Thursday, October 24, 2013

Stand and Deliver Notes 2

  • yells at students when they all get the same answer and says it's wrong -
  • teaching night classes, overworked, heart attack
  • Slosh substitute
    • nervous, unqualified, never taught calculus -
  • sneaks into class, supposed to be hospital
  • all students pass AP test
    • present him with a plaque
  • educational testing service accuses students of cheating, comes to investigate
  • Angel taunts police from friend's car, gets ticket
  • Angel taunts ets investigators when being questioned
  • Other teacher believes they cheated, blames Escalante
  • Escalante doubts his decision to teach them calculus
  • Students fix up Escalante's car
  • Escalante goes and argues with ets investigators
    • accuses them of discrimination
  • Students all retake test
  • All day/night study
    • Pancho leaves
  • Students all pass retest
  • Escalante continues to successfully teach calculus with an increasing number of students

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