have to go through. It shows how despite all the differences people can all have something in common, from the best and happiest one to the worst one. I was taken by all the games of glances that all the students shared that made me undestand their feelings and the mutual understanding from all the tragic and bad things that they all have lived. Definetly on my watchlist!!!

I really love the way she doesn’t give up on her students. I think the journals can be a good idea, ‘cause it can help them open up and see that they are more alike than what they think. I wished our school had a teacher like her! definitely added to my watch list

I think it’s a stunning scene because it shows the reality of the life of many teenagers. The game played is a beautiful way to make young people understand that they have in common more than what they think. I really loved the meaning of it!

this is an important and moving film because debates two importants topics: racism and empathy. students take on problems with other people by means a play, and in my opinion this is a good way

this video is beautiful. I think that in this city crime is issue especialy teenagers need to someone that help all of them.I like ms.Gruwell and i would play gold for have this teacher

we saw this video in my class, I immediately thought that this game was really effective for getting to know each other and eliminating prejudices, the teacher is a beautiful person who managed to eliminate the social differences in her class and arouse emotions through a fun game

Wow, this film is amazing and interesting! When I watched the scene, I was surprised by this strange game, but in my opinion this was a cool activity to do with a new class and to know better the students

i have only positive impressions about that experiment, because it deals with the attempt of this teacher to get the boys integrate together with this intelligent game

in my opinion, she’s a very kind and intelligent woman, and it’s very nice to make the students feel safe and be understood, because it’s ok to feel emotions even living in these situations

Saw a scene from this on Facebook so found this. I gotta watch this, it reminds me of 'Dangerous Minds'. 😊

The line game is an ice breaker I wanna do when I start teaching. It is a way to get to know your peers and see you may have more in common than you know.

My class (8th grade) did this but instead of gang violence it turned to mental heath problems and eventually sexual assault. Now some people might think this scene is cheesy or dumb, but the truth is I think it really helped our whole class bond closer. By the end of it, everyone was crying, except for a few students who were laughing, though they got shunned; and yes, I feel that teachers should do something like this more often. It really helps people understand how many people have gone through something similar.

I can’t imagine hearing the all time leader in scoring, assists, and steals at my school, who also earned a d1 scholarship, was going to be my head coach, and not immediately shutting up and listening to what he had to say

Frozone is the new basketball coach and called Magic Mike a madam 😂😂 I would also like to include for a fun fact whenever I see people I don't like near me I say the exact same thing Worm says to Coach Carter I'm usually like "yo I hear u dawg I judt don't see u I mean the glare from your heads is hella shiny bro damn u buff it?" 😂😂 and to include after Carter defended himself from Cruz's assault attempt the scary look he had after Cruz screamed "this ain't over" @ 4:26 the face he made is something I do to make myself very scary and intimidating so other people don't mess with me Worm: Yo we hear u dawg we just can't see you the glare from your big black ass head is hella shiny man damn u do u buff it? 😂🤣😂🤣 Frozone: u got jokes to go along with that ugly jumpshot of yours huh? U shooting the ball what's your name sir? Lyle: Jason Lyle, I'm not a sir. 😂🤣😂🤣 Frozone: your not a sir r u a madam?? 😂🤣😂🤣 Maddox: haha little bitch bitch 😂🤣😂🤣

Never even asked the question which changed things for the actual story. Yay Hollywood

I like how she doesn’t treat her students poorly because they are People of Color and regurgitating racial implications of racial biases & racial stereotypes. She is such a caring and independent teacher. WE NEED MORE TEACHERS LIKE HER, who actually cares about her students success!!! She really sees them struggling and wants to get them out of poverty or other financial hardships when it comes to financial instability & embezzlement of money.

Erin sure knew how impact students n made a change in society 🙏💪🏼

This reminds me of an illistration that was done in a prison to show the men that regardless of their race, they all had a very tragic past. I did 19 years of prison ministry, and that was the most impactful exercise I'd ever seen. ~I used to be a homeless suicidal drug addicted murdering gay prostitute that was kidnapped for sx trafficking, so from age 6-50, I had 4 multiple personality disorders, I lived in the ghetto with Gangs contantly killing eachother. On 8/10/2017 Jesus completely healed my mind, body, soul and spitit in just 1 day. I found out it only takes 1 Day to LIsten to the NT Bible. The Truth broke every chain! Since then I live a very quite life, content and blessed, bec all I do in my free time, is I've read my Bible from cover to cover every single month for the last 6 years. The SHU would be affective if they could all listen to the NT Bible 24/7. I no longer want anything that the world has to offer. After I bought a house, I went on a mission trip in Brazil, and all I wanted to do was move there with only a backpack full of survival gear. Simply catch a fish, puck fruits and vegitables that grow wild, bathe in the river, and read and sleep in a hammock, and have a tarp for when it rains.. Sounds like Paradise 🎉 Only Love & The TRUTH can set us free. Once I LET Jesus heal me, it's now like I'm telling someone else's story, because All I know now is Love joy peace patients kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness and self control, Gal 6:22. Only Jesus can bring us from the end of the line which is where I was... to the very front. Once we stop looking at our past mistakes, regrets, and various lack, we can walk in confidence with our heads held high, bec of who we are in Christ. HE chooses the foolish things/people of this world to confound the wise/proud. ~ I wish I knew my mother's story before she died, I have been able to forgive her 100% since finding out about her secret past. Hurt people, hurt people.

Hey whatever happened to the other 2 players who left after Cruz (he came back)

This was a good game for them.

I will never forget the times teachers did this exercise with my class, twice in middle, it started off as innocent but once the questions get deep it brings back many memories like once a girl it my class began to cry when the teacher asked if we have any family members who were deported and it trigger a sad memory for her, she was allowed to stop and see the counselor. Another time I will never forget when a teacher asked "step over the line if you've ever tried drugs/drink" everyone except me stepped over then I did the I love you sign because we had to, then on the flip side a question that still haunts me was "step over the line if you've ever been bullied by a teacher" I was the only one to step over, and in that moment I felt so disgusted because I was in a class where everyone was popular or favor by teachers and I thought "they'll never understand the trauma of what that feels like" I felt so jugded even though the exercise was meant to join us together, looking back that class was full of snakes. I'm over it now but damn.

I always cry when she asks about the friends they lost to a gang

this is a good movie. every school should require students to watch it

SIR CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS UPPITY NEGRO SIR

4:00 I'M NOT A TEACHER... ...I'M THE NEW BASKETBALL COACH.

I don't really care for this movie. It's just that film your eighth grade teacher shows you to get some taste about "troubled life". Dem government never cares about you. Anyone know a good survivalist?

bag go In out the maze runner

yooooo its tyler from cobra kai. who would've known he played a character in this film from 07. shiiii lol

I showed my mom this movie a year or two ago. It's one of the few she wasn't scrolling on her phone and made her cry. It's an amazing story. And shows just how impactful one person actually giving a dam can do

I love watching this movie.❤

The looks everybody give each other when they realize that theyre all in the same situations

Shout to the hommie Sergio in the movie lol