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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a sucker for these inspirational teaching books, I guess....<br/><br/>It's a good story, and I definitely admire how devoted Erin is to her high school students.  However, it doesn't seem realistic for most teachers to fund raise for extravagant field trips to Washington, DC and guest speakers...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39978156">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this was sweet and inspiring.  This book tells the story of how Erin Gruwell started teaching the students who would go on to become the Freedom Writers, accomplished authors, college graduates, motivational speakers and fellow teachers.  She writes about struggling to work two jobs to pay...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29899174">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book, as I said in my review of Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, is execrable! Her willful ignorance of the lives of her students is inexcusable and maddening, as is her hypocrisy when she is angered by her neighbors' reactions when she takes her students to her hometown. And most of her success...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26042842">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this has totally re-energized me and refuled my passion for teaching and for staying in the game and keep on challenging all the things that needs to be changed so that my students can really get a meaningful education.<br/><br/>it's a quick read and gaves a little more background to the movie and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1400511">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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