Stand and Deliver Part 2

I really love how involved he is with his students; he truly cares about them and their success, something every teacher should partake in. A part that struck us the most was the fact that in the beginning it was difficult to encourage the students to learn, and towards the end the students were motivated to study all night long for the test and resulted in a successful pass rate as the years came after. Although Mr. Escalante's intentions were good, he wasn't very successful in his efforts to defend his students for being "singled out". I agree with Mr. Escalante's reasoning to be angry and his attempts to defend the children. Without any proof, nobody can be proven guilty. There was a definite alteration in motivation among the students, for example, Angel seemed as if he didn't want to "ruin his reputation" in the beginning, and as the movie went on he was much more driven to learn and succeed. The outcome was that the students progressed a great deal, due to the fact that he was an incredible teacher to them. It actually was a stated fact that in 1982, Escalante came into the national spotlight when 18 of his students passed the challenging Advanced Placement Calculus exam.