Differences and Similarities Between the Teachers

The differences between the two teachers from Mona Lisa Smile and Freedom Writers are quite slim. They are both great teachers who really care about the education about their students and are very passionate about their students. One teaches at a college and one teaches at a public high school. If I had to pinpoint a difference, I would say that one teacher is almost forcing her beliefs about education on her students, Mrs. Watson, and one is letting the students express themselves, Mrs. Gruwell. The similarities are, what I said earlier, they are both passionate teachers who care about their students and their educations. They both went against the faculty of the school to reach to their students to bring out their full potential. They risked their jobs to do what they loved. They also both split up with their significant other, not that that's a huge similarity but it's something. Something I think Mrs. Gruwell did differently than Mrs. Watson was she went a little further and took her teaching to another level and making them feel at home. Both the students did end up loving their teacher in the end. Yet, in the end Mrs. Gruwell stayed and Mrs. Watson left the school.