3. Why do the students disrespect Erin Gruwell at first? What do they say to her when she confronts them?
4. How does Erin Gruwell try to engage the students (make them interested)?
5. What is Erin Gruwell’s husband’s attitude towards her teaching career? (Does he like it that she is a teacher, why?)
6. Why do you think Erin Gruwell experienced so much opposition(tegenstand) from the other teachers?
7. What kind of future do the students think they have?
8. What activity in class starts to unite the students (bring them together)?
9. What diary entry moved you the most? And why?