Good
Teaching
Mr.
Escalante uses Spanish to direct students & make them listen to them. He uses
apples to teach them. He uses comedy and humor to teach them & relates to
them. He doesn't let the bad kid make excuses for not coming prepared &
teaches him anyways. He uses analogies to teach them math so they understand.
He pushes them to do math even if they didn't want to. He works them hard to
get results from them. He makes people like them so his students will listen
& they will learn. Mr. Escalante fights for what his students want to do
& not for what their parents want them to do & he fights for what is
best for them. He took them out to a field trip. He believes in the students
with a higher expectation than they do of themselves & than the other
teachers do. He cares about his student’s personal lives, not just what happens
inside the school. Mr. Escalante takes his student out for a drive to convince
him not to take a job for his uncle’s company & stay in school. He also
comforts Debra (?) when she is going through an emotional time with boyfriends
& family troubles.
Bad
Teaching
Mr.
Escalante doesn't assert himself sternly at first. The teacher lets the bell
dismiss the children. One of the teachers in the meeting complained about not
teaching the subject he wanted to teach because of cut backs instead of just
doing what was right & keeping up high spirits for the school. The
Principle & another lady doubt the students & don’t think it’s possible
to teach calculus. Mr. Escalante didn't listen when the thug kid’s grandmother was
having medical issues & was in the hospital as being the reason for being late
& just blew him off instead by saying, “I think there was a counselor in
here looking for you earlier. He said there were 3 openings for classes.” He
basically was saying that he should just leave his class & not come back
because he doesn't like he wants to be here.
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