I watched the director's commentary on the DVD and what amkes this scene even more moving is that he said the young man who read from the journal wasn't really an actor and had no interest in pursuing acting. The young man took the job for the money so he could put it toward going to engineering school. It makes his performance all the more powerful.
TheaterRaven same with the black boy with the red sweater who got killed he was doing boxing and was doing well his coach got him a little gold chain with boxing gloves and he was at a dennys and someone robbed him for it and killed him
@@aGwEENapple yeah the one that got angry during the store scene, the man that wanted his money back got killed in real life before the movie got released in theaters
@@raulmartinez2841 your buddy should of pursued acting. He did a very excellent job for somebody who has no experience in acting. This scene hits home. Glad your buddy is doing ok.
“I am home” , how he grew up is heart breaking. And he deserves better in life, but the greatest gift is. This. He finally after the these years found a safe spot to call home. It might not be shelter . But emotionally and mentally , he has a home for the first time . Which could lead to amazing things 💕 love this movie
Home is where the heart is and he loved attending the class. It brought him so much peace from all the outside troubles. Kinda what everyone in the world needs today🌸💜🌸
This scene really hit home with me. We were evicted 3 years ago. Had to live with other folks and shelters. Those times were tough but we certainly made it through. I started doing affirmations. After a year I ended up getting a better paying job and we got a new place two years after. It did take work and diligence on top of repeating positive self talk. But it was achieved. I am truly grateful. Adversity can make you or break you. I am home with my own home. Truly grateful.
This scene always makes me cry too. It's the best scene in the movie to me. It really captures how a teacher can impact her students' lives and it shows the students' appreciation for their teacher. This is why I became a teacher!
This movie and the book are amazing. Ms. G is such a good person for helping those classes. Last year, my teacher read the book to my class and then we watched the movie, and I'm really glad we did. My class wrote letters to her afterwards asking if Ms G would come to our school to meet us and she did. She was really sweet and afterwards invited us to watch a presentation thing on it, and we got to meet one of the Freedom Writers.
Morgan Binion were really all in this together. We have to remember that someone always has it worse, we have to be thankful for what we have no matter how small
This scene is awesome but they left out the most emotional part of it (for me at least) and that was when the black dude with tears in his eyes came up and hugged him because he knew his struggle. Great scene, nonetheless.
I had a teacher just like her, and I loved him so much we would spend hours having a class conversation he's been such a big inspiration in my life. I can relate too what this guy was saying
I just came here to laugh @ the guy like "who is that" and the girl like "he's been with us since freshman year foo" and he like "what's his name" and she like "idk" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Now I am 23. As a child I experienced evictions and homelessness between the ages of around 7-17. 10 whole years of every year moving houses. Sleeping in RV's, cars, motels. I'm not telling you this to get likes or attention. I'm telling you because the shame of going to a high school freshman year every day and striving to achieve good grades feels meaningless when other kids are making plans to buy food from the Ralphs next door, or go play xBox with their football teammates, or get picked up even in a normal Sedan or even worse, where I went to school, kids by 16 had Mustangs and Corvettes. Me? My biggest fear was my parents pulling up in the car with our luggage packed showing out of the back of the hatchback, or staying in the parking lot until I got off to find out they couldn't pay for the motel we were staying in. Or worse, dreading how after school I was going to get home and the terrible secret of being homeless and no one knew. While everyone smiled around me, I was dying inside. I thought many times, maybe if I didn't ask for this for Christmas. Maybe if I didn't ask for a birthday. All the money over the years would have equaled the rent. Now it's to the point where I have great shame asking for a birthday, for a gift, sometimes I'm scared to buy nose clippers or spend $100 with my friends after 3 weeks of saving my paychecks because what if I have nowhere to live and it may be the difference between a night in a bed and a night on a bench? Just saying. I know exactly how this child protrayed by this actor felt because he was me. He is me. He is a lot of children in America.
What was once hatred and intolerance became peace and understanding. This class became unified together because no matter how different they were they always had similarities with each other. The fact they came together and supported one another is a true testament to the human spirit. ❤️
I actually want to cry now. This movie says so much about the REAL world and how it works. And the sad thing is, most of the time, those poor kids never even become happy and make it like the kids in the movie do. They end up dead or worse.
I had to watch this during English class and I was sitting with my crush during this scene and I started balling my eyes out and my crush hugged me... This scene will forever make me cry
I'm a teacher, I try everyday to be a good teacher, this movie helps me a lot to understand everyone is struggling with something but I try to bring hope and opportunities to each one of my students, maybe in the future they're going to remember me.. but if they don't, i just want them to be happy and good people.
If this doesn't tug at your heartstrings, you're dead inside. Life isn't so hard when you compare it to those who have less than you and who suffer more than you.
The whole movie is a melody of heartstrings. I think that was the movie I spent the most time crying for~ It does feel better at the end, but... There are still a few lingering notes in the soul, whispering 'be thankful, someone else is hurting right now, and it's not because of a movie'. I'm glad I got it good, that I made something of myself and learned to fend for myself and my family too... But it also made me realize... To be humble. Very humble.
we need more teachers like this in the school system, a teacher that could make a child's world not feel so hopeless and fearful and make them feel at home.
This movie is so damn powerful, especially now with the way the world is going. I cry every single time I watch this movie. The music really makes it even more emotional.
This movie makes me cry. I've been through stuff and it reminds me of all those who had it worse than me. I am grateful to have what I have. I wish I could help youth at risk, but today...that is nearly impossible because they are broken inside.
I read the book already and this made me cry still. It just hits me that not only this was true, but these kids endured alot and I wonder how they are today. Have they moved on? What changes did they make of themselves? I want to meet the actual people already
To Miss Alice Cayen, Reseda High School I will always remember you and everyone who shared their lives in that small "valley" high school. To this day this movie always takes me back to your classroom; thank you Miss Cayen i will always carry you in my heart. Also Mr. Jonathan Sison, Portola Junior High, i know you went to Japan to teach english, you were my first inspiration to just be a good person, overalll a professional in anything i did in life; thanks man you were a good teacher.......thank you. --SELVYN MARIO QUIJADA-SIERRA
never cried so hard.. took an acting class and this scene got me to cry on que and igot the part.. this is sooo sad and touching.. the writing to this was crazy deep
It's funny how, in my freshman/sophomore year in high school.(85/88) Mr. Mozingo. We had a diary, that we wrote in it every day too...(Mr.Mozingo) He told us wright whatever we wanted to. He said, he's not going to read it. But, at the end of the year, we did, read it out loud to the class..I'm 51 year's old today.(09/18/21... I STILL REMEMBER THAT DAY... GOD-BLESS MY CLASSMATES...❤❤❤❤❤ Especially, Mr.Mozingo,(teacher) Michael Wilson and Willie Hoffman..I'll never forget you all....🤙✌💪🤟💯 P.S. I LOVE THIS MOVIE 🎬 IT BROUGHT TEARS...😥😢😰 AND YES, I WAS IN ROOM 201/202/203 DAME,!!! I CAN'T REMEMBER...🤔
This guy is a good friend of my old teacher (the real guy who wrote this.) He came too our school before and talked to us, and signed one copy of the book. It was a wonderful experience. Still think about it to this day.
I cried with this one. My best friend went through this at the end of the school year. When I found out.. I knew I had to ask my mom if she could stay with us. Yes.. my mom said yes.. she stayed and we had a great three months while her mom got back up on. Her feet and found a place.. a child takes eviction as a life altering experience. A deep rooted fear gets instilled and guilt. Even though it’s not their fault. This scene is just real
Once in a blue moon I cry, and this is one of those scenes that make me shed a tear. Change is possible and you can make it happen. And I have this movie and event to thank for my motivation in life
eviction is no joke, I almost got evicted from my house when I was a kid, and luckily, we pay the bills last second, it's a struggle to get by in life, knowing that any time you lose your house, you know, I hope everybody is happy, happy 2020
I’m a Principal in Alternative Education in California. I’m from Stockton, CA, grew up in poverty, father was in prison for Attempted Murder, and I earned two Master’s Degree as I grew up in extreme poverty. I can relate in many ways.
All it takes is one...one person to believe in the potential that even you may not see for yourself and to make a silent promise to see that potential realized...to change your life. Thank you Mrs. Murphy. You changed my life
The good thing is he has his mom who loves him, despite the difficulties... I was fighting with being homeless and without a family, it is really hard because then people can humiliate you...
I think it was November and my teacher clicked on this video and said we are going to play the line game and it one of the best memories I have from 5th grade.
I just wanna say I watched this movie and it is a must watch just the fact that it’s based on a true story is so inspirational and this is just such a powerful movie and it really reminds you how lucky you are and that one act of kindness can go such a far way
" I should of asked something less expensive for christmas" not gonna lie it my eyes water
blastonabusterx3 yes, every time!!
ikr
blastonabusterx3 right
Absolutely. No kid should have to feel bad for asking for something for Christmas
that line hit me like bullets
He only had one scene, but he truly made it count
Facts
I saw him in other scenes before this scene in the classroom
@@aaronbell89yeah but he didn’t have his own scene except this one
I cry every time I watch this part 😢😭😩
I watched the director's commentary on the DVD and what amkes this scene even more moving is that he said the young man who read from the journal wasn't really an actor and had no interest in pursuing acting. The young man took the job for the money so he could put it toward going to engineering school. It makes his performance all the more powerful.
TheaterRaven same with the black boy with the red sweater who got killed he was doing boxing and was doing well his coach got him a little gold chain with boxing gloves and he was at a dennys and someone robbed him for it and killed him
@@vaultofterror8083 an actor in this movie got killed?
@@aGwEENapple yeah the one that got angry during the store scene, the man that wanted his money back got killed in real life before the movie got released in theaters
Hes a buddy of mine from middle school really cool dude.
@@raulmartinez2841 your buddy should of pursued acting. He did a very excellent job for somebody who has no experience in acting. This scene hits home. Glad your buddy is doing ok.
cry during this scene every time
Saaaame
hielke vunderink Yeah, totally man, thanks!
zonder staart takes one to know one
Crybaby 😂
Me too
This one broke me. I just wanted to give the dude a hug.
Don’t be a baby, man tf up.
Can someone stop cutting the damn onions?!?!
real
ITS THE ONION NINJAS THEY ARE TRUE EVIL
Sorry I forgot to
right
LOL
“I am home” , how he grew up is heart breaking. And he deserves better in life, but the greatest gift is. This. He finally after the these years found a safe spot to call home. It might not be shelter . But emotionally and mentally , he has a home for the first time . Which could lead to amazing things 💕 love this movie
Home is where the heart is and he loved attending the class. It brought him so much peace from all the outside troubles. Kinda what everyone in the world needs today🌸💜🌸
This scene really hit home with me. We were evicted 3 years ago. Had to live with other folks and shelters. Those times were tough but we certainly made it through. I started doing affirmations. After a year I ended up getting a better paying job and we got a new place two years after. It did take work and diligence on top of repeating positive self talk. But it was achieved. I am truly grateful. Adversity can make you or break you. I am home with my own home. Truly grateful.
This scene always makes me cry too. It's the best scene in the movie to me. It really captures how a teacher can impact her students' lives and it shows the students' appreciation for their teacher. This is why I became a teacher!
Teacher? Respect!
God bless. Good teachers and guides are some of the best blessings in a person's life
This movie and the book are amazing. Ms. G is such a good person for helping those classes. Last year, my teacher read the book to my class and then we watched the movie, and I'm really glad we did. My class wrote letters to her afterwards asking if Ms G would come to our school to meet us and she did. She was really sweet and afterwards invited us to watch a presentation thing on it, and we got to meet one of the Freedom Writers.
Same here, she just came to my school
my eyes are no longer dry
90sFella Same here. I'm balling my eyes out crying.
Onions?
the moment the girl grabs mario’s hand 😩😩 it just makes you realize little things can bring us together ❤️
Morgan Binion were really all in this together. We have to remember that someone always has it worse, we have to be thankful for what we have no matter how small
im gonna use this for my school exam essay thankssss
@@Cooz-h1l and this hahahah
This scene is awesome but they left out the most emotional part of it (for me at least) and that was when the black dude with tears in his eyes came up and hugged him because he knew his struggle. Great scene, nonetheless.
"I looked up at the sky waiting for something to happen" Hits me every time.
It be like that. And nothin good ever happens. Makes u wonder why hope for things that’ll never come.
@@darkgrandpriest1645💯
Ms. Gruwell came to talk at my school today, her niece goes to my school. She gave an incredible speech, respect to all these kids.
this reminds me of my college class. we were open exactly like this.
I wish we had classes like this.
GTFO you're nothing like this
@@DUDEfreestyle shut up
WOAH, i was the only who would talk in my enc class. nope
Ok
I had a teacher just like her, and I loved him so much we would spend hours having a class conversation he's been such a big inspiration in my life. I can relate too what this guy was saying
young I had a teacher like her very good memory she understand and I understood her....
This scene literally gets me every time. And the way Marcus gets up and hugs him. 😭 Hits me in the feels!
I just came here to laugh @ the guy like "who is that" and the girl like "he's been with us since freshman year foo" and he like "what's his name" and she like "idk" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Justin R. Lmaoo I laugh every time at that scene than get all emotional as he’s telling his life story im getting emotional as I’m typing this 😭😭💔❤️
Relatable
Laugh now cry later
@@KARTOONOG 😂😂😂...😣😢😭
Lmao
Now I am 23. As a child I experienced evictions and homelessness between the ages of around 7-17.
10 whole years of every year moving houses. Sleeping in RV's, cars, motels.
I'm not telling you this to get likes or attention. I'm telling you because the shame of going to a high school freshman year every day and striving to achieve good grades feels meaningless when other kids are making plans to buy food from the Ralphs next door, or go play xBox with their football teammates, or get picked up even in a normal Sedan or even worse, where I went to school, kids by 16 had Mustangs and Corvettes. Me? My biggest fear was my parents pulling up in the car with our luggage packed showing out of the back of the hatchback, or staying in the parking lot until I got off to find out they couldn't pay for the motel we were staying in. Or worse, dreading how after school I was going to get home and the terrible secret of being homeless and no one knew. While everyone smiled around me, I was dying inside. I thought many times, maybe if I didn't ask for this for Christmas. Maybe if I didn't ask for a birthday. All the money over the years would have equaled the rent. Now it's to the point where I have great shame asking for a birthday, for a gift, sometimes I'm scared to buy nose clippers or spend $100 with my friends after 3 weeks of saving my paychecks because what if I have nowhere to live and it may be the difference between a night in a bed and a night on a bench?
Just saying. I know exactly how this child protrayed by this actor felt because he was me. He is me. He is a lot of children in America.
I hope you are doing okay😔🙏
Sending lots of love and I hope you are doing better now.
God bless you
I feel ur pain 🙏 to u and family!.
Hope you doing okay. 💖
What was once hatred and intolerance became peace and understanding. This class became unified together because no matter how different they were they always had similarities with each other. The fact they came together and supported one another is a true testament to the human spirit. ❤️
I actually want to cry now. This movie says so much about the REAL world and how it works. And the sad thing is, most of the time, those poor kids never even become happy and make it like the kids in the movie do. They end up dead or worse.
They’re not poor, they just don’t know the wealth in loving thy neighbor
The part that got me was when he said that his mom telling him sorry because she couldn't pay the house
I had to watch this during English class and I was sitting with my crush during this scene and I started balling my eyes out and my crush hugged me... This scene will forever make me cry
Gosh... Every time I watch this movie and this part comes on I start tearing up 😢😢😢😢😢 , that part really touched me .
Ciara we're did u see the movie if u dnt mind me asking:)?
Melissa Green I have the DVD
Foreal its sad
What makes it more powerful is that he is reading it from the original notebook of one of the Real life students
Actually??
I'm a teacher, I try everyday to be a good teacher, this movie helps me a lot to understand everyone is struggling with something but I try to bring hope and opportunities to each one of my students, maybe in the future they're going to remember me.. but if they don't, i just want them to be happy and good people.
Thanks ❤ 😊 for teaching our kids!!!
I'm a pornstar
1:15 this part hit me. The subtle look to him like I feel you man.
This part brings me to tears every time.
The book is really good!!!! I cried when I came across his diary entry. I understood his pain fully!
If this doesn't tug at your heartstrings, you're dead inside. Life isn't so hard when you compare it to those who have less than you and who suffer more than you.
The whole movie is a melody of heartstrings.
I think that was the movie I spent the most time crying for~
It does feel better at the end, but... There are still a few lingering notes in the soul, whispering 'be thankful, someone else is hurting right now, and it's not because of a movie'.
I'm glad I got it good, that I made something of myself and learned to fend for myself and my family too... But it also made me realize... To be humble. Very humble.
I cried when they all just hugged him at the end
This scene made me cry so hard. You really never know how bad someone's life might be outside of school 🥺
we need more teachers like this in the school system, a teacher that could make a child's world not feel so hopeless and fearful and make them feel at home.
This scene is so powerful!
Its 2019 and this movie still makes me cry everytime
Wholesome and brave character to even tell anyone this . I don't know who this actor is but he is very talented.
the first time i saw this, I cried alot
I need to afford. Flood insurance because this is just so emotional but really beautiful 😢😢😌😌
Whos on your profile pic
No one really knew who he was but embraced him at the end. love it!
This movie makes me cry every time. Especially, this scene
This speech made me cry
This movie is so damn powerful, especially now with the way the world is going. I cry every single time I watch this movie. The music really makes it even more emotional.
This movie makes me cry. I've been through stuff and it reminds me of all those who had it worse than me. I am grateful to have what I have. I wish I could help youth at risk, but today...that is nearly impossible because they are broken inside.
Jeez! I've watched five of these clips so far and everyone has had me in tears. Nearly 50 and sobbing like a baby. Wtaf!
“My moms tears hit my shirt like bullets” this makes me cry every time 😢
me no
I read the book already and this made me cry still. It just hits me that not only this was true, but these kids endured alot and I wonder how they are today. Have they moved on? What changes did they make of themselves? I want to meet the actual people already
I love freedom writers
soooo touching. awww. the teacher deserves this, she really cared for these kids.
To Miss Alice Cayen, Reseda High School
I will always remember you and everyone who shared their lives in that small "valley" high school. To this day this movie always takes me back to your classroom; thank you Miss Cayen i will always carry you in my heart.
Also Mr. Jonathan Sison, Portola Junior High, i know you went to Japan to teach english, you were my first inspiration to just be a good person, overalll a professional in anything i did in life; thanks man you were a good teacher.......thank you.
--SELVYN MARIO QUIJADA-SIERRA
never cried so hard.. took an acting class and this scene got me to cry on que and igot the part.. this is sooo sad and touching.. the writing to this was crazy deep
It's funny how, in my freshman/sophomore year in high school.(85/88) Mr. Mozingo.
We had a diary, that we wrote in it every day too...(Mr.Mozingo) He told us wright whatever we wanted to. He said, he's not going to read it. But, at the end of the year, we did, read it out loud to the class..I'm 51 year's old today.(09/18/21... I STILL REMEMBER THAT DAY... GOD-BLESS MY CLASSMATES...❤❤❤❤❤
Especially, Mr.Mozingo,(teacher) Michael Wilson and Willie Hoffman..I'll never forget you all....🤙✌💪🤟💯
P.S. I LOVE THIS MOVIE 🎬 IT BROUGHT TEARS...😥😢😰 AND YES, I WAS IN ROOM 201/202/203 DAME,!!! I CAN'T REMEMBER...🤔
Love how he said I AM HOME and she replies YES YOU ARE 😭❤
Was hard for each student to have a voice but they did it.
This guy is a good friend of my old teacher (the real guy who wrote this.) He came too our school before and talked to us, and signed one copy of the book. It was a wonderful experience. Still think about it to this day.
This movie is one of the greatest movies of all time.
I cried with this one. My best friend went through this at the end of the school year. When I found out.. I knew I had to ask my mom if she could stay with us. Yes.. my mom said yes.. she stayed and we had a great three months while her mom got back up on. Her feet and found a place.. a child takes eviction as a life altering experience. A deep rooted fear gets instilled and guilt. Even though it’s not their fault.
This scene is just real
This movie shaped me a bit when I was a kid, made me realise race don’t matter community matters people matter
I love this guy and I hope life treats him well .
What he wrote in is journal about his teacher Mrs. Gruwell was beautiful.
That was so sad! ;(
This was absolutely the best part of this movie. I bawl every time I see it...
Makes me feel stupid for all the things I took for granted back then
This scene never fails to make me bawl my eyes out.
Lot of people don't realize how lucky they it. Being evicted from your house is painful
Powerful. I cry watching this scene. every. single. time.
So sad that society has these huge pockets of hopelessness
RLP1989 It's people like Ms. G that give us the hope we need
@@josephwhitehead7552 no it is God who gives us hope
@@chrismarple god ain’t giving me life advice tho🤔
@modeloman4568 actually he does give advice,if you pick up the Book and actually read it,you can see there's a lot of life advice
And people wonder why people start selling drugs everyone wanna judge especially the ones that grew up in good households
Once in a blue moon I cry, and this is one of those scenes that make me shed a tear. Change is possible and you can make it happen. And I have this movie and event to thank for my motivation in life
everyone NEEDS to watch this movie its been one of the best movies i have loved and made a impact on me since i was 7 yrs old
this was so emotional i could not stop tears on my face...
I only ever had one class in high school where everyone was cool with one another & it felt like one big family
Shout out to Ms.Agresti 👏🏼👏🏼
I REALLY REALLY TRIED NOT TO CRY BUT I COULDN'T EVERY TIME I WATCH THIS MOVIE
This scene takes you from laughing to crying in 30 sec.
I was very lucky to meet Mrs. Gruwell on a Zoom session, what a wonderful person she is
I got to meet her in real life, she is very wonderful
eviction is no joke, I almost got evicted from my house when I was a kid, and luckily, we pay the bills last second, it's a struggle to get by in life, knowing that any time you lose your house, you know, I hope everybody is happy, happy 2020
GUYS.. STOP CUTTING THE FVCKING ONIONS
I related to this scene so much. I cried so bad when I watch this.
I’m a Principal in Alternative Education in California. I’m from Stockton, CA, grew up in poverty, father was in prison for Attempted Murder, and I earned two Master’s Degree as I grew up in extreme poverty. I can relate in many ways.
This is such a beautiful scene, I cry at this everytime I watch it. 🤕
I've watched this dozens of times. And cried in every single one of them watching this scene.
All it takes is one...one person to believe in the potential that even you may not see for yourself and to make a silent promise to see that potential realized...to change your life. Thank you Mrs. Murphy. You changed my life
Just watch this movie 2023 can’t believe I am just watching this I watched it two time the same day it’s really good and had me thinking about my life
Pay It Forward can also be life-changing ✨❤
That part where it says I should of got somtin less expensive crushed my hart 😭
I'm sitting here with a "Jordan meme" face 😭😭
This scene makes me cry everytime 💔
Home is not a place, it's where your heart is
The good thing is he has his mom who loves him, despite the difficulties... I was fighting with being homeless and without a family, it is really hard because then people can humiliate you...
Thats probably one of the best scenes in the movie , could make almost anyone cry :'/
I think it was November and my teacher clicked on this video and said we are going to play the line game and it one of the best memories I have from 5th grade.
I CRIED AT THIS SCENE SOOOOO HARD
This was really the saddest part 🥲🥺💔 but amen I will respect it. 🙏🏼
This part hits so hard every single time this was one of the hardest scenes to watch
I'm grateful for what I have and I know how lucky I am. Some people are not as fortunate.
Nice essay, ese.
Jim Halpert :There it is.
End scene.
Damn this hits home man. No matter how many times I watch this I always be like "Ok so basically I'm Monky"
I am an ungrateful bastard this made me realize how lucky I am.
I just wanna say I watched this movie and it is a must watch just the fact that it’s based on a true story is so inspirational and this is just such a powerful movie and it really reminds you how lucky you are and that one act of kindness can go such a far way
This scene hits me every time
When you can relate to this, it really hits home 🥹