47 Quotes by Erin Gruwell

Schools are not equal. There are still the haves and the have-nots.

I think a lot of teachers feel like they're teaching to a test. Our response is you teach to a student, you really teach to the kid.

I believe that everyone has a story, and it is important that we encourage all students to tell theirs.

I believe that all students, when asked to be accountable for their actions and to be socially aware citizens, will become agents for change!

The stories my pupils told me were astonishing. One told how he had witnessed his cousin being shot in the back five times; another how his parents had died of AIDS. Another said that he'd probably been to more funerals than parties in his young life. For me - someone who had had an idyllic, happy childhood - this was staggering.

Paying to teach in the trenches was like putting my face through a cutout hole at a carnival while a quarterback threw pies at me. At least with a carnival, I'd see it coming.

Writing really evokes empathy in a way very few things can do.

Ruining is a gift .. it's the way of changing.

Society just doesn't care about young people anymore, even if we are the future.