I think that the movie is okay so far. I was a little confused with where the movie was going at first because it jumped around a bit, but it is beginning to clear up. The movie is okay so far because I don't really see how the movie is going to bring all the characters together like at the end of "Crash." The students seem to have jumbled backgrounds and the only thing they have in common is that they all have the same math teacher. It also kind of difficult to remember the characters names because they aren't said often and there are a lot of students. The movie relates back to class because it reveals issues of race and also how poverty can directly affect one's ability and willingness to learn. Mr. Escalante says that the students will be judged because of how they look and where they come from and that education is the key to proving these judgements wrong. I agree with Mr. Escalante because going to college and getting educated is a good way to get ahead in today's society, but I can also understand why school is not the top priority for many of the students. A lot of the students face challenges outside of school that distract them from schoolwork. The movie is somewhat similar to our community because there are students in our school who have to work to support their families and this limits what they can do academically.
At first I didn't like the movie, but seeing how Mr. Escalante got his students' trust and how close they all got made it more interesting. All of the school teachers and administrators are stereotyping the kids and looking at them like they won't succeed, and have the mindset that they'll drop out and not get the education that Mr. Escalante wants them to have. The film connects to our community because some of the teachers are really willing to help students and push them to achieve something greater than they thought they could.
At first I didn't like the movie, but seeing how Mr. Escalante got his students' trust and how close they all got made it more interesting. All of the school teachers and administrators are stereotyping the kids and looking at them like they won't succeed, and have the mindset that they'll drop out and not get the education that Mr. Escalante wants them to have. The film connects to our community because some of the teachers are really willing to help students and push them to achieve something greater than they thought they could.
I agree with you, I feel like the beginning of the movie was bad but I liked it toward the end. I feel like this film relates to our community because they're many hispanic students in our school that come from a different country, and don't know any english. They do come with a mindset of not graduating. They're many teachers and classes that help these students. Society has came a long way on race. I felt like the film could have ended a little differently. I wish we could have saw where the kids ended up in the future.
The film “Stand and Deliver” explores the challenges schools in developing areas face. From Mr. Escalante’s first day, he saw the school's lack of resources by having to teach math instead of computer science because the school never got computers for the students. However, Mr. Escalante soon found out that the lack of computers is the least of the kids’ problems. The school didn’t have enough desks for every student and the teachers were unqualified to be teaching certain subjects. Additionally, it seemed that the students had responded to the administrations feeling of hopelessness by not being motivated to learn. Through all this adversity, Mr. Escalante bravely takes upon the challenge of turning his student’s fortunes around through hard work. I admire Mr. Escalante’s attitude that if you want to be successful you have to work hard. However, his definition of doing well didn’t mean getting good grades, but learning important skills to act as a foundation towards future success. I agree completely with that idea because what students will carry with them as they enter the workforce will not be what grade they got on an easy math test, but the skills they acquired. This extends to our community because students in our school often have to make choices about whether to cheat on homework assignments or put in the effort to complete them. Unfortunately it seems that kids too frequently choose the easy way out because they value the grade over the knowledge lost through not doing the homework. However this shouldn’t be entirely blamed on the students because teachers and parents need to do a better job of making kids understand the value of homework beyond the classroom. Mr. Escalante’s ability to make his students understand how their future is tied to their work in school motivated his students to work harder and achieve more. Mr. Escalante confronted the defeatist attitude of the administration by showing that if they believe in the students, the students will believe in themselves.
Well said, Joe! Sadly, in a results-based system, too often the learning itself gets lost. Teachers feel pressure to assign point values to everything; otherwise, students will not bother with the assignments. If the knowledge were more valued, perhaps the educational environment would improve on both sides of the desk.
I think the film was all right. I feel it could have done a better job connecting all of the characters, but I don’t think that was the point of the movie. In my opinion, the point was to show how the students were discriminated based on their race in their education. The school was a low funded high school, lacking a lot of resources like enough desks and qualified teachers. Mr. Escalante was the only teacher who actually believed in all his students. He’s the one who brought up AP Calculus and at first, was immediately shut down because the other teachers didn’t think any of the students would be able to or want to do it. He pushed all of his students, knowing they could succeed and forced them to give their best efforts. He got to know all of them on a personal level and did everything he could to help, like talking to Ana’s father convincing him to let her go back to school. Once all the students took the AP exam they were accused of cheating because no one in the district or from that area has ever passed like all these students did. When Mr. Escalante talked to the people running the cheating investigation he brought up a good point, that if students in Beverly Hills had gotten these grades there wouldn’t be a question of cheating. Money and race should have nothing to do with questioning education performance. Mr. Escalante worked hard to teach his students skills he felt they would need in life because he wanted to help them do better than some of their families. He wanted to help them actually graduate high school and hopefully go to college. This film connects to our community because not everyone prioritizes school. Some students would rather cheat than try and some students just don’t have time for schoolwork because they have certain activities or have to work. Like the students in the movie, some students in our community are limited academically and ultimately have to decide what is more important.
I enjoyed watching "Stand and Deliver" as it showed the value of education and how it can really transform a community. The change Mr. Escalate sparked in both the students and faculty at their school was inspirational. In the beginning of the film, the diverse students in the math class could barely respect each other and were completely uninterested in the idea of learning. By the end, however, their passion to succeed helped to unite them. In our community, many people take for granted the great education system we have in which many teachers act like Mr. Escalate. If people began to work together to achieve common goals, such as everyone in a class passing the AP test, then our school community could come together like the Garfield High School did. It would not only cause students to work harder, but also would help racism diminish. The kids in Mr. Escalate's AP Calculus class will most likely succeed in the future as they have already experienced the benefits working hard can have. Hopefully people in our developed community can carry on what they have learned in school to help them be more accepting in the work force and more caring in society.
The academic challenges within the movie “Stand and Deliver” displayed how students that come from underprivileged backgrounds have to work harder to receive a quality education. In my opinion the film did an excellent job in connecting hard work with education. Given the extremely poor funding to the school and its technology Mr. Escalante, a computer science teacher was forced to teach math. Due to the type of school these students attended they did not give much thought about their education. The school itself and its faculty were underfunded and unambitious. This atmosphere rubs off on the students and makes them feel they aren’t good enough for the real world. But, Mr. Escalante loved teaching and seeing his students succeed. What Mr. Escalante made very obvious was knowledge, not the grade you receive. Gaining knowledge builds a foundation for a future of success and hard work, while a grade is just a number. This relates back to our community at Fox Lane. Being a white male from the suburbs I can say with confidence that I’m extremely lucky. To me, education wise being where Mr. Escalante’s students are from puts them at a huge disadvantage. Even Mr. Escalente said himself that the students will be judged solely based on the color of their skin. So you would think at Fox Lane education is less grade based, wrong. Yet, with all this great funding and incredible teachers the students are way more concerned with the score they receive rather then what they learned based on my observations. Having a teacher like Mr. Escalante makes you feel connected to what your learning and opens your mind to new ways of thinking, with this comes confidence, a more open mind, and a better work ethic. Because of Mr. Escalante his students may now have the ambition to attend college and become functioning members of society. Ultimately, no matter the background you come from hard work pays off.
At first I was iffy about Stand and Deliver; I was kind of lost on the point of it because I was trying to find a big problem at the beginning. As the movie went on, I began to understand and enjoy it more. I liked that it offered all different sides of film making by appealing to all the emotions; it was funny, witty, sad, enlightening, and many others. I would have to say the scene that appealed to my emotions the most was the scene where the teacher went to talk to the AP exam investigators and how he stood up for what was right. He mentioned how this wouldn’t have happened if the kids weren’t Hispanic or from that suburb where the school wasn’t the best. This is relevant today because there are many places where schools are not the best and the students are blamed for it and when they do good they are questioned. That scene really appealed to all my emotions and revealed that race is looked at when taking or grading a test, which is horrible. Many of us have or will take an AP exam and it does ask us what race we are which I believe is wrong. Don’t judge a book by its cover is a famous saying that we all know, it is the same for humans; don’t judge a person by their skin because what’s on the outside doesn’t matter. I think that was a very important scene in the movie. Although that scene was great; I think the best and most moving scene was the last one when the text at the bottom of the screen showed how many people passed the AP exam for years after. This was very moving to me because it showed me that no matter where you come from or what ever hardship you have, you can do anything you set your mind to. Many people do have hardships in our school and community as a whole. Although the school tries to help to make it easier, the students themselves have to be motivated and push themselves to achieve what they want. Not only that you can accomplish anything, but also that you can not let people try and bring you down or stop you from doing what you really want to do. These ideologies are very present in the movie and our society today. Overall, I really enjoyed this movie and believe it had many amazing messages in it that relate to our community today.
For the first time all year we actually had an uplifting movie to say the least. I did enjoy this movie and will be recommending it to other people for sure. I thought it was great how Mr. Escalante could teach those kids a very high level math. I can see how hard it was for the kids with having other things on their plates that seemed more important to them at the time, but the education will help them get into college which will lead to a better future. Especially for these kids Mr. Escalante was teaching, coming from the backgrounds that they did. I could see the similarities to some of the kids in our school that have to work to help provide for their families, which keeps them away from learning and trying to achieve a higher education. This movie also connects to teachers in our district as well. There are the teachers who are willing to devote their time to work with you and help you achieve your goals and get the good grades everyone hopes for. All in all I did like this movie and definitely saw how it connected to the kids and teachers in our community.
The beginning was very boring at first but the movie turned out to be very interesting. It shows us that everyone believed the students would fail because they were minorities that came from a rough school/neighborhood, so they basically discriminated them as failures because of their background. Mr. Escalante was the only one that believed in them throughout the movie and persuaded them to believe in themselves too and not listen to what others thought of them. It relates to our community because in our school there is a lot of Hispanics that don't know english and/or have recently moved to the United States. In our school, we have classes like ESL/ESOL to help them feel comfortable and begin to understand our culture. We also have teachers, who are bilingual that help them read, write, and even start talking in english. The teachers we have are just like Mr. Escalante because they ensure the students are learning and understanding their classes.
I thought this film was very well made. They did a great job of making us feel attached to the characters and apart of the class. So when the two investigators entered the movie to accuse Mr. Escalante’s class of cheating, it was heartbreaking. These are students who were just learning 7th grade math a year ago, for them to work harder then most students in the country just to be eligible to take this exam is brave. This bravery was not only questioned but it was diminished. These men went into the situation believing the worst and didn't give any of the children a chance. At one point in the film Mr. Escalante addresses the fact that no one would be questioning how well his students did if they lived in Beverly Hills, but since all of their names sounded hispanic they all must be cheaters. This discrimination is tragic, all they wanted to do was make a better life for themselves and their families, and they thought the best way to do this was through their education.
Fox Lane High School is a pretty diverse school compared to most. We have a population filled with hispanics, whites, asians, blacks, etc. Every year we have heritage week, this is designed to help students of other cultures interact and feel connected. That is the point of this week but its not always the result. As soon as this week is over most people go back to their cliques, groups, gangs, 0r crowds, mostly where they feel most comfortable. I like to think of our school as very diverse but that doesn't mean were connected. This is a small similarity I see in this movie. Angel Guzman primarily stayed with his gang until he found something more to improve his life, school. But its also not fair for me to say we are completely dived by race here at Fox Lane. The diversity in our school has given us the opportunity to be more accepting and understanding of other races. When we venture into the world and are surrounded by millions of new people of different nationalities, races, and religions the lessons we learned at Fox Lane on how to interact with these people will be very informational and helpful for our success.
I agree with this because Mr. Escalante's motive was to never give up on his students and that nothing can stop him from making his students successful. This film shows us that nothing Is impossible and nothing should be taken for granted. Mr. Escalante proved that all students are capable of achieving great things In life but all they need Is a bit of guidance and motivation. People's education shouldn't be underestimated because of their backgrounds because In the end everyone Is capable of being great things In life. It doesn't matter what you look like and what your background Is, what matters Is a proper education and ''Stand and Deliver'' Is a perfect film to demonstrate that.
I felt “Stand and Deliver” was an inspirational movie because it showed how powerful education can be. Both Mr. Escalante’s drive to teach and the students’ eventual passion to pass the AP test helped to transform the whole community. Due to Mr. Escalante, the students in his AP Calculus class will be successful in the future because they had a first hand experience of the benefits of working hard. Compared to our community, I feel that many people take for granted the education system we have. Although we have many teachers who resemble Mr. Escalante, if our students united to reach the same goal, then just like the community in Garfield High School, ours will do the same. Not only would students influence other students to work harder, but it might even help to lessen racism found in school. In addition, similar to the students at Garfield High School, I hope the people in our community will be able to transition what they have gained from school to the work force and be more accepting of others as well as working hard towards a goal.
I really enjoyed Stand & Deliver because it was interesting to see a whole different side of the education system and how much students in underfunded schools have to work in order to be looked at as successful. It was a very strong and emotional story and Mr. Escalante's was portrayed very tough but caring and compassionate as well. It was so sad to see how the class was questioned by the test makers based on their good grades and were immediately called cheaters after they had worked so hard for years to pass the AP exam. I think they did the right thing by standing up for the integrity of the school and for themselves by re taking the exam even though they didn’t need to but they definitely had to prove to the people who doubted them how smart they are and that with a bit of support, students will push themselves to see each other succeed in school. I can see some similarities within our community since we are offered AP classes and if we decided to take them we have to keep pushing ourselves in order to do well.
The "Stand and Deliver" film was very inspirational. Mr. Escalante came to the school of East Los Angeles to teach a computer science class but the school wasn't able to provide the computers. He had to teach math instead. On the first day of school the students had a hard time with addition and subtraction. They had a hard time with fractions. Why? The school didn't have enough funds to provide the students with a quality education. When Mr. Escalante was in the hospital, they assigned a music teacher to teach his AP Calculus class! Mr. Escalante believed in his students. He had faith that they could learn AP Calculus and pass the exam. The kids gained respect for him. He didn't treat them poorly. He didn't say that they weren't good enough. Instead, he encouraged them and said "c'mon you know this. Go step by step." The kids went from thinking they were stupid to believing in themselves and knowing that they were truly smart. Mr. Escalante wanted to teach them advanced math because he wanted his kids to better themselves and rise against poverty. It takes hard work to break the cycle of poverty because to many, it's "never ending." He didn't want the students fixing cars and washing dishes the rest of their lives. He wanted them designing cars and running businesses in their future. After the kids did an excellent job on the exam, officials came in and assumed that they all cheated because they got the same questions wrong. These kids studied so hard and went to school in the summer. They shouldn't be penalized! They should be congratulated that they did so well! As Mr. Escalante brought to our attention, these kids wouldn't be assumed as cheaters if they weren't minorities and if they didn't live in the impoverished area that they did. Mr. Escalante stood up for what was right and I admire that. A class could get all the same questions wrong because they had the same teacher. A teacher can make mistakes too. We are all human and we make mistakes. One thing I cannot stand is when people judge people based on the color of their skin or their ethnic background. I don't agree with writing what race you are on a college application or exam. Because, why does it matter? Your race doesn't define you intellectually.
What are your thoughts on the film? What issues does it reveal that we've been discussing in class? Do you see any connections in our community?
I think the film was a nice change. It had a good story with a solid conflict and resolution, with a happy ending. I think the racial issues in the movie are only that of the teacher and students assuming their tests questioned because their school's demographics are Hispanic dominated. It wasn't relatable at all to my life or really anyone's life around here, due to our area's demographics compared to wherever they were.
What are your thoughts on the film? What issues does it reveal that we've been discussing in class? Do you see any connections in our community?
I think the film was very inspirational. It gives us insight on how hard some teachers are willing to work in order for their students to succeed. Mr. Escalante was a great addition to the movie. He provided a sense of relief for the students as they began to realize that they were actually learning for once. Mr. Escalante's determination and effort allowed the students to change their views and how they went about things in life, which ultimately led to them reaching their goals of passing the AP Calculus exam. Some issues that are presented include gang affiliation, poverty, drugs and some racist assumptions. Most of, if not all of the students were of Hispanic descent and they were involved in many of these things. This is similar to another movie we watched in class called American History X which also illustrates gang members and drug dealers making way through their poverty stricken areas. The administrators in Stand and Deliver didn't believe everyone did as well as they did on the exam and I think this is a good example of racist assumptions. The administrators were assuming that since the students were Hispanic that they weren't up for the task. This can relate to our modern day in Fox Lane because many minority students are criticized against and put down for just being a certain skin color. People already judge them based off what others say or prior knowledge to failure and I believe this is outrageous. Everyone should be able to retain an education without any questions asked, this can lead to success or desires one never thought of reaching.
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ReplyDeleteI think that the movie is okay so far. I was a little confused with where the movie was going at first because it jumped around a bit, but it is beginning to clear up. The movie is okay so far because I don't really see how the movie is going to bring all the characters together like at the end of "Crash." The students seem to have jumbled backgrounds and the only thing they have in common is that they all have the same math teacher. It also kind of difficult to remember the characters names because they aren't said often and there are a lot of students. The movie relates back to class because it reveals issues of race and also how poverty can directly affect one's ability and willingness to learn. Mr. Escalante says that the students will be judged because of how they look and where they come from and that education is the key to proving these judgements wrong. I agree with Mr. Escalante because going to college and getting educated is a good way to get ahead in today's society, but I can also understand why school is not the top priority for many of the students. A lot of the students face challenges outside of school that distract them from schoolwork. The movie is somewhat similar to our community because there are students in our school who have to work to support their families and this limits what they can do academically.
ReplyDeleteAt first I didn't like the movie, but seeing how Mr. Escalante got his students' trust and how close they all got made it more interesting. All of the school teachers and administrators are stereotyping the kids and looking at them like they won't succeed, and have the mindset that they'll drop out and not get the education that Mr. Escalante wants them to have. The film connects to our community because some of the teachers are really willing to help students and push them to achieve something greater than they thought they could.
ReplyDeleteAt first I didn't like the movie, but seeing how Mr. Escalante got his students' trust and how close they all got made it more interesting. All of the school teachers and administrators are stereotyping the kids and looking at them like they won't succeed, and have the mindset that they'll drop out and not get the education that Mr. Escalante wants them to have. The film connects to our community because some of the teachers are really willing to help students and push them to achieve something greater than they thought they could.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, I feel like the beginning of the movie was bad but I liked it toward the end. I feel like this film relates to our community because they're many hispanic students in our school that come from a different country, and don't know any english. They do come with a mindset of not graduating. They're many teachers and classes that help these students. Society has came a long way on race. I felt like the film could have ended a little differently. I wish we could have saw where the kids ended up in the future.
DeleteThe film “Stand and Deliver” explores the challenges schools in developing areas face. From Mr. Escalante’s first day, he saw the school's lack of resources by having to teach math instead of computer science because the school never got computers for the students. However, Mr. Escalante soon found out that the lack of computers is the least of the kids’ problems. The school didn’t have enough desks for every student and the teachers were unqualified to be teaching certain subjects. Additionally, it seemed that the students had responded to the administrations feeling of hopelessness by not being motivated to learn. Through all this adversity, Mr. Escalante bravely takes upon the challenge of turning his student’s fortunes around through hard work.
ReplyDeleteI admire Mr. Escalante’s attitude that if you want to be successful you have to work hard. However, his definition of doing well didn’t mean getting good grades, but learning important skills to act as a foundation towards future success. I agree completely with that idea because what students will carry with them as they enter the workforce will not be what grade they got on an easy math test, but the skills they acquired. This extends to our community because students in our school often have to make choices about whether to cheat on homework assignments or put in the effort to complete them. Unfortunately it seems that kids too frequently choose the easy way out because they value the grade over the knowledge lost through not doing the homework. However this shouldn’t be entirely blamed on the students because teachers and parents need to do a better job of making kids understand the value of homework beyond the classroom. Mr. Escalante’s ability to make his students understand how their future is tied to their work in school motivated his students to work harder and achieve more. Mr. Escalante confronted the defeatist attitude of the administration by showing that if they believe in the students, the students will believe in themselves.
Well said, Joe! Sadly, in a results-based system, too often the learning itself gets lost. Teachers feel pressure to assign point values to everything; otherwise, students will not bother with the assignments. If the knowledge were more valued, perhaps the educational environment would improve on both sides of the desk.
DeleteI think the film was all right. I feel it could have done a better job connecting all of the characters, but I don’t think that was the point of the movie. In my opinion, the point was to show how the students were discriminated based on their race in their education. The school was a low funded high school, lacking a lot of resources like enough desks and qualified teachers. Mr. Escalante was the only teacher who actually believed in all his students. He’s the one who brought up AP Calculus and at first, was immediately shut down because the other teachers didn’t think any of the students would be able to or want to do it. He pushed all of his students, knowing they could succeed and forced them to give their best efforts. He got to know all of them on a personal level and did everything he could to help, like talking to Ana’s father convincing him to let her go back to school. Once all the students took the AP exam they were accused of cheating because no one in the district or from that area has ever passed like all these students did. When Mr. Escalante talked to the people running the cheating investigation he brought up a good point, that if students in Beverly Hills had gotten these grades there wouldn’t be a question of cheating. Money and race should have nothing to do with questioning education performance. Mr. Escalante worked hard to teach his students skills he felt they would need in life because he wanted to help them do better than some of their families. He wanted to help them actually graduate high school and hopefully go to college. This film connects to our community because not everyone prioritizes school. Some students would rather cheat than try and some students just don’t have time for schoolwork because they have certain activities or have to work. Like the students in the movie, some students in our community are limited academically and ultimately have to decide what is more important.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed watching "Stand and Deliver" as it showed the value of education and how it can really transform a community. The change Mr. Escalate sparked in both the students and faculty at their school was inspirational. In the beginning of the film, the diverse students in the math class could barely respect each other and were completely uninterested in the idea of learning. By the end, however, their passion to succeed helped to unite them. In our community, many people take for granted the great education system we have in which many teachers act like Mr. Escalate. If people began to work together to achieve common goals, such as everyone in a class passing the AP test, then our school community could come together like the Garfield High School did. It would not only cause students to work harder, but also would help racism diminish. The kids in Mr. Escalate's AP Calculus class will most likely succeed in the future as they have already experienced the benefits working hard can have. Hopefully people in our developed community can carry on what they have learned in school to help them be more accepting in the work force and more caring in society.
ReplyDeleteThe academic challenges within the movie “Stand and Deliver” displayed how students that come from underprivileged backgrounds have to work harder to receive a quality education. In my opinion the film did an excellent job in connecting hard work with education. Given the extremely poor funding to the school and its technology Mr. Escalante, a computer science teacher was forced to teach math. Due to the type of school these students attended they did not give much thought about their education. The school itself and its faculty were underfunded and unambitious. This atmosphere rubs off on the students and makes them feel they aren’t good enough for the real world. But, Mr. Escalante loved teaching and seeing his students succeed. What Mr. Escalante made very obvious was knowledge, not the grade you receive. Gaining knowledge builds a foundation for a future of success and hard work, while a grade is just a number. This relates back to our community at Fox Lane. Being a white male from the suburbs I can say with confidence that I’m extremely lucky. To me, education wise being where Mr. Escalante’s students are from puts them at a huge disadvantage. Even Mr. Escalente said himself that the students will be judged solely based on the color of their skin. So you would think at Fox Lane education is less grade based, wrong. Yet, with all this great funding and incredible teachers the students are way more concerned with the score they receive rather then what they learned based on my observations. Having a teacher like Mr. Escalante makes you feel connected to what your learning and opens your mind to new ways of thinking, with this comes confidence, a more open mind, and a better work ethic. Because of Mr. Escalante his students may now have the ambition to attend college and become functioning members of society. Ultimately, no matter the background you come from hard work pays off.
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ReplyDeleteAt first I was iffy about Stand and Deliver; I was kind of lost on the point of it because I was trying to find a big problem at the beginning. As the movie went on, I began to understand and enjoy it more. I liked that it offered all different sides of film making by appealing to all the emotions; it was funny, witty, sad, enlightening, and many others. I would have to say the scene that appealed to my emotions the most was the scene where the teacher went to talk to the AP exam investigators and how he stood up for what was right. He mentioned how this wouldn’t have happened if the kids weren’t Hispanic or from that suburb where the school wasn’t the best. This is relevant today because there are many places where schools are not the best and the students are blamed for it and when they do good they are questioned. That scene really appealed to all my emotions and revealed that race is looked at when taking or grading a test, which is horrible. Many of us have or will take an AP exam and it does ask us what race we are which I believe is wrong. Don’t judge a book by its cover is a famous saying that we all know, it is the same for humans; don’t judge a person by their skin because what’s on the outside doesn’t matter. I think that was a very important scene in the movie. Although that scene was great; I think the best and most moving scene was the last one when the text at the bottom of the screen showed how many people passed the AP exam for years after. This was very moving to me because it showed me that no matter where you come from or what ever hardship you have, you can do anything you set your mind to. Many people do have hardships in our school and community as a whole. Although the school tries to help to make it easier, the students themselves have to be motivated and push themselves to achieve what they want. Not only that you can accomplish anything, but also that you can not let people try and bring you down or stop you from doing what you really want to do. These ideologies are very present in the movie and our society today. Overall, I really enjoyed this movie and believe it had many amazing messages in it that relate to our community today.
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ReplyDeleteFor the first time all year we actually had an uplifting movie to say the least. I did enjoy this movie and will be recommending it to other people for sure. I thought it was great how Mr. Escalante could teach those kids a very high level math. I can see how hard it was for the kids with having other things on their plates that seemed more important to them at the time, but the education will help them get into college which will lead to a better future. Especially for these kids Mr. Escalante was teaching, coming from the backgrounds that they did. I could see the similarities to some of the kids in our school that have to work to help provide for their families, which keeps them away from learning and trying to achieve a higher education. This movie also connects to teachers in our district as well. There are the teachers who are willing to devote their time to work with you and help you achieve your goals and get the good grades everyone hopes for. All in all I did like this movie and definitely saw how it connected to the kids and teachers in our community.
The beginning was very boring at first but the movie turned out to be very interesting. It shows us that everyone believed the students would fail because they were minorities that came from a rough school/neighborhood, so they basically discriminated them as failures because of their background. Mr. Escalante was the only one that believed in them throughout the movie and persuaded them to believe in themselves too and not listen to what others thought of them. It relates to our community because in our school there is a lot of Hispanics that don't know english and/or have recently moved to the United States. In our school, we have classes like ESL/ESOL to help them feel comfortable and begin to understand our culture. We also have teachers, who are bilingual that help them read, write, and even start talking in english. The teachers we have are just like Mr. Escalante because they ensure the students are learning and understanding their classes.
ReplyDeleteI thought this film was very well made. They did a great job of making us feel attached to the characters and apart of the class. So when the two investigators entered the movie to accuse Mr. Escalante’s class of cheating, it was heartbreaking. These are students who were just learning 7th grade math a year ago, for them to work harder then most students in the country just to be eligible to take this exam is brave. This bravery was not only questioned but it was diminished. These men went into the situation believing the worst and didn't give any of the children a chance. At one point in the film Mr. Escalante addresses the fact that no one would be questioning how well his students did if they lived in Beverly Hills, but since all of their names sounded hispanic they all must be cheaters. This discrimination is tragic, all they wanted to do was make a better life for themselves and their families, and they thought the best way to do this was through their education.
ReplyDeleteFox Lane High School is a pretty diverse school compared to most. We have a population filled with hispanics, whites, asians, blacks, etc. Every year we have heritage week, this is designed to help students of other cultures interact and feel connected. That is the point of this week but its not always the result. As soon as this week is over most people go back to their cliques, groups, gangs, 0r crowds, mostly where they feel most comfortable. I like to think of our school as very diverse but that doesn't mean were connected. This is a small similarity I see in this movie. Angel Guzman primarily stayed with his gang until he found something more to improve his life, school. But its also not fair for me to say we are completely dived by race here at Fox Lane. The diversity in our school has given us the opportunity to be more accepting and understanding of other races. When we venture into the world and are surrounded by millions of new people of different nationalities, races, and religions the lessons we learned at Fox Lane on how to interact with these people will be very informational and helpful for our success.
I agree with this because Mr. Escalante's motive was to never give up on his students and that nothing can stop him from making his students successful. This film shows us that nothing Is impossible and nothing should be taken for granted. Mr. Escalante proved that all students are capable of achieving great things In life but all they need Is a bit of guidance and motivation. People's education shouldn't be underestimated because of their backgrounds because In the end everyone Is capable of being great things In life. It doesn't matter what you look like and what your background Is, what matters Is a proper education and ''Stand and Deliver'' Is a perfect film to demonstrate that.
DeleteI felt “Stand and Deliver” was an inspirational movie because it showed how powerful education can be. Both Mr. Escalante’s drive to teach and the students’ eventual passion to pass the AP test helped to transform the whole community. Due to Mr. Escalante, the students in his AP Calculus class will be successful in the future because they had a first hand experience of the benefits of working hard. Compared to our community, I feel that many people take for granted the education system we have. Although we have many teachers who resemble Mr. Escalante, if our students united to reach the same goal, then just like the community in Garfield High School, ours will do the same. Not only would students influence other students to work harder, but it might even help to lessen racism found in school. In addition, similar to the students at Garfield High School, I hope the people in our community will be able to transition what they have gained from school to the work force and be more accepting of others as well as working hard towards a goal.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Stand & Deliver because it was interesting to see a whole different side of the education system and how much students in underfunded schools have to work in order to be looked at as successful. It was a very strong and emotional story and Mr. Escalante's was portrayed very tough but caring and compassionate as well. It was so sad to see how the class was questioned by the test makers based on their good grades and were immediately called cheaters after they had worked so hard for years to pass the AP exam. I think they did the right thing by standing up for the integrity of the school and for themselves by re taking the exam even though they didn’t need to but they definitely had to prove to the people who doubted them how smart they are and that with a bit of support, students will push themselves to see each other succeed in school. I can see some similarities within our community since we are offered AP classes and if we decided to take them we have to keep pushing ourselves in order to do well.
ReplyDeleteThe "Stand and Deliver" film was very inspirational. Mr. Escalante came to the school of East Los Angeles to teach a computer science class but the school wasn't able to provide the computers. He had to teach math instead. On the first day of school the students had a hard time with addition and subtraction. They had a hard time with fractions. Why? The school didn't have enough funds to provide the students with a quality education. When Mr. Escalante was in the hospital, they assigned a music teacher to teach his AP Calculus class! Mr. Escalante believed in his students. He had faith that they could learn AP Calculus and pass the exam. The kids gained respect for him. He didn't treat them poorly. He didn't say that they weren't good enough. Instead, he encouraged them and said "c'mon you know this. Go step by step." The kids went from thinking they were stupid to believing in themselves and knowing that they were truly smart. Mr. Escalante wanted to teach them advanced math because he wanted his kids to better themselves and rise against poverty. It takes hard work to break the cycle of poverty because to many, it's "never ending." He didn't want the students fixing cars and washing dishes the rest of their lives. He wanted them designing cars and running businesses in their future.
ReplyDeleteAfter the kids did an excellent job on the exam, officials came in and assumed that they all cheated because they got the same questions wrong. These kids studied so hard and went to school in the summer. They shouldn't be penalized! They should be congratulated that they did so well! As Mr. Escalante brought to our attention, these kids wouldn't be assumed as cheaters if they weren't minorities and if they didn't live in the impoverished area that they did. Mr. Escalante stood up for what was right and I admire that. A class could get all the same questions wrong because they had the same teacher. A teacher can make mistakes too. We are all human and we make mistakes.
One thing I cannot stand is when people judge people based on the color of their skin or their ethnic background. I don't agree with writing what race you are on a college application or exam. Because, why does it matter? Your race doesn't define you intellectually.
What are your thoughts on the film? What issues does it reveal that we've been discussing in class? Do you see any connections in our community?
ReplyDeleteI think the film was a nice change. It had a good story with a solid conflict and resolution, with a happy ending. I think the racial issues in the movie are only that of the teacher and students assuming their tests questioned because their school's demographics are Hispanic dominated. It wasn't relatable at all to my life or really anyone's life around here, due to our area's demographics compared to wherever they were.
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ReplyDeleteWhat are your thoughts on the film? What issues does it reveal that we've been discussing in class? Do you see any connections in our community?
ReplyDeleteI think the film was very inspirational. It gives us insight on how hard some teachers are willing to work in order for their students to succeed. Mr. Escalante was a great addition to the movie. He provided a sense of relief for the students as they began to realize that they were actually learning for once. Mr. Escalante's determination and effort allowed the students to change their views and how they went about things in life, which ultimately led to them reaching their goals of passing the AP Calculus exam. Some issues that are presented include gang affiliation, poverty, drugs and some racist assumptions. Most of, if not all of the students were of Hispanic descent and they were involved in many of these things. This is similar to another movie we watched in class called American History X which also illustrates gang members and drug dealers making way through their poverty stricken areas. The administrators in Stand and Deliver didn't believe everyone did as well as they did on the exam and I think this is a good example of racist assumptions. The administrators were assuming that since the students were Hispanic that they weren't up for the task. This can relate to our modern day in Fox Lane because many minority students are criticized against and put down for just being a certain skin color. People already judge them based off what others say or prior knowledge to failure and I believe this is outrageous. Everyone should be able to retain an education without any questions asked, this can lead to success or desires one never thought of reaching.