Stand and Deliver Notes

-Teacher starts with unorganized dysfunctional class

-he challenges the people who don’t try

-Uses very simple analogies to explain math.

-gives tall kid with pony tail three books so he can study

-Gives them quizzes every week

-If they don’t do their homework they have to sit in a chair in the middle of the class room

-Insults Anas dad about her education and working in the restaurant

-Getting them into math by using real life examples

-Counting with fingers

-Making the whole class be involved with the discussion

-mostly Spanish speaking students

-Important: Teachers meeting

-Teachers do not think that the students are ready for calculus

-Had the students repeat “cool” when it was hot in the room

-Calculus isn’t meant to be easy, it just is.

“All you see is the turn, you don’t see the road ahead”

-His wife doesn’t want him teaching through Christmas

-His wife doesn’t like him teaching as much as he does, she wants him to take a break

-Has a heart attack in staircase when teaching adult English class

-Has them line up against the wall and has them answer questions one at a time

-Two guys get pulled over after pony-tailed kid hangs out window

-The two guys get into a fight and then separate

-Students get Mr. Escalante a new car

-“You are the true leaders, the only ones who will make a change”

-Scores were dismissed because they didn’t think it was possibly

-Mr. Escalante didn’t realize how burnt out he was, and how burnt out his students were