Stand And Deliver Movie Analysis
In today’s society, it’s known that Latinos have become the largest ethnic group in the state of California. Therefore, schools and communities are surrounded by Hispanics, Latinos and other race as well. In this film Stand and Deliver it shows a high population of Hispanic students from working-class families who are way below their grade level in terms of academic skills and have a lot of social problems. However, in this film we discover a variety of learning objectives that are established by the teacher. For example, we meet Jaime Escalante, who is a math teacher who teaches in a high school in a Hispanic neighborhood where he discovers the untapped potential of his students and sets a goal of having his class take the AP Calculus at the end of their senior year. However, as the film goes on we notice the lack of support from the staff and principal trough’s Mr. Escalante because they
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9 x 3. One, two, three. What do you get?
27!
6 x 9. One, two, three, four, five, six.
What do you get? 54!
Do you want a hard one?
How about 8 x 9?
What have you got? 72.
Wait a minute.
As you could see, he used a positive reinforcement on the students in order to continue with his lesson. Other learning strategies that were great as well was when the teacher would make up stories in order for the students to understand the lesson. An example of this story was when he was having a conversation with the class while he was trying to teach the: “I am El Cyclone, from... Bolivia. One-man gang. This classroom is my domain. Don't give me no gas, or I'll jump on your face and tattoo your chromosomes... If the only thing you know how to do is add and subtract, you will only be prepared to do one thing: Pump gas.
But, in the same time he was sending them a massage in how it’s important to have an education so they won’t become a Pump gas assistant. Over all, Mr. Jaime Escalante was a clever man who connects with his students and led them to
9 x 3. One, two, three. What do you get?
27!
6 x 9. One, two, three, four, five, six.
What do you get? 54!
Do you want a hard one?
How about 8 x 9?
What have you got? 72.
Wait a minute.
As you could see, he used a positive reinforcement on the students in order to continue with his lesson. Other learning strategies that were great as well was when the teacher would make up stories in order for the students to understand the lesson. An example of this story was when he was having a conversation with the class while he was trying to teach the: “I am El Cyclone, from... Bolivia. One-man gang. This classroom is my domain. Don't give me no gas, or I'll jump on your face and tattoo your chromosomes... If the only thing you know how to do is add and subtract, you will only be prepared to do one thing: Pump gas.
But, in the same time he was sending them a massage in how it’s important to have an education so they won’t become a Pump gas assistant. Over all, Mr. Jaime Escalante was a clever man who connects with his students and led them to