Continuity mistake: When Miss Gruwell and the students are discussing junior year for the first time, she has her back turned and she is writing on the board. When she writes, "First Person Na", she turns around before finishing the last word, but in the next shot, "First Person Narrative" is written on the board.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where they are discussing 'The Diary of Anne Frank', the writing on the chalk board changes from simply "Anne Frank" to a large amount of writing quite a few times.
Continuity mistake: When Mrs. G. is writing her name on the board on the first day of school, she erases with her hand and wipes it on her butt in a long swipe. When the boy says, "Can I get some fries with that shake?" the long swipe pattern of chalk has changed to a thick circle pattern.
Answer: It is my understanding that she "encouraged" her students to keep diaries. Some students did and some of the diary entries were later included in a controversial book (which some people found offensive because of the language used).
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