Stand and Deliver Reaction notes

The plot of Stand and Deliver is basically about a man that comes in as a nobody, just a guy without computers for his computer class. So He takes initiative and starts to teach a different class. He is met with a uncertainty from the class of "mis fits"He turns the class into a class of students that can pass the ap calc test. Its a great movie about not giving up on any one, even if everyone else has. I especially liked when the students stole his car and fixed it up. It really gave the complete 180 about how the children started and finished. Its easy to see why the students took to him. He had much of the same cultural background as the students. His first language is Spanish and a lot of the kids spoke that as a first language  When he goes around to the parents to talk to them about their children, It shows that he is willing to really go the extra mile for his students. It also shows that the children can't do it alone. I can't imagine the type of personality it takes to be so confrontational with parents. Even when a parent says that they don't want their child to be smart, because "boys don't like smart girls" he insists on the girl taken the class. It is not easy to understand what motivates him. He seems to be fueled by the success of his students. That seems to be his vice. If he doesn't get his students to succeed he wouldn't see himself as anything less than a failure. His family life seems to be disintegrating as well. his wife is not happy he spends so much time teaching when he doesn't have to. Especially the late night english class. Which is the class that eventually he has his heart attack in. it is sad to see how much it affects his class, but inspiring as well. They truly care for their teacher and really want to make him happy. When the students do well on the test, they are called into question because of their background  Mr. Escalante is very mad because he thinks the test graders are racist. It is called into question more later because the students love Mr. Escalante to the point where they may cheat to please him. Eventually he gets his students to retake the test and again they all do well. It was a very nice movie that kept me interested in the story. Mostly, I enjoyed seeing Mr. Escalante interact with the kids and get them interested in their math.