Movies are generally seen as a form of entertainment, but it is important to look deeper into these movies, which serve a purpose for more than just entertainment. Older movies such as the 1998 movie from Ramon Menendez “Stand and Deliver” portray an event that can be applied to ones own life. This movie shows the struggle of Jamie Escalante 's math class students who most come overcome the odds of being successful. The most important thing to take away from this movie is that with hard work it is possible to overcome adversity. High school students face many issues in their daily lives. Students who are among the minorities struggling as they live in low income areas and have many obstacles in their way, which they must work hard to
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This causes issues for students because the schools that they will be attending are schools with less money thus these schools not having the proper resources to give the students a decent education. These students also have an issue with the struggle of hanging out with the bad groups being in a low income are typically means that this is a high chance of gangs or gang related issues and these students sometimes fall victim to these. A student named Angel hangs around with the wrong people and seems to always get in trouble. He doesn 't really want to be part of the group he hangs with because he likes to learn. He just does not want his friends to know that he enjoys going to class because he doesn 't want them to make fun of him. High school students are always trying to be accepted by their peers. They will do what is necessary to fit in. These students also run the risk of getting into drugs and dropping out of school because schools in low income areas are not as controlled and there usually is not someone there who cares enough to help pull these students out of these issues. When Escalante first gets to the Garfield High school he was told that he would be teaching computer science, but to his surprise the class was canceled because the school could not afford computers and was told he would be teaching math instead. Due to low funding for the district classes get cancelled for lack of resources and are making teachers work where they are needed even though they are not prepared for that
This causes issues for students because the schools that they will be attending are schools with less money thus these schools not having the proper resources to give the students a decent education. These students also have an issue with the struggle of hanging out with the bad groups being in a low income are typically means that this is a high chance of gangs or gang related issues and these students sometimes fall victim to these. A student named Angel hangs around with the wrong people and seems to always get in trouble. He doesn 't really want to be part of the group he hangs with because he likes to learn. He just does not want his friends to know that he enjoys going to class because he doesn 't want them to make fun of him. High school students are always trying to be accepted by their peers. They will do what is necessary to fit in. These students also run the risk of getting into drugs and dropping out of school because schools in low income areas are not as controlled and there usually is not someone there who cares enough to help pull these students out of these issues. When Escalante first gets to the Garfield High school he was told that he would be teaching computer science, but to his surprise the class was canceled because the school could not afford computers and was told he would be teaching math instead. Due to low funding for the district classes get cancelled for lack of resources and are making teachers work where they are needed even though they are not prepared for that