The movie Stand and Deliver is about a high school math teacher named Jaime Escalante who encourages his students to become something in life and make others see them as something other than the color of their skin and last name. With his lessons that were not only educational but also had life lessons in them, most of his students end up passing the AP Calculus Exam. In this paper, I will analyze and discuss Stand and Deliver and prove that it is a good movie.
To begin with, beneath all the wonderful characters in Stand and Deliver, Escalante is the one who leaves a lasting impression with the viewer. He has the viewer rooting for him and never leaves them with a dull moment. He not only speaks to the students in the film, but also to …show more content…
They way that most view his teaching style is as if he treats the viewer almost like his family. Families are both your greatest supporters and the people who bring you down the most. In the film, he taunts the kids who won't pay attention with remarks like ''Tough guys don't do math, tough guys deep-fry chicken for a living'' and ''Go to wood shop, make yourself a shoeshine box, you're gonna need it.'' He does this so they realize that they are not how others may perceive them . Escalante does these almost cruel things to them to make them better. He does it because he knows that each student is capable of. In the film, when one girl refuses to take the quiz, he makes her sit in a chair facing the rest of the class watching as they all laughed at her for refusing. When doing this, he makes the students feel embarrassed and different from the rest, even though he uses the name calling as a joke, but it makes his teachings meaningful. He embarrasses them so they don’t make the mistake again. Escalante does this so they realize that if they refused to do something in the real world, they would get a harsher punishment. Therefore as student who has had different types of teachers throughout her life, I do not see Escalante’s teaching techniques as intimidation. I don’t feel intimidated by him. I feel more as if I would not only learn his course work, but also many life lessons that will
To begin with, beneath all the wonderful characters in Stand and Deliver, Escalante is the one who leaves a lasting impression with the viewer. He has the viewer rooting for him and never leaves them with a dull moment. He not only speaks to the students in the film, but also to …show more content…
They way that most view his teaching style is as if he treats the viewer almost like his family. Families are both your greatest supporters and the people who bring you down the most. In the film, he taunts the kids who won't pay attention with remarks like ''Tough guys don't do math, tough guys deep-fry chicken for a living'' and ''Go to wood shop, make yourself a shoeshine box, you're gonna need it.'' He does this so they realize that they are not how others may perceive them . Escalante does these almost cruel things to them to make them better. He does it because he knows that each student is capable of. In the film, when one girl refuses to take the quiz, he makes her sit in a chair facing the rest of the class watching as they all laughed at her for refusing. When doing this, he makes the students feel embarrassed and different from the rest, even though he uses the name calling as a joke, but it makes his teachings meaningful. He embarrasses them so they don’t make the mistake again. Escalante does this so they realize that if they refused to do something in the real world, they would get a harsher punishment. Therefore as student who has had different types of teachers throughout her life, I do not see Escalante’s teaching techniques as intimidation. I don’t feel intimidated by him. I feel more as if I would not only learn his course work, but also many life lessons that will