Swank plays Erin Gruwell, a schoolteacher whose passion in teaching is challenged by a group of racially disparate students who hate her more than they hate each other.

• 希拉莉丝韵饰演热爱教学的教师艾莲古维，她的大部分学生都是在种族冲突和暴力环境中挣扎的一群，他们内心充满仇恨，亦十分讨厌艾莲。