Erin Gruwell - The stories my pupils told me were astonishing. One told how he had witnessed his cou...

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The stories my pupils told me were astonishing. One told how he had witnessed his cousin being shot in the back five times; another how his parents had died of AIDS. Another said that he'd probably been to more funerals than parties in his young life. For me - someone who had had an idyllic, happy childhood - this was staggering.

Erin Gruwell

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Die Geschichten, die mir meine Schüler erzählten, waren erstaunlich. Einer erzählte, wie er gesehen hatte, wie sein Cousin fünfmal in den Rücken geschossen wurde; eine andere, wie seine Eltern an AIDS gestorben waren. Ein anderer sagte, dass er in seinem jungen Leben wahrscheinlich zu mehr Begräbnissen als zu Partys gewesen war. Für mich - jemanden, der eine idyllische, glückliche Kindheit gehabt hatte - war das umwerfend.

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