Stand and Deliver

Urban schools are most always portrayed in a negative light. Such is the case in the movie called Stand and Deliver which takes place in a high school in East Los Angeles during the 1980’s. This movie is based off a true story about a teacher by the name of Jaime Escalante, played by Edward Olmos, who worked diligently with a group of roughneck students because he thought that every student has the potential to learn. He believed that if the students and teacher had enough “Ganas” or motivation that students would supersede the expectations of any educational setting. Armed with his motivation he set out to teach 18 students far more math than they ever imagined they would learn; he taught them Calculus for them to take the AP Calculus Exam.…

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 purpose of this paper is to discuss the elements of effective instruction portrayed in the movie Stand and Deliver. Stand and Deliver is a movie based on the unconventional teaching methods of high school teacher Jaime Escalante. The elements of his particular teaching style discussed within this paper will pertain to educational equity, assessment, engaged learning, differentiated instruction, classroom management, and establishing a learning community. First, depictions of inequity in…

The movie Stand and Deliver is based on a true story (Menéndez, 1998). The story takes place in east Los Angeles on a high school that is known for its low scores (Menéndez, 1998). The story revolves around Mr. Escanlante, who is trying to teach a computer class but instead gets stuck teaching math (Menéndez, 1998). After this happens, he makes it his goal to teach the students calculus so they can pass the AP exam and receive credit for college (Menéndez, 1998). These students do not know much…

either for good or bad impact they caused in our life and the life of other students as well. In the movie “Stand and Deliver” Jaime Escalante was a perfect…

The two films that we have watched over the course that I chose to explore both of the films cultural themes and historical background are Stand and Deliver and Real Women have curves. Both films included their own take on cultural themes and different sociological problems. In the movie Stand and Deliver, teacher Jaime Escalante struggles as he tries to teach his math class how to apply themselves into everything that they do with ganas. He teaches them not only a subject, but the importance…

Education is the foundation of our society. It is supposed to help children of all races and socioeconomic backgrounds succeed with equal opportunity, however, this is often not the case. Race and class unfairly play an important role in whether or not schools get sufficient funding and the success rate of the students attending. Stand and Deliver, released in 1988, highlights the social issues surrounding education in a Hispanic high school in a poorer area of Los Angeles. Education in America…

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…

Film Summary Stand and Deliver (1988) is a film that discusses and is based on Jaime Escalante. It starts with Escalante becoming a math teacher at James A. Garfield High School, a school whose student population is primarily Latino. The school is underperforming academically, which causes many of the teachers to feel like the kids are a lost cause. Unlike the other teachers, Escalante is undeterred by this obstacles and believes his students are capable of doing well if they are given good…

In the stories “Tattoos On the Heart” by George J, Boyle and “Stand and Deliver” by Jamie's Escalante change their lives around in order to help change the lives of Napoleon AKA (Sniper) and of Angel Guzman by feeling compassionate and willing to help In their lives. Feeling compassion means that of feeling sympathy for others suffering, therefore in the case of Boyle and Jamie's they first change their own lives around in order to change others. In the beginning of Boyle's life he grows up…