--- product_id: 12524637 title: "Teach with Your Heart: Lessons I Learned from The Freedom Writers" price: "B/.40" currency: PAB in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/12524637-teach-with-your-heart-lessons-i-learned-from-the-freedom store_origin: PA region: Panama --- # 4.7/5 star inspiring reviews Global impact through student journeys Memoir of a transformative educator Teach with Your Heart: Lessons I Learned from The Freedom Writers **Price:** B/.40 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📖 Teach with heart, lead with impact — be the change every classroom needs! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Teach with Your Heart: Lessons I Learned from The Freedom Writers - **How much does it cost?** B/.40 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.pa](https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/12524637-teach-with-your-heart-lessons-i-learned-from-the-freedom) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Global Student Journeys:** Follow the Freedom Writers’ powerful trips to Auschwitz, Anne Frank’s attic, and Bosnia, connecting history with empathy. - • **Award-Winning Bestseller:** From #1 NYT bestselling author with a 4.7-star rating across 200+ reviews—join a community of inspired readers. - • **Inspiration for Educators:** A must-read for teachers and parents seeking actionable lessons to ignite passion and hope in education. - • **Real Stories, Real Impact:** Experience the emotional highs and lows of education’s front lines, proving the power of dedication and heart. - • **Transformative Teaching Legacy:** Discover Erin Gruwell’s groundbreaking approach that changed 150+ students’ lives in just 4 years. ## Overview Teach with Your Heart is Erin Gruwell’s deeply personal memoir chronicling her revolutionary teaching journey with the Freedom Writers. This inspiring book highlights their transformative experiences, including historic trips and life lessons, offering educators and parents a blueprint for meaningful, impactful education. Praised for its authenticity and passion, it holds a 4.7-star rating and continues to inspire a new generation of teachers and learners. ## Description The extraordinary memoir of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Freedom Writers Diary, who’s been hailed as “a true inspiration” (Hilary Swank) and “simply magical when it comes to inspiring people to action” ( Los Angeles Times ). Don’t miss the public television documentary Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart In this passionate, poignant, and deeply personal memoir and call to arms, Erin Gruwell, the dynamic teacher who nurtured an extraordinary group of high school students from Long Beach, California, who called themselves the Freedom Writers, picks up where The Freedom Writers Diary —and the hit movie Freedom Writers —left off and brings the reader up to date on where the Freedom Writers are today. Including their unforgettable trip to Auschwitz, where they met with Holocaust survivors; their tour of the attic of their beloved Anne Frank; and their visit to Bosnia with their friend Zlata Filipović, Teach With Your Heart chronicles what happened with the Freedom Writers as they made their way through college and beyond. Along the way, Gruwell includes lessons for parents and teachers about what she learned from her remarkable band of students as she traveled through the emotional peaks and valleys on the front lines of our nation’s educational system. A mesmerizing story of one young woman’s personal odyssey and of her unique ability to encourage others to follow in her footsteps, Teach With Your Heart is marked by the enviable radiance and irrepressible force of nature that are Erin Gruwell and her unbelievable determination to ensure that education in the United States truly meets the needs of every student. Review: Powerful and Inspiring... - This book, I believe, is a must-read for all teachers. It demonstrates the powerful and far-reaching influence of a teacher who made it her primary aim to nurture her students' ethical ideal and passionately dedicated herself to this aim. Our educational system has much to learn from Erin Gruwell and her students. If you are an educator, I highly recommend that you read this book. It will give you hope and inspire you to be a better teacher and human being. I would like to respond to the two previous reviewers'critiques of Erin and her book. First of all, studies have indicated that students do better when they stay with each other and with the same teacher (assuming the teacher is a caring one) for an extended period of time, the longer the better. Erin and her students must have recognized this truth and her example proved this hypothesis quite well. Secondly, so what if Erin only taught for four or five years? I speculate that the difference she made in the lives of her 150 students in those four years is more significant and lasting than the contribution some teachers make to their students in a 20 or 30-year long career. Erin is serving our society and our students on a larger scale by speaking and providing training to teachers on a methodology that yielded astounding success. I don't think she left teaching because she was "burned out". She was smart enough to know that she could serve the world more effectively in a different capacity. And this one is to the reviewer who called Erin's book "self-serving and trite". Like you, I am sure all of us--as teachers--have spent our own money on our students and felt that every dime has been worthwhile. However, I don't know how many of us has actually worked a second or third job like Erin to cover our students' expenses. Erin is SELFLESS and anything but "self-serving". I am saddened that this extraordinary teacher has been so harshly criticized for what I consider an extraordinary act of love. Review: Excellent book, super inspiring - Every person working in education and those who aspire to be an American educator should absolutely read this book. I'm so glad we purchased and read this book!! ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,676,603 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #434 in Educator Biographies #728 in Philosophy & Social Aspects of Education #6,355 in Instruction Methods | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 203 Reviews | ## Images ![Teach with Your Heart: Lessons I Learned from The Freedom Writers - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Qsh7sfbDL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Powerful and Inspiring... *by L***T on March 15, 2007* This book, I believe, is a must-read for all teachers. It demonstrates the powerful and far-reaching influence of a teacher who made it her primary aim to nurture her students' ethical ideal and passionately dedicated herself to this aim. Our educational system has much to learn from Erin Gruwell and her students. If you are an educator, I highly recommend that you read this book. It will give you hope and inspire you to be a better teacher and human being. I would like to respond to the two previous reviewers'critiques of Erin and her book. First of all, studies have indicated that students do better when they stay with each other and with the same teacher (assuming the teacher is a caring one) for an extended period of time, the longer the better. Erin and her students must have recognized this truth and her example proved this hypothesis quite well. Secondly, so what if Erin only taught for four or five years? I speculate that the difference she made in the lives of her 150 students in those four years is more significant and lasting than the contribution some teachers make to their students in a 20 or 30-year long career. Erin is serving our society and our students on a larger scale by speaking and providing training to teachers on a methodology that yielded astounding success. I don't think she left teaching because she was "burned out". She was smart enough to know that she could serve the world more effectively in a different capacity. And this one is to the reviewer who called Erin's book "self-serving and trite". Like you, I am sure all of us--as teachers--have spent our own money on our students and felt that every dime has been worthwhile. However, I don't know how many of us has actually worked a second or third job like Erin to cover our students' expenses. Erin is SELFLESS and anything but "self-serving". I am saddened that this extraordinary teacher has been so harshly criticized for what I consider an extraordinary act of love. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent book, super inspiring *by C***I on July 26, 2025* Every person working in education and those who aspire to be an American educator should absolutely read this book. I'm so glad we purchased and read this book!! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful read *by B***R on December 18, 2023* I loved this story very much. It captivated my interest and I had difficulty putting it down. I wanted to see what else this teacher could do. Amazing! 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