[pic] Character Analysis The characters in “Stand and Deliver” went through a great deal in this movie and all brought 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
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People’s behavior and attitude at school are influenced by attitudes at home. In Stand and Deliver‚ several characters are influenced by the culture they come form. One of the students Claudia‚ she is what some would consider a "pretty girl." Everyone wants to be with her. Most people seem to judge her based on her looks and social life. Including Mr. Escalante‚ constantly jokes much to her dismay‚ about‚ but he soon apologizes. Claudia is told by her mother "Boys don’t like you if you are too smart"
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There were moments in “Stand and Deliver” that moved me very deeply and other moments so artificial and contrived that I wanted to edit them out‚ right then and there. The result is a film that makes a brave‚ bold statement about an unexpected subject‚ but that lacks the full emotional power it really should have. “Stand and Deliver” tells the story of a high school mathematics teacher who takes a class of losers and potential dropouts and transforms them‚ in the course of one school year‚ into
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viewing the Stand and Deliver movie‚ the one characteristic I believe the most instrumental and important in Escalante’s success as a teacher was passion. I totally agree with Richards when he stated‚ "Great teachers have a passion for teaching. When a passionate person teaches‚ others feel as though they are communicating the most important truths one could ever hear." Escalante’s students responded to his animation and life that he brought to the classroom. Some Bible teachers should aim at incorporating
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Reflection paper Stand and Deliver The movie Stand and Deliver takes place in the lower class part of Las Angeles. When the movie starts you see the teacher driving down the street‚ and you begin to notice graffiti‚ closed shops‚ poor people‚ and gang members. When you finally see the school for the first time‚ you see that there is no order in the hallways. Students are late for class‚ disrespectful to teachers‚ and some students even rigged the fire alarm in order to get out of class early.
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Representation of Hispanics in Ramon Menendez’s Stand and Deliver Stereotyping describes a value-neutral psychological mechanism that creates categories and enables people to manage the swirl of data presented to them from their environment (“Latino Images” 14). The human mind automatically sorts things in different categories in order to perceive things a certain way by generalizing or stereotyping. Hollywood films stereotype people in different cultures in an attempt to breakdown the types of
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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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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 the example
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15th Anniversary: ’Deliver Us from Eva’s’ Lead Wasn’t the Real Villain 15 years ago this month‚ Focus Features released Deliver Us from Eva‚ a film about 3 guys who try to wrangle their overbearing sister-in-law (Gabrielle Union). It was funny‚ entertaining‚ and had a bomb R&B soundtrack. Union was spectacularly brilliant in the title role. Her quirky facial expressions‚ bodily twitches and pronounced delivery of the rapid-fire script brought the eccentric and hyper-intelligent Evangeline Dandridge
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Stand By Me Four young adolescent started in the movie “Stand By Me.” This movie illustrates the struggle of four young boys and what was it like to be an adolescent during the fifties. Each one of the young boys has experience some way or another the lack of attention or love from their parents and ridicule from their friends. Chris‚ who is the leader of the group‚ has gone through a lot of suffering during his childhood. Gordie‚ who is Chris best friend‚ is invisible to his parents‚ especially
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