Stand and Deliver Group Notes part 2

Mr. Escalante shows his dedication to teaching his class when he continues to show up to class when he was supposed to be in the hospital because he had a heart attack from being overworked

He kicked Angel out of class for being late until Angel went to his house with his sick grandmother to explain why he was late

He makes a mistake and one of his students gets mad and leaves but he follows her in the hall and makes up for it

His students present Jaime with a plaque for his teaching and fix up and repaint his car

The students get angry when their scores are questioned which shows that they care about the class as a result of Jaime’s teaching

Because everyone was doubting their success he worries that the students “will lose their confidence in the system which they’re finally qualified for”

 

Jaime goes to the school board outraged about what happened with his student’s scores and accuses them of discrimination and tells one of them that “If I ever see you on the street, I’ll kick the shit out of you”

After the students decide to retake the test he makes sure to boost their confidence and spends the whole day preparing with them and even takes them to his house and continues studying while making them dinner

His family tells him that they never see him because he’s too dedicated and sacrifices too much for his calculus students.

Because of Mr. Escalante’s dedication the school’s students continued taking calculus for the following years and more passed every consecutive year