Books Quote by 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, auditory, visual,…

— 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 times; another…

— Erin Gruwell

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

— Erin Gruwell

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

— Erin Gruwell

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

— Erin Gruwell

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

— 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 these opportunities…

— Erin Gruwell

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

— Erin Gruwell