teach with your heart 177-227

This section of the book showed a lot happening in Erin's life. Some of the things that happened were just inevitable consequences of the life decisions that she made in the previous years (such as her moving to a new house) but some of the endeavors that Erin set out on were not a continuation of her experience with the school. The first example of this was when Erin decided to take a position teaching in a college setting. I question if she was qualified to do this, and i disliked that her answer to making the classroom a success was once again bringing in her prized freedom writers, but i was still glad to see Erin attempt to move out of the all consuming cycle she had entered into in the classroom. I also thought it was good to see her run for political office. Well, i thought it was good and bad simultaniously. I do not think that Erin would have made a good member of congress but i was impressed that she attempted to do something that was so removed from the field of education. still though, i question her inability to balance her life. running for office was such a removal from education that she was no longer involved in an aspect of her life that she saw as central to her life. I thought the trip that the freedom writers took across Europe was meaningful and engaging to read about. The part about seeing the excavation site was disturbing in a way that portrayed the honest, vile nature that is at times inherent in human nature. I was glad to see such a reaction from both Erin and her students.