Emulating Lorde's, Rose's and Malcolm X's texts

"My homeroom was supervised by Brother Dill, a troubled and unstable man who also taught freshman English."
The 5th Grade classroom was watched over and taught by Mr.steed, who pushed the 9 year old students to act as adults.

"Mr. Montez was a tiny man, slight, no taller then 5 foot 6, soft spoken and delicate."
Ms. Gruwell was a young women, with a lot of determination and ability to unify a divided classroom.

"Bimbi had always taken charge of any conversation he was in, and I tried to emulate him."
Ms. Gruwell taught with great compassion and understanding, qualities the students began to mirror.