Freedom Writers

I just got through watching a movie called "Freedom Writers".  It was about a very successful high school teacher in Los Angeles who had great success with some very difficult students who were mostly gang members, and these kids probably should have been dismissed as impossible to teach.  The story is true, perhaps embelished by Hollywood, but indicative, I believe that we need to find a way to get through the blur of beaureacracy to succeed in today's compromised education environment.  The woman is Erin Gruwell, and she now has taken on a campaign to help disadvantaged kids.  To me, it brings home the need to find and reward teachers who excel in that which we all claim to be the most important task in our nation, that of educating our kids regardless of their background or environment.  -- Enough