Erin Gruwell

Evil prevails when good people do nothing.

— Erin Gruwell

When you're too robotic and scripted, the students tune you out. So I always tried to use different learning modalities - kinesthetic,…

— Erin Gruwell

Education is such a noble profession, it's a wonderful way to serve.

— Erin Gruwell

The stories my pupils told me were astonishing. One told how he had witnessed his cousin being shot in the back five…

— Erin Gruwell

Paying to teach in the trenches was like putting my face through a cutout hole at a carnival while a quarterback threw…

— Erin Gruwell

“Because if they grow up holding on to such terrible feelings, it could lead to another war come time in the future…

— Erin Gruwell

I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more…

— Erin Gruwell

I believe that education is the greatest equalizer; thus, I will continue to fight to equalize the playing field in an educational…

— Erin Gruwell

It's not enough to be tolerant...now we're finally moving towards the idea of acceptance.

— Erin Gruwell

Education is such a noble profession, its a wonderful way to serve.

— Erin Gruwell

I grew up in a very progressive family and with a great educational system, and I asked myself, 'Why doesn't everybody have…

— Erin Gruwell

“There were more courses than O.J. has alibis.”

— Erin Gruwell

It sounds strange, somewhat on the line between irony and absurdity, to think that people would rather label and judge something as…

— Erin Gruwell

I have learned that, although I am a good teacher, I am a much better student, and I was blessed to learn…

— Erin Gruwell

Writing is powerful. Whether it's a little girl hiding from the Nazis in an attic, or Amnesty International writing letters on behalf…

— Erin Gruwell

Hoping they'd been inspired by the examples of Anne Frank and other teens who had turned negative experiences into something positive by…

— Erin Gruwell

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

— Erin Gruwell

Some teachers feel that if they ask for emotional help, they're a failure. But teaching is a team sport.

— Erin Gruwell

I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change…

— Erin Gruwell

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

— Erin Gruwell

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

— Erin Gruwell

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

— Erin Gruwell

Fights don't solve matters, they just make things worse. (Diary 19)

— Erin Gruwell

Don't let the actions of a few determine the way you feel about an entire group. Remember, not all German's were Nazis.

— Erin Gruwell

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

— Erin Gruwell