A True Story Of A Profession: Jaime Escalante

for 12 years and his dream was to become a boxer. Carlos has been boxing since he was young. His father helped make the boxer he is today. Carlos’ family had to do a lot to get him were he is today.

Gloria Ladson-Billings spent time observing teachers in public schools that were located in predominately low-socioeconomic school districts to figure out what makes them successful with typically low performing students. Some of the things she observed are all the teachers “shared pride in and commitment to their profession and had an underlying belief that all children could be successful” (learnnc). Furthermore, these teachers established trusting relationships with their students that allowed the students to take responsibility for their own learning. Lastly, these teachers also went beyond the classroom to show support for their students such as attending community events. These observations led Ladson-Billings to realize that in order for “teachers to use culturally relevant pedagogy successfully, they must also show respect for students, and understand the need for the students to operate in the dual worlds of their home community and the

In the year 1997 a young boy around six months crosses the border on the back of his mother along side his father. They trekked through the harsh environment to cross the border into the promised land to seek a better life for the young boy. Eighteen years later he would be challenged by the american education system to see if his parents sacrifice was worth it. Andres Guzman grew up in the quiet suburbs of a not so small town of La Mirada located between Norwalk and Buena Park and not too far from Los Angeles. After graduating from the originally named La Mirada High School Andres face the journey to get be accepted to a four year university. No four year would accept him though because he didn't apply himself in high school.

In yesterday October 5, exactly 3 am, 25 years Daniela was killed outside his home by a known serial murderer who had escaped a few days before a prison. No one can explain how a murderer escapes from a high security prison.

These stereotypes of teachers inspire the general public by showing a “fairy-tale version” of what truly happens in the classroom. The movies make it look like there is always some huge triumph at the end of the day and everyone ends up learning what they need to learn. This does not always mean learning the classroom material. Breault states that in most of the movies studied the teachers are more focused on teaching life lessons as opposed to the basic knowledge that should be taught in the classroom. The article also discusses how the teaches are viewed as heroes who save the students and advocate for them outside of the classroom. The teachers in the movies are praised for never teaching with a textbook or teaching regular course curriculum. The pictures show that the real live classroom is a lot more structured than what is portrayed in

Ronaldo Longoria Dr. Maritza De La Trinidad MASC 2328 9/2/17 Precious Knowledge Analytic Essay The film Precious Knowledge left me with a sense of empowerment and inspiration. The speeches that the teachers would give left a sense of growth and progress towards the student’s interests in the course. The Raza Studies Program was integrated to give these students a chance of good education, and many of them enjoyed the history being covered. However, it also left me with a sense of pity as the Arizona government was against the teaching of ethnic studies, claiming that it was grouping students based on their ethnicity, despite not even conducting a full investigation and having eyes on experience within the walls of the classroom.

Taking on the role as a teacher puts me in a leadership role. I chose for my artifact the ESO online training from Mr. Moss, EDEE 4330 Math class. Math seems to be the subject across the board most people is afraid of, but the ESO training provided fatal information for student’s success. I understand that I am responsible for setting an example for my students that I would be proud of them to emulate. I would love for my students to follow in my footprints and make a difference in others’ lives. It has been said, “it takes a village to raise a child”, and I know that I can be most effective when I reach out to families, colleagues, and the community, to employ the approach. It takes all that to raise well-adjusted productive members of our community, being it locally or

Earlier this month, we were very excited to have the opportunity to meet with Sonia Galaviz when she visited our main office. As a 5th grade teacher at Garfield Elementary School here in Boise, Idaho, she’s been steadily making a name for herself in the education world. In 2009, she was named Idaho Woman of the Year by the Idaho Business Review, and in 2011 she was one of five educators nationally chosen to receive Teaching Tolerance’s award of Excellence in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, and this year, Galaviz’s devotion to her students has once again been recognized.

Firefighters, Police officers, and soldiers are all of our heroes today, but the heroes that children are lacking in today’s society are teachers. In the documentary Waiting for Superman, it does a great job of showing many of the flaws in today’s education system. In Waiting for Superman, The music and audio features provide a humorous tone and also, at times, a more serious tone. Ethos is established throughout the Waiting for Superman documentary by having experienced teachers and presidents of well known educational companies give their thought on what needs to happen with the schooling system in the United States. The experts in this topic talked about how many of the public schools in the United States are considered to be dropout factories, which is where more than forty percent of the enrolled students drop out. This means more kids sitting on the street with no jobs or education. Furthermore, crime rates will go up, as well as the poverty level because the children can not get a well paying job. It is made known in Waiting for Superman, that the good schools are very expensive and only have limited spots available. To get into these schools, there are often raffles in which you enter for a chance to get in. This method is unfair because there is no guarantee you will get chosen, therefore you may end up getting a worse education than what you know you can receive.

Jaime Escalante, the new mathematics teacher at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, started his job with the determination to change the system and challenge Garfield's students to a higher level of education. Teaching unmotivated adolescent was a challenge for Escalante, but he was able to accomplish his goal. Based on the true story of the real-life Jaime Escalante, Stand and Deliver tells the typical American underdog story, where an inner-city school leaves the shadows and steps into the light.

Teachers can earn their right to inspire by creating a relationship with the class. As Sara Quay and Quaglia Russell state "The more your students feel that they are part of the classroom community, the more likely they are to become connected to the course, the subject, and even the school." It is because of this that the Jaime Escalante was so successful with his class. The teacher is usually held accountable for the student ability or inability to learn, what most people don’t consider is the fact that one of the largest factor in a student learning, is what is going on in their personal life. It is why Jaime Escalante has to refer to improper diction and real life situation in order to

children attending a one-class school, in a very small-populated town in France. One of the main subjects in the film, teacher Lopez, is trying to teach this small class discipline and the fundamentals of education throughout the movie. Lopez is also the reason behind the controversy of the film’s success. After the film’s success, Lopez wanted to be paid more than the $20,000 that was to him and be featured as a co-author, so he sues the producers of the film, demands for $250,000, and claimed that he deserves the money because of his teaching methods that were featured in the film. I can see where Lopez is coming from, but I feel that the payment for this documentary

Teachers are being forced to give up their lesson plans in order to prepare students. One teacher told how she had spent considerable time and money assembling books of importance to Latino culture, and how her students had responded enthusiastically to her initiative. Her students, however, would have to wait to learn about the Latino culture:

The issue of teacher shortage today is continuing to grow. The effects of the achievement gap are reaching the teachers, not just the students: “...good administrators and teachers, who are doing their best under difficult circumstances, will be driven out of the profession…,” (Boyd-Zaharias 41). The achievement gap is part of the reason teachers feel they are underpaid, which happens to be one of the leading cause in teacher shortage considering, “Teachers were paid two percent less [than comparable workers] in 1994, but by 2015 the wage penalty rose to 17 percent,” (Long). Being a teacher requires passion in order to stay in the field, especially if the money in teaching is decreasing. Money is an important aspect for people when it comes to their careers, therefore, fewer people want to become teachers. This lack of teachers and the lack of college students studying to become a teacher leads to unqualified teachers and larger classroom sizes (Ostroff). Both of these causes are eventually affecting students’ learning environments. I chose this issue in education for my project because I have personally felt these effects, and I know others who have as well. As a future educator, I want to see better wages and better benefits, but this can only happen with qualified, passionate teachers. I plan on being one of them, and I plan on sparking a change. I am a future educator fighting to end teacher shortage.

The most striking student Ell student I have worked with was a fifth girl named Angel. Her family immigrated to the United States from rural Mexico. They moved to the Western Massachusetts hill towns to work on an established farm. Their relatives worked for a local blueberry farm for many years. Eventually, the owner of the farm aged and passed away. His wife joined him just two weeks later. They bear no children, and the farm was willed to the workers. This presented an opportunity for Angel’s family to come to Massachusetts and enrich their lives. When she arrived in the states, Angel lived with her maternal grandparents, both parents, an aunt and uncle and four younger siblings. Prior to moving to the United States, she lived in a poverty stricken area in the countryside in Mexico.