My Dream is to Be Free

We went to see Freedom Writers tonight. It showed racial tension in a no-nonsense, real way; people are born into conflict, and have no other choice but to protect their own. Tragically eye-opening.

The main character in the movie is a teacher who takes it upon herself to change her apathetic, gang-ridden class. "You're blessed with a burden, my daughter," she is told.


Indeed, we all are.