a white older man that is a lawyer. During the book‚ he has to defend a black man who was charged with raping a white woman. During that time period‚ black people were seen by the community as trash and or not important. In Stand and Deliver‚ Jaime Escalante‚ the main character‚ is a Hispanic man that was put into a dangerously diverse school district. He goes to the school as a computer teacher‚ but the school doesn’t have computers. He then is assigned as a math teacher that has to find a way to
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controversial movie that criticizes our society and how we treat others‚ mainly because they (those we critice) look different that usn . In fact‚ this risk we take cannot be compared to the risks the people shown in this movie take. First of all‚ Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a Hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential‚ he adopts unconventional teaching methods help gang members and no-hopers pass the rigorous Advanced Placement exam in calculus.
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Students never quit in the class because Kemo wouldn’t let give up with out trying & would always tell them they needed the “ganas” to be able to do it. The students in Mr. Escalante’s where accused of cheating in the AP Calculus exam because they all had the exact grade & missed the same questions by making the same mistake. According to the Registry the film was “ one of the most popular of a new wave of narrative feature films produced in the 1980s by Latino filmmakers" & "celebrates in a
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The Importance of Education The importance of learning and grasping a quality education enables the individual to put his or her potentials to optimal use are clear. Without education‚ the human mind is incomplete. No individual is a human being in the working world has been able to succeed without some proper source of some kind of education. Now I ’m not saying you ’re not a human without an education; the mind was made to be trained and without education‚ a person is incomplete in that sense
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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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According to Thomas Martinek’s Fostering Hope learned helplessness can occur in an individual because of the individuals need for control which is impacted by others and the environmental conditions which can then cause certain explanatory styles. Parents‚ teachers‚ weather conditions‚ gender‚ hair‚ race‚ peers‚ and the culture all contribute to a helplessness unique to youth. To overcome this condition‚ I would include a temporary/specific explanatory style which mostly optimistic and mastery-oriented
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Areli Garcia 02/22/2013 Hist. 121 Movie Critique Stand and Deliver is the movie I chose because I want to learn about latinos and how they are qualified in their education in America and because I want to learn about how much a person can succeed when their surroundings aren’t the safest to their life and future. I’ve seen many occasions where latino’s intelligence has been put down to the floor because of their culture‚ their background‚ and/or even the barrio they are from and aren’t given the support that they need
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Top of Form 1 && BOLIVIAN FOOD~~~~~~~ FUN FACTS -Lunch largest meal of day -Bolivians usually have "tea time" at about 4 or 5 in the afternoon (:! -Santa Cruz is well known for its steakhouses OKAY HERE ARE REALLL FUN FACTS (: 1.The highest navigable lake in the world is found in Bolivia at 3810 meters above sea level (that’s 12‚382.5 feet above sea level.) That’s Lake Titicaca! It takes 6 hours to cross it on a fast hydrofoil. It’s also one of the deepest lakes in the world. 2.The largest
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percent of students nationwide can pass it‚ although everyone in this class does. The story is based on fact‚ on the life of Jaime Escalante‚ an East Los Angeles man who left a higher-paying job in business to return to education and prove something. What he proved is that motivation and hard work can rewrite the destinies of kids that society might be willing to write off. Escalante‚ played in the film by
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CAST Edward James Olmos Jamie A. Escalante Lou Diamond Philips Angel Guzman Carmen Argenziano Mr. Molina (Principal) Vanessa Marquez Ana Delgado Ingrid Oliu Guadalupe ‘Lupe’ Escobar Will Gotay Pancho Ratrick Baca Javier Perales (the guy with galsses) Mark Eliot Tito Grande Virginia Paris Raquel Ortega (Math Department Chair) Karla Montana…………………………………………………………Claudia Camejo (beautiful girl) Sexy girl in the class: -“can we talk about sex” -Then I’d have to give sex for homework
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