Assignment March14‚ 2013 “Jaime Alfonzo Escalante” What does it takes to become good at math? For Jaime Escalante‚ one of America’s most famous teachers‚ it only takes “ganas”. As Mr. Escalante often explained‚ “ganas” (Spanish word for desire) will motivate any student to find and exploit their full potential‚ regardless of their economic or ethnic background. Jaime Escalante was born in La Paz‚ the capital city of Bolivia‚ South America. With
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Movie: Stand and Deliver - Mr. Escalante Should Be An Inspiration to Everyone In the movie Stand and Deliver‚ double entendre ran rampant. During an Algebra lesson one day at the beginning of the school year‚ Mr. Escalante told Angel‚ a gang member‚ to "fill the hole". Not only was he referring to the hole as an illustration‚ but also to the hole in the students lives as a result of lack of education‚ the gangs‚ and in many cases‚ a poor upbringing. Mr. Escalante must have seen some potential
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Jaime Escalante was born December 31‚ 1930 in La Paz‚ Bolivia. He came to the United States in the 1960s to seek a better life. He began teaching math to troubled students in a violent Los Angeles school and became famous for leading many of them to pass the advanced placement calculus test. In 1974‚ Escalante took a job at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles‚ California. He found himself in a challenging situation: teaching math to troubled students in a rundown school known for violence
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something else to the movie. The star of the movie is Jaime Escalante played by Edward James Olmos. Escalante is the teacher of the students that quits his job with a computer company to teach at Garfield High School. He comes to teach computer science‚ but the school did not get the computers and he has to teach math. He takes over the math class and expects a great deal of his students and challenges the faculty to allow him to teach Mr. Escalante encounters some opposition to teaching calculus
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Teaching with Ganas: Jamie Escalante Jaime Escalante was one of the most accredited teachers in history‚ his ability to relate to‚ teach those that were less than scholarly scholars and were the poorest of the poor. His story is that of admiration‚ encouragement and proof of what a little dedication and desire can do. Jaime Escalante may be gone‚ but his legacy will always live on. In 1974 times were hard let for anyone let alone a Bolivian immigrant‚ but Jaime Escalante took a job at one of the worst
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Reflection: Stand and Deliver Jaime Escalante has a steady job but left it for a lowly position math teacher at James A. Garfield High School. Knowing that the school is where rebellion runs high and teachers are more focused on discipline than in academics‚ he is determined to change the system and challenge the students to soar high in excellence. Of course‚ the students will not like a teacher who engages them in the things they don’t like. But as days passed‚ Escalante was able to convince the students
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tactics in order to better their students’ learning. They adjust to the different learning styles of the students in their classrooms in hopes of engaging their students fully. The film Stand and Deliver‚ tells the story of how a teacher‚ Jamie Escalante‚ transforms his class from delinquents into AP calculus students. The case‚ “Sandy’s Kindergarten Class‚” describes Sandy’s different stations that she had set up to help her students develop different abilities. The case‚ “Processing Mathematical
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Seminar 2 Film Application Paper Stand and Deliver Stand and Deliver is a true story of Jaime Escalante‚ the East Los Angeles mathematics teacher who challenges the systems and stereotypes to raise the standard of life for his inner city students. Escalante became an advocate for change and initiated‚ stimulated‚ and facilitated change in his school. As an internal OD practitioner‚ Escalante used the pathfinder style to evoke a high degree of effectiveness and high degree of student and
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and homework. Their other classmate Ana‚ deals with the lack of support from her family. Although these students may be face with many challenges‚ their teacher Mr. Escalante doesn’t lose hope. Dealing with his own obstacles: faculty that is against him‚ lack of funds and inadequate resources‚ and the talk of cheating‚ Mr. Escalante defies all odds and manages not only to be a mentor‚ but also contributed to these students success. Paul Kivel‚ author of the book Uprooting Racism‚ defines institutional
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Menendez‚ Mr. Escalante who starts teaching math at a poor high school meets several difficulties at the beginning of the movie. When Mr. Escalante is driving down the street on his way to Garfield High School‚ he begins to notice dirty walls that are full of graffiti‚ closed shops‚ gang members‚ and poor people. When Mr. Escalante arrives at the school‚ he notices that there is no order in the hallways. Such as students are late for classes‚ and they are disrespectful to teachers. Mr. Escalante is supposed
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