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Movie Stand And Deliver As An Excellent Teacher

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I would rate Mr. Escalante as depicted in the movie Stand and Deliver as an excellent teacher! Ron Clark a renown and excellent teacher in his own right, states there are 11 characteristics that should be found in every teacher who is raising children who love to learn. These characteristics included enthusiasm, adventure, creativity, balance, compassionate, fun, common sense, appreciation, resilience and accountable. I observed every one of these characteristics in the character of Mr. Escalante in the movie Stand and Deliver. In the beginning of the movie, as Mr. Escalante began this experience, I do not believe he knew things were as bad as what he encountered on the first day of school. Classrooms with graffiti on the inside, insufficient chairs for the number of students assigned in the classroom, high school students attending school without school supplies, students vandalizing their school and defecating in the office, rigging the bell to completely disrupt the school day, even students inside the classroom without any desire to learn.
I would not be intimidated by Mr. Escalante’s techniques. I have the utmost respect for teachers who are willing to go outside the norm to teach children. Mr. Escalante believed that there was only one thing that was needed for the children to succeed, ganas. It was all he told the Principal he needed and all he asked for the students “You’re going to work harder here than you’ve ever worked anywhere else. And the only thing

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