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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

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    Stand and DeliverStand and Deliver” is such an exceptional inspiring movie. I have learned a lot about the importance of a true commitment in order to achieve our goals. Mr. Escalante’s‚ the Math teacher in Garfield High School‚ devotion is a good example to validate this statement. Mr. Escalante is very much dedicated to his work; energetic‚ passionate teacher and wanted to change the poor performing history of the underprivileged and disrespectful students in Garfield High school. Escalante

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    The purpose of this paper is to analyze the leadership behaviors noted in the movie Stand and Deliver. This movie was about a teacher who stood up to the school administration‚ his family‚ and the community to help a group of underprivileged‚ mostly Spanish children from an LA ghetto excel in mathematics. Eventually his teaching program had the teenagers passing AP calculus. Despite officials stating the students cheated‚ hostile students‚ an unorganized and underfunded school‚ and a school staff

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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

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    I feel this movie teaches a very valuable lesson to students. I have seen this movie numerous times throughout my high school years. Every time I watch it I get the same message out of it. I feel that Escalante is a teacher that every student would be lucky to have. He is completely dedicated to helping his students pass the calculus test. I do realize that he does demand a lot out of his students but in the end it definitely pays off because they manage to stay focused long enough to learn the material

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    In the movie Stand and Deliver‚ directed by Ramon 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

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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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    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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    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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    [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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