This story is dedicated to all the original Freedom Writers of 2006. And to the playwrights who wrote the script for the movie in 2007. It really inspired me to write my own life story. Even though I didn't literally make the toast for change when I saw "Freedom Writers", I did in my mind. I'm right there with all of you. I'm making the Toast For Change.

The storyline is based off of my personal experiences. The content is in more "present-day" language. Imagine everything happening to Nellie in the early 1820's, just with the teenage writing style from today…. And imagine they had all the inventions we have nowadays…

Awww heck. Let's just make this a present day Nellie/Sweeney story. Haa x

-I'm too lazy to try and make it old fashioned lol. So you'll just have to deal with thiss-

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August 31, 2008

Freedom Writers

What a powerful story. I don't think I've ever seen a movie with so much emotion, that really hit the heart. I guess that's why they call it inspiration. Never expected, always at the most incredible times in one's life.

And I guess you could call this inspiration.

It was just some movie I heard about last summer. Nothing special, just a film I thought my older brother could somewhat relate to. But when I finally got around to watching it, my brother wouldn't watch it with me, yet I still sat through the entire thing.

I never expected to actually get into this movie. Never thought it would be in any way relatable to my life. Never thought I could picture myself in someone else's shoes, someone with that kind of background.

I was just some ordinary girl, in a crazy whirlwind life. I was never the life of the party, with the "in" crowd, or anything else like that. I was a nerd growing up, a reject. Socially retarded. Literally.

I had 2 best friends, Chyanna Ellen & Alaine Sherbon. The 2 girls I could be completely honest with, I could always be myself. We just got eachother, ya know? It didn't matter what we wore, what we looked like, how we dressed. We were always there for eachother.

Then at the end of 7th grade, Shyanna moved back to Blue Springs, & Alanna, to Excelsior. I was left in good 'ol KC, with just a couple of acquaintances for the rest of my preteen years.



Once I hit high school, things seemed to get better. More acquaintances, but I lost more of my close friends.

Growing up, I'd always wanted to be popular, to be accepted. But once you start to reach your adult years, you realize that being "in", & having lots of friends doesn't matter so much anymore.

Life is a war. The battles last for years. You spend your entire life battling out those fights for what you want most. And the victory at the end, is the sweetest taste ever known to mankind. But only certain people live to taste it. Most end up turning their backs on the whole thing before it's over. Not a retreat, but not a victory, either. In their eyes, they've already won everything they need. But in our eyes, they've yet to win anything.

My life story isn't full of murders & gangwars or parties & millionaires. It's about a girl who just wanted to be herself, who spent her entire life fighting for that simple request: to finally know who she truly is.

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So what'd you think?

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