Track Coach Jim White Analysis

Growing up in a strict Mexican household, it may seem as if the strains on curfew are never going to get better, or even the time spent on homework is ever going to get lesser. Hispanic and Latino families are perceived as field works or even factory workers at an early age. It seems as if education will never be the center of importance in their lives, but that is not true at all, just merely a rumor. There always has been word that Hispanic households are some of the most strict when it comes to letting their children be children. In a way, many only piggy back on the rumors because that is what it is seen as to be in reality tv shows, or even kids cartoons. The reality of the situation is that those rumors can be dispelled by the wide spread of
This was significant in the film when he wanted to start a cross country team there at the high school because he notices that many of the boys had to literally sprint to school and back from the fields they worked in. From the motivation and strong ties they had with their family, the cross country team, after many losses and merley most of the team wanting to quit, they persevered. This film demonstrates how impactful a family could be towards their children’s lives. Many of the boys suffered from poverty, and broken families, but in the end were pushed to their highest potential by their families. This ties into education because these boys had to alleviate the stress their parents were going through by working, but in the end that is not what their parents wanted. Their parents wanted them to succeed, and be just some of the “400,000 children to up to as many as 500,000 estimated kids working in fields in California,”(Stock) who were able to do more, and become more. The movie was based on a true story, which in reality, are Hispanic/Latino families and students defying the