There was a school program named after Jaime Escalante and it was dedicated to reaching out to kids from low class families and helping them in math. I was lucky to be chosen for the program and they helped me improve my math skills. This man deserves more recognition.
Those shouldn’t be special programs. That level of curriculum should be available, even mandatory, for all kids. A quality education shouldn’t be like winning the lottery.
Back then, high school kids did look 30. I think it was multiple things contributing like 2nd hand smoke / parents smoking next to children just to name a few.
@@maruraba1478: It was the steroids in the milk. Most people nowadays don't even let their kids have milk. It's all soy and the kids still look like kindergarteners in high school.
It’s sad how the school system screwed over the real Jaime Escalante. Arguably one of the best teachers ever, and he received death threats from the union because his class sizes were too big due to the students wanting his classes. He walked without even a thank you. The math program collapsed after he left.
Lol imagine a bunch of teachers literally threatening to kill you cause you're better at your job than they are. Would've sued and told them whoever still has a problem see me after class 😂
I’ve never even heard of this movie or this individual but it’s clear he had the talent of being able to reach a large group of individuals at the same time by presenting the concept in ways they already understood, and once their minds made that connection he was able to ride the wave. There is an often used analogy about teaching a fish to climb a tree and the point is that each students learn differently. What gets missed in that analogy is sometimes you have teachers that TEACH differently and maybe we shouldn’t dictate teacher only teach 25-35 students in sessions only lasting 45-52 minute daily. Some teachers are better at teaching half that at half that time, some twice that, but requiring twice the time
@@TownBiness97 It's the union and their tactics that did it. Large unions not to messed around with, they will intimidate and kill your family members before going after you. Many of them, particularly public sector ones, are just legalized criminal organizations.
Love this, he got on their level, spoke their language and gained their respect. One cannot teach until they gain the respect of the students. And body did he gain their respect.
I don't get that part (I haven't watched the movie). Why would he say something like that, at this point? Is he some academical-vigilante or this word combination means something in the context of the movie?
I love the character Angel. He was the smartest student in the class but his way of life often led to lack of self esteem to his abilities. The character development too; willing to go swimming at the beach despite reluctance, walking away from bad friendships despite raging peer pressure, and the determination to be better to the point where he even visit his teacher's house with his grandmother for redemption. Angel was surely a good young man, a smart young man, a man nonetheless.
there is a huge huge machismo peer pressure for guys like angel to NOT care about school, to not be good students , to not excel at academics ..after all who does someone like that probably have in their life as a role model thats a succesful academic?
Damn right, if my teachers were mexican and acted like this and walked up to a student to pressure them and subtly mentioned they would break their neck, a few people would learn mighty fast
Can tell you got a lot of Gringos in the comment section acting like the came from the barrio. Burros is Donkey's. Calling the rest of the class donkeys to make him feel better. Something you eat, you might be thinking of Churros lmfaoooo
Amazing scene. Not just because of the way the teacher cares for his students, but the way he humanizes math. I have struggled with math my entire life, but him relating it to something as simple as digging a hole and filling it in makes it much easier to understand.
Bruh his face didn’t light up. He was just thinking about the fact that the teacher just threatened him. How can someone misread the situation that bad
I taught basic algebra to kids in LA as part of part time job I took in 2011 as an assistant in a charter school. Those teachers had a very difficult job. Those students were gifted and downright brilliant. To teachers in the USA who go above and beyond to reach kids who are at risk, respect ✊🏼❤️🇺🇸.
I remember the first time I learned about negative numbers in high school, right before I learned calculus and passed the AP test. Mr. Cartmenez was a great teacher
I think for me it was how my family showed me the thermometer outside the door in the winter, but for negative it was usually the Celsius scale not Fahrenheit
This movie and the story behind it always brings great pride to myself, and I'm sure, many other graduates of Garfield High School, especially those of us that are from roughly the same time period. I got to meet Mr. Escalante, but never his student, instead under one of the teachers that became his hand picked successor, Villavicencio. I didn't go high in math, I was interested more in the other classes such as the social sciences, history, etc but I feel that what he started reverberated throughout the school. For those of us in the AP and Honors classes, we definitely benefitted, and we were the only inner city school in LAUSD that would also compete at a decent level with the richer schools during the Academic Decathlon. I will always be proud of my alma mater!!!
I loved this movie. It shows how people can change when you show and recognize their worth and potential, in short they learn what it means to be valued.
Jaime Escalante, in his movie portrayal, was a bully prick to the students. He was not funny. He cared about his students, but he went over the line a few times with his "comedy."
I'm about to turn 50 next month, remember seeing this when it first came out, and just sat down with my 12.5-year-old to watch it again last week. She loved it. It's a timeless movie and proves what a dedicated, strong teacher who loves his students and loves to teach can do. Kids will almost always rise to the level of expectations one sets for them when they know you care! p.s. Saw this after La Bamba and have been in love with Lou Diamond Phillips ever since - lol!
I just turned 45. My sin just turned 17. I taught him this when he was in elementary school. He is in his freshman year of college this year. I adore this film.
Edward James Olmos. On one hand, he can play Mr. Escalante. On the other hand, he can play Lieutenant Martin Castillo. Despite differences between these two characters, he does both roles well. Gifted actor.
Dig a hole, that's -2, add a body that's +1, fill the rest of the hole, that's +1 again. Spread the remaining +1 around to cover your tracks. Zero witnesses.
I remember my high school years of algebra. I guess I did ok at it I wasn't no wizard or genius though. Out of all the other subjects I had I would say it was the toughest.
My algebra teacher was just like that, everybody liked his class, most people wouldn't miss it and we all learned a lot and had fun at the same time !!!
Mine was Mrs. Deleany. We asked why with other teachers we could never get math and yet we were fluent in Algebra with her. She said she also struggled with math and wanted to show us how she learned. She was the best, so much so a better school transferred her to their school the next semester.
“Tough guys don't do math, tough guys deep fry chicken for a living.” That hurt cuz I work at Wingstop 😭😭😂 Edit: I'm surprised at how interactive this comment section is even tho its been MONTHS😂.
But he was right. Tough guys aren't Soo cool after all. They drop out of school, work low paying jobs, end up homeless, get locked up and end up dead due to their own false pride. Very sad reality, and it was that way in the barrios. Very sad reality too 😢💔 To everyone reading this: be cool by staying in school. Get a proper education, not a rap sheet. La vida Loca is not living at all. In the end the one who choses to live it will regret it after waking up to reality one day, realizing how foolish they were wasting their life being a clown.
@Paul I don't know about hard but enough to get a nice house next to lake, car, girl and maybe even kids if feeling like it. Couple hours of work 4 to 5 days a week for being able to get everything I want in life is worth it for me. Way better than dying in streets or jail if you ask me.
Movie makes me cry every time, he’s really there for the kids when seemingly nobody else is, won’t let em become a lost cause .. not all hero’s wear capes
We watched this in my high school algebra I class and loved it. We all did impressions of him throughout the rest of the year when trying to help each other with equations.
This movie came out a very long time ago and I actually met Mr. Escalante - WHAT A GUY! - when I worked at a nuclear plant in Idaho. Had nothing better to do that evening so I went to see him speak. He could teach a snowman how to sell ice cubes. I actually got to speak with him for like 10 minutes. We both learned from each other talking about math / algebra. He was way smarter than I - I had very little calculus in my know how, but was good enough to help a lot of kids get out of trouble with math as he did for those Latino students. I guess I'm saying if you never caught the movie, it's worth seeing! VERY worth seeing! It'll lift your spirits to say the least.
@@raymond3035 na theres staff members/ security back in my old middle school who cussed you out and said jokingly threats if you were a bad kid but if a nerd reports it then yeah
The way he chippers up after he gets the answer to his question, “0”… that always does it for me… I’ve dealt with kids/teens who want to make things difficult and be rebellious towards authority figures. And sometimes you just have to show them how much easier (maybe even enjoyable) things can be when they decide to participate. Many of them just don’t understand how operating on a basis of respect makes everything easier and doesn’t waste anyone’s time.
If I was still in secondary school and I had a teacher like that I wouldn't trust him at all I will have zero trust in the teacher I won't even raise my hand and if he asks me a math question by saying fill in the problem I would say "pass" or I won't say anything I have difficulty trusting other people because I used to get bullied so if a teacher who is willing to help and teach students expects me to tryst him and open up within a blink of a eye forget it You have to earn my trust
The guy with the pony tail who answers the question correctly was young in this scene. He grew up to be an even better actor. My favorite role is him playing "Henry" on Longmire
@@pablodm9 Nah. He made it work, and his students had a lot of success. And yes, a lot his students were involved in gangs when they were teenagers, that was that part of L.A. in the 80's. But he found a good way to relate to them; the shared culture certainly helped.
This movie came out in 1988.. there's a lot of things said here that are considered today as politically incorrect and offensive. In HS and College today, you'd be fired if you said those things.
@@PureAwesomeMess yeah, but how’s he gonna get fired when these kids all live by a code not to tell on anybody? 😂 you think they’re gonna walk into the administration office?
@@repaleonhalo9754 it’s always the privileged white kids that can’t hang in a tough environment. Not saying all white kids aren’t tough, but the ones who end up shooting schools are soft as cake because they never learned to stick up for themselves.
@@j.vinton4039 yes it usually is indeed.. Those videos always start with ' From a place you never expect' Then they show some big mansion of a rich kids family and im like Uh Actually its always these places 😄
Loved this movie, it's pure inspiration. Teachers should take some sociology classes in order to understand the classroom culture. Once everyone is on board and feels like a team, it's a collective and inspiring session!
Teachers do take sociology classes, but students who succeed KNOW THAT SCHOOL IS A PLACE FOR EDUCATION. When a student comes to class with a closed mind, why should any teacher even want to teach that person? Make it difficult and you are excluded, as an adult you are fired from your job, that is reality. I taught High School Biology, college Medical Law and Ethics Human Physiology and Anatomy. So who are you explaining how to teach to? Not teachers.
@@christinemeleg4535 yes there in lies the whole thmes of themovie that hes trying to reach kids who come form a culture where theres not alot of value put on school learning..they dont see it as apath to anywhere ..so hes breaking through trying to reach them
This is what teaching should be about. We are the smartest creature on this planet. There are no stupid human beings, just willful ignorance. If you don't know something it's because you choose not to know it. Soak up any information you come across and store it for later.
The diffusion of confrontational situation when Escelante told Angel "I break you neck like a toothpickkkk" is eye opening. He espected the guy to give him a hard time, but he was sattisfied with the answer and just went away. I think this was an eyeopener for Angel.
My sister won tickets to this movie,so I went with her just because it was free. Wow was I ever impressed very good movie and it was based on real events.
The dude had a potential for math, you can see it through the movie. However, he did a lot of bone head things in his life so that's why he acts like one. lol
I think he was smart but he just wanted to look cool for his homies. You can see the various times he looks at them looking for their disapproval. Also when the teacher laughs at tough guys being fast food workers his face shows that he knows there is truth to that.
He ended up scoring top tier of the test results. A lot of these guys who have strong street smarts are in fact quite book smart if they just put the effort into it.
my pre algebra teacher played this movie for his class when I was in the 8th grade. I forgot the name but I always wanted to find the movie again. I didn't expect it to show up in my recommendations
I went to a business conference once. They had free breakfast beforehand, so I got some food and sat down at a table with just one other person. I looked at the guy and he was a dead ringer for Lou Diamond Phillips. I said "Has anybody ever told you that you look like the actor from La Bamba" and he said "Only every day of my life.".
The class he teaches are for the kids who are far behind all the way to 7th or 8th grade. That's why they are learning and subtract negatives and positives.
I still use this example of "dig a hole" and "fill the hole" to teach my grade 9s integers. It's actually quite amazing how simple everyday life examples help make abstract ideas like math much easier.
There was a school program named after Jaime Escalante and it was dedicated to reaching out to kids from low class families and helping them in math. I was lucky to be chosen for the program and they helped me improve my math skills. This man deserves more recognition.
Hope all goes well for you
How do i reach teez keeeeeedz
Those shouldn’t be special programs. That level of curriculum should be available, even mandatory, for all kids. A quality education shouldn’t be like winning the lottery.
òrale
My mom was in that exact program at Garfield High and she’s very fond of her experience
He truly wanted the best for his students. Eventually they all saw it.
Lol
My favorite version of these stories is the one told by the movie "187" featuring Samuel L Jackson
This is an awesome way of teaching. Too bad general teachers today are too lazy and dumb to teach
Nah, you’re just projecting. nothing to do with the quality of the teachers, you are the lazy and stupid one.
Lol they were chicano and chicana varrios well some of them not all of them in the class
I think his biggest problem is all his students are 25 and still in high school.
Or the fact that 30 year old high schoolers are struggling with 2 + -2.
What's worse is negative numbers are taught in the 5th or 6th-grade. Why is a highschool class teaching negatives like it's a new concept?
LOL
Back then, high school kids did look 30. I think it was multiple things contributing like 2nd hand smoke / parents smoking next to children just to name a few.
@@maruraba1478: It was the steroids in the milk. Most people nowadays don't even let their kids have milk. It's all soy and the kids still look like kindergarteners in high school.
It’s sad how the school system screwed over the real Jaime Escalante. Arguably one of the best teachers ever, and he received death threats from the union because his class sizes were too big due to the students wanting his classes. He walked without even a thank you. The math program collapsed after he left.
Lol imagine a bunch of teachers literally threatening to kill you cause you're better at your job than they are. Would've sued and told them whoever still has a problem see me after class 😂
He pushed for school choice and the Big Education Political Corp of Calif went for his throat.
I’ve never even heard of this movie or this individual but it’s clear he had the talent of being able to reach a large group of individuals at the same time by presenting the concept in ways they already understood, and once their minds made that connection he was able to ride the wave.
There is an often used analogy about teaching a fish to climb a tree and the point is that each students learn differently.
What gets missed in that analogy is sometimes you have teachers that TEACH differently and maybe we shouldn’t dictate teacher only teach 25-35 students in sessions only lasting 45-52 minute daily. Some teachers are better at teaching half that at half that time, some twice that, but requiring twice the time
@@TownBiness97 It's the union and their tactics that did it. Large unions not to messed around with, they will intimidate and kill your family members before going after you. Many of them, particularly public sector ones, are just legalized criminal organizations.
Pity, seems every corner he's needed. The school system is in need of fixing
Finger man and net head 😂😂😂lol
Sounds like it good comic book. Orale
Sounds like a comic book villain Taunting the main duo of hero’s, lol.
wa ra lee
imagine that was the next movie after stand and deliver😂😂😂
Love this, he got on their level, spoke their language and gained their respect. One cannot teach until they gain the respect of the students. And body did he gain their respect.
Well said brother
exactly!!
“I brake your neck like a toothpick”. Lol wonder if that line was improvised... the look on Lou’s face was priceless
Um, if it were a two-shot and you saw his reaction without an edit, you might wonder that. But it's also in the script.
I don't get that part (I haven't watched the movie). Why would he say something like that, at this point? Is he some academical-vigilante or this word combination means something in the context of the movie?
@@todorkolev7565 he was reaching to him on his level
@@todorkolev7565 He was teasing him.
william rivera good on ya, Bill.
He passed this week. A flipping monster of man. RIP Jamie Escalante.
He died 11 years ago. Learn math nethead. W t f
@@LDU1982 chill bro maybe he’s just time traveling
@David
His passing: + plus 1 week, minus 11 years, minus - 1 week
...cmaann....you can do it nethead. orlayyy; ...cmarrrn - what is the answer?
Eric Carmenez did not reach you
Rip
How do I reach these keeeeeeeeds
My name is Eric cartmenez
XD
Jesus Christ I said that line when the video started and I saw your comment XD
I was three seconds in and I looked for this. Is this the reference South Park was making?
Your comment is the true representation of "hope in humanity".
I love the character Angel. He was the smartest student in the class but his way of life often led to lack of self esteem to his abilities. The character development too; willing to go swimming at the beach despite reluctance, walking away from bad friendships despite raging peer pressure, and the determination to be better to the point where he even visit his teacher's house with his grandmother for redemption. Angel was surely a good young man, a smart young man, a man nonetheless.
Grandmother, but great comment
@@TheFederer0808 I shall edit
Yeah I felt that last part where he was surprised he said the correct answer.
@@samualjohnson5450 tell me about it.
there is a huge huge machismo peer pressure for guys like angel to NOT care about school, to not be good students , to not excel at academics ..after all who does someone like that probably have in their life as a role model thats a succesful academic?
It’s said that if teachers act like this students are actually more prone to learning and actually boost up their grades
Fellow kids
Damn right, if my teachers were mexican and acted like this and walked up to a student to pressure them and subtly mentioned they would break their neck, a few people would learn mighty fast
I dunno, this teacher being kind offensive but I suppose that is how you make some people remember.
Tough love.
Situations vary with different types of people etc. Some teachers need to let their kids skip school to learn better.
"Its said" headss
"Your going to let those burros laugh at you" lmao
What is a "burro", ese?
@@nocturnaljoe9543 donkey. it is like saying "a dumb person"
@@mexman000 Either you don't speak Spanish or you suck. Who would eat a donkey?
@@johnnymcblaze it's like mutton
Can tell you got a lot of Gringos in the comment section acting like the came from the barrio. Burros is Donkey's. Calling the rest of the class donkeys to make him feel better. Something you eat, you might be thinking of Churros lmfaoooo
Between "Stand & Deliver" and "American Me," no one can deliver an ¡Órale! like Edward James Olmos.
Exactly!
Simon
Zoot Suit thats the Original Orale!!! He ever done
Dont forget Selena homes
So say we all!
This scene subconsciously shaped a huge portion of my personality without even realizing it.
Simone now I talk all funny aye
Whatta superb compliment
Amazing scene. Not just because of the way the teacher cares for his students, but the way he humanizes math. I have struggled with math my entire life, but him relating it to something as simple as digging a hole and filling it in makes it much easier to understand.
Selena's dad teaching Ritchie Valens math.
😂 yes
You're Minnnnnne
And we belong togetherrrrrrr
Yes we belong togetherrrrrrrr
Fooorrrrr eternityyyyyyyyyyyy
It’s Cruzito from Blood In Blood Out. Vatos Locos forever carnal!
Standing Bear says the answer is Cero ... good job Standing Bear 🐻
So you want likes? Is that it? Is that why you wrote this?.... Go clean up your room
The way that kids face lights up when he feels accomplishment.
HE's like I can't believe I knew the answer
Bruh his face didn’t light up. He was just thinking about the fact that the teacher just threatened him. How can someone misread the situation that bad
@@meat. hahahahahahahhahahahaha foreal...just goes to show 2 plus 2 doesn't always equal 4 to everyone hahaha
Seriously though, these keeds are way too old to teach negative and positive integers...
@@BlackTar2 hahaha I'm saying people these days have their own truths even when it comes to math hahaha
I taught basic algebra to kids in LA as part of part time job I took in 2011 as an assistant in a charter school. Those teachers had a very difficult job. Those students were gifted and downright brilliant. To teachers in the USA who go above and beyond to reach kids who are at risk, respect ✊🏼❤️🇺🇸.
Thank u
I remember the first time I learned about negative numbers in high school, right before I learned calculus and passed the AP test. Mr. Cartmenez was a great teacher
I think for me it was how my family showed me the thermometer outside the door in the winter, but for negative it was usually the Celsius scale not Fahrenheit
Cartmen from south park?
The teacher must have also said “orale”
Did Cartman teach you how to cheat too?
Did you have F U C K Y O U Tattoed on your knuckles at the time
This movie and the story behind it always brings great pride to myself, and I'm sure, many other graduates of Garfield High School, especially those of us that are from roughly the same time period. I got to meet Mr. Escalante, but never his student, instead under one of the teachers that became his hand picked successor, Villavicencio. I didn't go high in math, I was interested more in the other classes such as the social sciences, history, etc but I feel that what he started reverberated throughout the school. For those of us in the AP and Honors classes, we definitely benefitted, and we were the only inner city school in LAUSD that would also compete at a decent level with the richer schools during the Academic Decathlon. I will always be proud of my alma mater!!!
I loved this movie. It shows how people can change when you show and recognize their worth and potential, in short they learn what it means to be valued.
its amazing what a bit of love can do
We need more comedic teachers like this guy even though it's from a movie
Johnny Gomez We need teachers that actually care.
Alvaro Devora we need students who care
Jaime Escalante, in his movie portrayal, was a bully prick to the students. He was not funny. He cared about his students, but he went over the line a few times with his "comedy."
Johnny Sickness02 I have one teacher who is something like this
That is not "tough love." Jaime tried way too hard to be a tough guy control freak.
I'm about to turn 50 next month, remember seeing this when it first came out, and just sat down with my 12.5-year-old to watch it again last week. She loved it. It's a timeless movie and proves what a dedicated, strong teacher who loves his students and loves to teach can do. Kids will almost always rise to the level of expectations one sets for them when they know you care! p.s. Saw this after La Bamba and have been in love with Lou Diamond Phillips ever since - lol!
I just turned 45. My sin just turned 17. I taught him this when he was in elementary school. He is in his freshman year of college this year. I adore this film.
Edward James Olmos.
On one hand, he can play Mr. Escalante.
On the other hand, he can play Lieutenant Martin Castillo.
Despite differences between these two characters, he does both roles well.
Gifted actor.
Don't forget Admiral William Adama.
and the gangster in American me
Yall forgot Selenas dad
@@JordanExchange "SO SAY WE ALL!"
@@JordanExchange so say we all
It’s amazing how the thug’s look of disdain changed to confusion when his answer was correct. It raised his self esteem
“How do I reach these kieeeedz?” This is totally an inspiration for that South Park episode where Cartman teaches inner city kids in Denver
That episode is literally based on this movie, except eric cartman, being eric cartman ,teaches the kids to cheat and get away with it lol
There is an American Dad episode called Stan Dan Deliver, that is also exactly the same.
The hair net is for his shift at McDonald’s
This is how the gangs teach newbies to dig holes.
Lol
Minus 2 plus 2
Dig a hole, that's -2, add a body that's +1, fill the rest of the hole, that's +1 again. Spread the remaining +1 around to cover your tracks. Zero witnesses.
That's literally the best explanation of negative numbers I've ever heard tbh
I had a teacher like this in my forensics class, he had nicknames for everyone.
Mine was sleepy because I was usually nodding off.
Silvaretha
It should have been junkhead
Crackhead
Prolly cuz of the heroin
Wow Dude sleepy or crack head😂
in high school my chemistry teacher put all the "tough guys'' at the table at the back of the class. he called it the "low GPA/dropout table"
"The sand that comes out of the hole..is a Positive, the hole is a Negative".
"Net Head!" - seen this movie 50,000 times and never gets old
I remember my high school years of algebra. I guess I did ok at it I wasn't no wizard or genius though. Out of all the other subjects I had I would say it was the toughest.
My algebra teacher was just like that, everybody liked his class, most people wouldn't miss it and we all learned a lot and had fun at the same time !!!
Mine was Mrs. Deleany. We asked why with other teachers we could never get math and yet we were fluent in Algebra with her. She said she also struggled with math and wanted to show us how she learned. She was the best, so much so a better school transferred her to their school the next semester.
Admiral Adama is one heck of a math teacher.
So say we all.
There's no way in hell they wouldn't be joking about that comb over.
“Tough guys don't do math, tough guys deep fry chicken for a living.” That hurt cuz I work at Wingstop 😭😭😂
Edit: I'm surprised at how interactive this comment section is even tho its been MONTHS😂.
But he was right.
Tough guys aren't Soo cool after all. They drop out of school, work low paying jobs, end up homeless, get locked up and end up dead due to their own false pride.
Very sad reality,
and it was that way in the barrios. Very sad reality too 😢💔
To everyone reading this:
be cool by staying in school. Get a proper education, not a rap sheet. La vida Loca is not living at all.
In the end the one who choses to live it will regret it after waking up to reality one day, realizing how foolish they were wasting their life being a clown.
@@teddee4572 there are some things that only experiences can teach no matter how much you try to get it into someone’s head
@Paul I don't know about hard but enough to get a nice house next to lake, car, girl and maybe even kids if feeling like it. Couple hours of work 4 to 5 days a week for being able to get everything I want in life is worth it for me. Way better than dying in streets or jail if you ask me.
Thank you for your service
@@crazy4hire139 Aww, thank you🥺. Yeah, I have a journey ahead of me still. I'm in college & working at wingstop still lol.
I loved this movie so much. Mr. Escalante was such an awesome teacher. He really made a difference in this world.
Movie makes me cry every time, he’s really there for the kids when seemingly nobody else is, won’t let em become a lost cause .. not all hero’s wear capes
For years I thought this was called "Stand in the Liver."
😝😂😄😁😆😅🤣
😅
My mind automatically read that as "Sand in the liver".
Sounds like Rickyism
Dirty foie 😋
We watched this in my high school algebra I class and loved it. We all did impressions of him throughout the rest of the year when trying to help each other with equations.
Commander Adama was teaching Algebra before he fought the Cylons.
And Colonel Telford was his student before he joined SGC!
Lt. Castillo from Miami Vice
This movie came out a very long time ago and I actually met Mr. Escalante - WHAT A GUY! - when I worked at a nuclear plant in Idaho. Had nothing better to do that evening so I went to see him speak. He could teach a snowman how to sell ice cubes. I actually got to speak with him for like 10 minutes. We both learned from each other talking about math / algebra. He was way smarter than I - I had very little calculus in my know how, but was good enough to help a lot of kids get out of trouble with math as he did for those Latino students. I guess I'm saying if you never caught the movie, it's worth seeing! VERY worth seeing! It'll lift your spirits to say the least.
No matter how many times I have seen this film over the decades, I cheer everytime they mention Angel's test score in the end of the film.
This movie made me cry it's so beautiful even when it ends when he just laughs knowing he succeeded.
Damn if we had more teachers like this, people would be going to school more instead of dropping out.
Yes, we need much more teachers like Mr. Escalante to bring out the hidden potential in Mexican-American students, that are already there.
No, this teacher would be fired from his post for his offensive terms. This type of teaching is long dead.
@@raymond3035 na theres staff members/ security back in my old middle school who cussed you out and said jokingly threats if you were a bad kid but if a nerd reports it then yeah
Man, I havent seen this movie since I was 16 in school. Such a throwback, strong movie.
The side eye he gives his boy after answering the question shows how peer pressure really works
Edward James Olmos, a really great actor!
"How do I reeeach theze kids."
I just realized that my calculus teacher, in my senior year, acted like this guy. It was always fun and never boring. S/o to Mr Lorenzo
The way he chippers up after he gets the answer to his question, “0”… that always does it for me…
I’ve dealt with kids/teens who want to make things difficult and be rebellious towards authority figures. And sometimes you just have to show them how much easier (maybe even enjoyable) things can be when they decide to participate. Many of them just don’t understand how operating on a basis of respect makes everything easier and doesn’t waste anyone’s time.
Great movie, Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips are great actors.😊
So crazy how appearing as a cafeteria worker made you look tough back in the 80’s.
Wish I had a teacher like that. Would have learned something.
@Hideika he was actually Bolivian. I was surprised when i learned that he wasn't chicano.
If I was still in secondary school and I had a teacher like that
I wouldn't trust him at all I will have zero trust in the teacher
I won't even raise my hand and if he asks me a math question by saying fill in the problem
I would say "pass" or I won't say anything
I have difficulty trusting other people because I used to get bullied so if a teacher who is willing to help and teach students expects me to tryst him and open up within a blink of a eye forget it
You have to earn my trust
Yeah u might of learned what minus 2 is
@@teresadownes2422 by doing what ??
The guy with the pony tail who answers the question correctly was young in this scene. He grew up to be an even better actor. My favorite role is him playing "Henry" on Longmire
His name is Lou Diamond Phillips, I’m pretty sure most people know who Lou Diamond Phillips is...you didn’t even mention him by name 😂
Real world: teacher is dead on a few weeks
More real world: Teacher is fired for offensive behavior
This is based on a real story lol. And latinos have thicker skin than to be actually offended at this.
@@terraneaux real modern world then
@@pablodm9 Nah. He made it work, and his students had a lot of success. And yes, a lot his students were involved in gangs when they were teenagers, that was that part of L.A. in the 80's. But he found a good way to relate to them; the shared culture certainly helped.
This movie came out in 1988.. there's a lot of things said here that are considered today as politically incorrect and offensive. In HS and College today, you'd be fired if you said those things.
@@PureAwesomeMess yeah, but how’s he gonna get fired when these kids all live by a code not to tell on anybody? 😂 you think they’re gonna walk into the administration office?
It's unfortunate that now a days, this teacher would be fired for talking to them like that
Not where i live. Its honestly best to have a teacher the kids laugh with than laugh at. Its how they gain respect.
Teachers here in brazil are like that
Or the kid shoots the whole school
@@repaleonhalo9754 it’s always the privileged white kids that can’t hang in a tough environment. Not saying all white kids aren’t tough, but the ones who end up shooting schools are soft as cake because they never learned to stick up for themselves.
@@j.vinton4039 yes it usually is indeed.. Those videos always start with ' From a place you never expect' Then they show some big mansion of a rich kids family and im like Uh Actually its always these places 😄
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@@d2_in_yo_mom they have vanished
Loved this movie, it's pure inspiration. Teachers should take some sociology classes in order to understand the classroom culture. Once everyone is on board and feels like a team, it's a collective and inspiring session!
It's fiction about a guy who would have been killed acting that way in real life and being such a horrible teacher.
Sociology in college is brainwashing.
Teachers do take sociology classes, but students who succeed KNOW THAT SCHOOL IS A PLACE FOR EDUCATION. When a student comes to class with a closed mind, why should any teacher even want to teach that person? Make it difficult and you are excluded, as an adult you are fired from your job, that is reality. I taught High School Biology, college Medical Law and Ethics Human Physiology and Anatomy. So who are you explaining how to teach to? Not teachers.
Teachers know they can isolate one child to make the rest fall in line. It's easier that way.
@@christinemeleg4535 yes there in lies the whole thmes of themovie that hes trying to reach kids who come form a culture where theres not alot of value put on school learning..they dont see it as apath to anywhere ..so hes breaking through trying to reach them
Edward James Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips: love their work. 👍🏼
No gonna lie
One of the Best educational movies when growing up.
The teacher has an incredible amount of charisma.
I went through LA once and saw Edward James Olmos’s character from this movie painted on the side of a whole downtown building it looked so cool
Needs a restored 4k/bluray release
This is what teaching should be about. We are the smartest creature on this planet. There are no stupid human beings, just willful ignorance. If you don't know something it's because you choose not to know it. Soak up any information you come across and store it for later.
Is that the guy who portrayed Richie Valens in La Bamba?
Hugo Xu yes
Hugo Xu Lou Diamond Phillips.
Orale lol
no thats Standing Bear
Yes
The diffusion of confrontational situation when Escelante told Angel "I break you neck like a toothpickkkk" is eye opening. He espected the guy to give him a hard time, but he was sattisfied with the answer and just went away. I think this was an eyeopener for Angel.
I think he De - Escalante'd the situation in a very professional manner
My sister won tickets to this movie,so I went with her just because it was free.
Wow was I ever impressed very good movie and it was based on real events.
Love this guy. Hes a great teacher.
"Oooh, Finger Man..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lou diamond Phillips shoulda got an Oscar nod for this role he was amazing
I believe net head was the one that got the highest score on the test too. (scored a 5).
Oscar Perez lmao
@@norinrad7676 hes being for real...
The dude had a potential for math, you can see it through the movie. However, he did a lot of bone head things in his life so that's why he acts like one. lol
And the smart girl score one of the lowest. XD Irony
@Texan Child Oh for real? How come? I know it's based on a true story. But you know why?
"Don't look at me puppet" 😂😂😂😂
After seeing this Cartman totally nailed the character
it's great how his combover changes every couple seconds.
0:42 when i was in school i wouldve instantly responded by saying you ever had a full head of hair 😂😂😂
Beyond being the one of the best movies ever was it was based on a True story of a man's life and his perseverance.
I really didnt think he was going to get the answer right...
I think he was smart but he just wanted to look cool for his homies. You can see the various times he looks at them looking for their disapproval. Also when the teacher laughs at tough guys being fast food workers his face shows that he knows there is truth to that.
He ended up scoring top tier of the test results. A lot of these guys who have strong street smarts are in fact quite book smart if they just put the effort into it.
That hole analogy was actually pretty good
We need teachers like that
my pre algebra teacher played this movie for his class when I was in the 8th grade. I forgot the name but I always wanted to find the movie again. I didn't expect it to show up in my recommendations
One of the greatest movies ever made.
Man i think we learned this when we were 11 years old, these students look like they are ready for life and only now they learn negative numbers.
I went to a business conference once. They had free breakfast beforehand, so I got some food and sat down at a table with just one other person. I looked at the guy and he was a dead ringer for Lou Diamond Phillips. I said "Has anybody ever told you that you look like the actor from La Bamba" and he said "Only every day of my life.".
Plot twist. It WAS Lou Diamond Phillips.
@@joshhernandez5069 no plot twist. It was his stunt double
You'd be surprise. I actually met a person who looks just like Gru from Despicable Me. He was chunky but he had the face features.
@@GingerBreadMan1178 did you call him “Gru”
Fun fact: Just the year before (1987), Edward James Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips co-starred opposite each other in an episode of Miami Vice.
My mom went to James A. Garfield back in the day, she would always put this movie on and tell me she was Claudia every time
Cool brother. I hope your mother also inspiring other people in real life just like Claudia scene with her mother.
"Tough guys deep-fry chicken for a living."
Love that line.
Admiral Adama before the war. Oraleeeeeeeee.
He immediately mocks them 🤣🤣🤣 orale lmaooooo
I came in thinking they’d be learning derivatives and they’re learning -2+2.
Baker Harrington gotta start small lol
He says algebra at the start. So why would you think they're doing calculus?
The class he teaches are for the kids who are far behind all the way to 7th or 8th grade. That's why they are learning and subtract negatives and positives.
Thats quick maths
@@Im_Oblivion Nah man, they do that in every class. Usually in the beginning of a year they go over the basics
I'm guessing he wants to REECH these KEEDS!
"You've done a man's job sir"
Blade Runner
This Brings back memories from watching this movie in middle school
I had a couple teachers like this BECUASE the school I went to was in the top 10 highest dropout rate in high schools in all America.
Because** but you can spell any way u want thou,
in my hood homes we dont make it to highschool you pendejo, odelay
Legend says the mailman is still decomposing in the locker to this very day.
"Zero." "You've done a man's job, suh."
I just love how loud that clap was when Ritchie Valens goes odale.
0/10 unrealistic. Any teacher says "fill the hole" in a real school and the whole classroom explodes in laughter.
You in middle school or something?
I still use this example of "dig a hole" and "fill the hole" to teach my grade 9s integers. It's actually quite amazing how simple everyday life examples help make abstract ideas like math much easier.
That's because the basics of Math are derived from real life. Math was created to model real life things.
Watching this scene is crazy knowing that one of his students helped put the Perseverance rover on Mars.
"How can i teach these kiddddsssss!!!" Love south park never took this movie serious agian