His first writings on education, " Teaching the Unteachable " ( New York Review of Books, New York, 1967 ) and " The Language and Education of the Deaf " ( The Urban Review Press, New York, 1967 ), set the themes for much of his future work.
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They all felt that they had been written off . Low test scores, juvenile hall, alienation, and racial hostility helped us fit the labels the educational system placed on us : unteachable, below average, and'delinquents .'" Gruwell helped the students to overcome their disadvantages by having them read books by other teenagers so they would be able to relate to the stories.
