i swear I heard him say "I won't be able to count to ten" ...as in telling them to be careful cause otherwise the teacher will get hurt and not be able to count for them
Mr. Jaime Escalante is one of the few bolivian prides, his teaching methods still are applied in some schools, since the last government restructured the education, as a good socialist government, everybody ignorant is what they want, hope things change now that a new government will come on May. Greetings from Bolivia my friends.
This just goes to show the amount of s**t teachers have to go through to impart knowledge to their students. Much respect for them. You really do appreciate your past teachers the more you grow up. They had a huge impact on who you are now.
@@aelix56 Sounds like you should do what I did, and become a teacher, so that it doesn't happen on your watch. You can also enjoy your agoraphobia in sadness, another commendable option.
And today, instead of imparting math knowledge, they want you to change your gender. F%@k teachers today. They lost my respect. There may be some normal, human ones, but the fringe lunatics have taken over. Education is dead.
He's actually filipino, hawaiian, chinese, spanish, scottish/irish, and also has some cherokee Indian. Probably why he can pull off so many different roles so well.
met him in a poker room (he was in my smaller town to shoot a movie, so came to play because he was a bit bored). Super nice guy, very quiet. Was willing to talk about anything.
Just for you to know, this man was so important in Bolivia, that we have a school in his name In one of our cities (literally called "Jaime Escalante" School), which he used to came until his lasts days to teach math to the students and even to children of 8 years old by using puppets and other toys. As one of those kids I feel proud and thankful. Oh. And yeah, math is a strong subject in the school (English and Literature too). Ps: Fun fact; the motto of the school is "con ganas de triunfar" or rufly translated: with "ganas" of success.
The nurse who helped my grandmother on hospice was one of his students( no one of the students depicted in the movie ) said Mr Escalante was one of the most down to earth people you could ever meet
If only they knew one would be strangled by his own brother and the other die in a plane crash shortly after reaching rock n roll stardom maybe they might have taken math class more seriously
"Tough" kids who play it strong but can't look another man in the eyes when they're talking to them and can't be alone with another man because they don't fight alone. I know it's just a movie, but I also know there are people like that 😅
Trumpies also wear sun glasses and love to hide their smug expression behind those shades 👓 aleast the guy who called the shots didn’t had any on him .
Well there's also people like you who can't read the room, he is avoiding eye contact which is his way of showing he don't care what he's talking about
Agent Orange it’s a real gang from East LA. Hollywood usually doesn’t depict real gangs but in this movie and in the movie Colors they do. In Colors they had White Fence
As a young *hated* Chicano I found this inspiring. As a stupid ex-felon, I find it even more inspiring. I hope I have children to show them this movie.
He was my algerba 2 teacher in high school in my sophmore year....i never took geometry, which i was supposed to take but they skipped me from algerba to algerbra 2, lets just say he took pity on me and gave me a passing grade. He was pretty much the same in real life as in the movie,and he really cared about the students. R.I.P.
Maybe the best high school teacher in US history. Arrived at one of the worst schools in the country and turned into a machine that would produce students that went to UCLA and USC.
My teacher in I think it was 9th grade showed us this movie... Here in Israel. But I don't think it was the math teacher though. I think it was the Bible teacher.
I never saw this movie...but I remember flunking the majority of my math classes during high school...One of my last math teachers in high school kept kicking me out if the classroom, apparently, I asked too many questions trying to genuinely understand the material... it was heartbreaking....But when I got to college, I was A's all the way through....I had some awesome math professors and tutors who helped me so much...It felt so good to realize, I was never dumb or stupid, I just had the wrong teachers
Instead of just showing this movie to your students to spark something in them. How about YOU learn from this movie and apply it to your teaching methods. Truth be told, some teachers got it, others don't. Some (not all) people have become teachers for the wrong reasons. But if its in your heart...you'll know that this isn't some 'JOB'. Then just be you, gain their trust first, add creativity, patience, transparency, love, persistence, and consistency and they open up.
@@Polarcupcheck Well sure, "to be good". But one need not be good to be a public school teacher. If a person has a real passion for history, and has a masters degree in the subject, then yes, they might make a good public highschool history teacher...but that's not even close to the norm, and you know it.
You are incorrect, for In fact it was not about control it was is about self respect. The other kids meant nothing to the group unless they stepped out of line in disrespect or however if common grounds were found then that could lead to a type of brotherhood for a bigger cause
That movie inspired me to do my best in math while going to high school in Inglewood, CA. I eventually got to calculus in and linear algebra in college, and did very well. I eventually earned a BS in Electrical Engineering. Then moved on to making six figures at an easy job. Life has been full of amazing blessings thanks to little morsels of hope that you find along the way.
back to math class for you --- you would have to be born in the late 70s at a minimum ,in order to mentally understand the plot. What 8 year old could grok this?
My spanish teacher showed us this, but I swear to god he was exactly like this teacher. Also he's the only person I've ever heard of getting struck by lightning twice. Shout out to Dan ayub one of my favorite teachers I've had the honor of being taught by.
One of the better movies about education. Lou Diamond Phillips and EJ Olmos are both tremendous. That last part when they are revealing the students’ scores is really cool. ‘The Rocky’ of education movies!
I love that finger man scene. That's brilliant. LOL I still see that attitude in the schools, and how some of the kids will be divisive and even try to get people fired. Real nice! On the contrary, I like helping people, but I don't appreciate being degraded. I"m a human being. I don't offer my services for free. No one should.
Grew up in east LA school system in the early to late 90's. Most of the vatos locos dropped out by high school or got expelled. I knew this one kid in elementary that was so smart, but his family was in a gang, so he dropped out in jr high. Also same class, a girl went to brown university. It really matters how you raise them. Some don't get a chance at the very beginning.
I expected Fingerman to be a major character on the first watch, I thought he'd be one of those students who is playing up a tough facade but eventually seeks help from Escalante, but after the scene where he gets a speeding ticket and Angel walks away from him he's never seen again
More students, especially the kids of this gen have to watch this, I made a top 10 movies on my channel and had to include this, prob one of the best movies they showed me back in grade school.
Lou Diamond Phillips does a great job at portraying a Latino. He's Native America. A great actor. I'm a fan. My mother looks Latino, but she is Jewish, Dutch, and some Native.
What do you call a little Mexican?
- A paragraph, because he's not a full essay yet.
Dang I felt that
@@gisellemartinez8413 Oraleee
Who said dat? ha.
😂😂
I never had calculus throughout high school i had algebra 1 in freshman year geometry in sophomore year and algebra 2 in junior year
Wow, Selenas dad was a math teacher and a convict from east la who taught little puppet and Ritchie Valens algebra.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This foo😂😂😂
Best comment here! Haha
medina m lmfao
medina m and was don jhonson's boss in miami vice police department
That hand trick has saved my life a thousand times over in my math classes. Truly a film everyone should watch.
My teacher used stories she made up to drill them into my head. They worked very well but that hand trick is awesome
@@jm-tl9mm Don't talk your grammers for s***
@@jm-tl9mmbro 💀
I just realized that is a very good way to teach times tables
@@jm-tl9mm It's just about memorizing.
“Wouldn’t do that if I was you. Might lose a finger and won’t be able to count to ten”
I like that threat
Sadly these days such comments would get a teacher fired.
i swear I heard him say "I won't be able to count to ten" ...as in telling them to be careful cause otherwise the teacher will get hurt and not be able to count for them
@@oldtwinsna8347 probably not in schools like those lmao
Teacher be folding one to press the trigger
@@krazyjay9919 definitely not in schools like this, the op was raised in the burbs lol
My teacher told me to turn in my essay but I ain't no snitch....
"Esse" and "Essay" dont sound alike tbh
homes, don't do it, eh.
Lol
dario martinez you must be soooo much fun at parties. You god damn Debbie downer.
They asked if I would ever sell homes and I said hell no
Edward James Olmos was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for this role, in a highly competitive year. Well-deserved
No doubt that Dustin Hoffman’s performance from Rain Man was highly deserved, but yeah, it was tough competition.
he was also nominated for the only person at the oscar's who knew his 9x tables
Lou Diamond Phillips was really good in it, too.
He was one of the best teachers we had at Garfield High School, very passionate about teaching mathematics.
Mr. Jaime Escalante is one of the few bolivian prides, his teaching methods still are applied in some schools, since the last government restructured the education, as a good socialist government, everybody ignorant is what they want, hope things change now that a new government will come on May. Greetings from Bolivia my friends.
@jesus perez I stand corrected, he was the best teacher in the school!
Nowadays teachers cannot be like him, today students are sensitive.
was he actually a teacher there or just for the movie?
@@214_Angelo he was actually
This just goes to show the amount of s**t teachers have to go through to impart knowledge to their students. Much respect for them. You really do appreciate your past teachers the more you grow up. They had a huge impact on who you are now.
I'm depressed, agoraphobic and I gotta agree with you, they really had a huge impact on who I am now.
@@aelix56 Sounds like you should do what I did, and become a teacher, so that it doesn't happen on your watch.
You can also enjoy your agoraphobia in sadness, another commendable option.
"This just goes to show the amount of s**t teachers have to go through to impart knowledge to their students"
only when dealing with certain children
And today, instead of imparting math knowledge, they want you to change your gender. F%@k teachers today. They lost my respect. There may be some normal, human ones, but the fringe lunatics have taken over. Education is dead.
It ain''t easy. I'm in a treatment program for OCD and depression and a disturbing number of my fellow patients are teachers by trade.
Damn the teacher is bad ass. I just learned my multiplication for REAL and im 35 lol
You can learn anything at any age. Keep it up!
It only works when you multiply by 9. Also those numbers he said all add up to nine. 9×8=72. 7+2=9. 9×4=36. 3+6=9. 9×9=81. 8+1=9. 9×10=90. 9+0=9.
Uh... What? You learn multiplication when you are like 8 years old..
Masoud Sadat I learned them when I was 6 my dad forced me
You can do it ese!!! Si se puede!!!
i wouldnt mess with the teacher, he might turn into the American Me Gangsta
Rodey Shelton Edward James Olmos isn't American
+Dr. Donglepuss LOL I meant American Me from the movie where he's a gangster because in this movie He plays a nice guy a teacher
Born in Los Angeles, CA. As American as President Drumpf.
Greg Falco same here well born in Compton live in South central l.a. now in Vegas
Big Moist Yes he is American you dumbass.
I didn't see this in math class, but in English, actually... and it's still one of my favorite movies to this day.
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Oh same! my english teacher had us watch it too; i'm surprised how many classmates didn't like it..
I watched this in English Class too.
Wow your a cutie 😍
in english class you watch movies, in math class you learn and do.
WHY WAS I NEVER TAUGHT THAT HAND TRICK?!!!
•The M3ssage Man• cuz your teacher was a piece of shit
Crimson Halo no shit Sherlock
•The M3ssage Man• don't get mad at me for your teachers getting a shitty salary
I was thinking the same damn thing...
•The M3ssage Man• ☝1, ✌2,🖕3
"Do you know the times table?" Best line I ever heard from the best actor in the world. The 1980s was one hell of an era!
Lou Diamond is Filipino and was valedictorian of his high school. He's such a great actor, faking big time here lol.
Wait, WHAT?
He's actually filipino, hawaiian, chinese, spanish, scottish/irish, and also has some cherokee Indian. Probably why he can pull off so many different roles so well.
Louis Phillips doesn't sound latino or filipino lmao. And the "Diamond" part just sounds dumb
met him in a poker room (he was in my smaller town to shoot a movie, so came to play because he was a bit bored). Super nice guy, very quiet. Was willing to talk about anything.
PART Filipino
I actually did this to a guy on my construction job who flipped me the bird. Made 20 other guys laugh so hard.
no doubt you butchered the hell out of the quote though.
@@Fusion991 prob said he wanted to finger a man.
Did you do the accent too Gringo lol?
Just for you to know, this man was so important in Bolivia, that we have a school in his name In one of our cities (literally called "Jaime Escalante" School), which he used to came until his lasts days to teach math to the students and even to children of 8 years old by using puppets and other toys. As one of those kids I feel proud and thankful.
Oh. And yeah, math is a strong subject in the school (English and Literature too).
Ps: Fun fact; the motto of the school is "con ganas de triunfar" or rufly translated: with "ganas" of success.
DAMN!!! I'm mad no president ever gave this man the Medal of Freedom.
With the will to triumph. Con ganas de triunfar,💪
Con ganas de triunfar is also the name of this film in Latin America (in Spain it's Lecciones inolvidables).
Pues era Boliviano! 🙏🏽🇧🇴❤️🇲🇽
Who else watched this in their math class?
I did!
I actually thought of it earlier today, but it was so long ago I has to type "math teacher that teaches city kids" to find it lol.
I watched this in spanish class 3 years ago
6th grade homeroom
When I was in 7th grade class
I did, as a freshman in pre-algebra.
An absolutely magnificent performance. He should've won an Oscar for this film. I do not care if he was up against what's his name for Rain man.
Dustin Hoffman. That’s what’s his name. And I also think Edward should’ve won for this also.
We need more teachers like him who cares about kids quality education and for kids to turn their life around from dropping out and or joining a gang.
Ramon Menendez should’ve received an Oscar nomination for Best Director as well!!
Am I the only one whose math teachers never show movies. I only saw this in Spanish class
Purge Deadshot Same!!!
Same I seen this in my life skills class
KnuckleMan I actually saw this in my math class.
I was shown this in English class.
KnuckleMan same
The nurse who helped my grandmother on hospice was one of his students( no one of the students depicted in the movie ) said Mr Escalante was one of the most down to earth people you could ever meet
Excellent movie - true story. Mr. Escalante was an amazing teacher.
Is mr. Escalante still living?
@@Wowback no , he dies a republican some years ago
@@Wowback he died in 2009 or 2010 I was a sophomore in the same school where the movie was filmed at. Also where Mr. escalante taught at
Watching this now in 2021. I didnt realize at the time what a gem this movie was.
"Cut me a deal like the other Professors... I read my funny books, count the holes in the ceiling, kick back." 😎
"... finger man ahh... I've heard about you..." 😂🤣😂🤣😎lmao
Mr. Nobody dead
"Finger" man lmao
Mr. Nobody 😒 why do you have my name?
Edward James Olmos was so friggin awesome in this movie. If I had teachers like that I would've loved school.
This is still a classic scene! I use to watch this movie all the time as a kid. HBO loved playing Stand and Deliver back in the day.
Man, the 80's Latin thug was something else.
They would still look like this, but they are all in San Quinton.
They're all like this to in California bro
Person Califas ese
Pachucos
Bunch of scraps beefing with a teacher. Dumb mfers
If only they knew one would be strangled by his own brother and the other die in a plane crash shortly after reaching rock n roll stardom maybe they might have taken math class more seriously
Haha no one got this dude.
God I was strong back then!
😂
Lol dude....
Who was strangled by their brother??
The level of psychological warfare here is borderline Cold War lmao
"Tough" kids who play it strong but can't look another man in the eyes when they're talking to them and can't be alone with another man because they don't fight alone. I know it's just a movie, but I also know there are people like that 😅
Trumpies also wear sun glasses and love to hide their smug expression behind those shades 👓 aleast the guy who called the shots didn’t had any on him .
And me personally if I don’t look at chu inna eyes is cos ion respect u is not cos I’m on none 🤣
@@unknownnnn8006 What language is this?
Well there's also people like you who can't read the room, he is avoiding eye contact which is his way of showing he don't care what he's talking about
I can't imagine how many Latinos grew up on Edward James Olmos movies
I didn't have to, grew up on life in New Mexico LOL.
Mostly all of us 😂
@@danbam3411 exactly!
todo senor
Yup
80’s movies were by far the best!
Don't look at me
Don't look at me
Little puppet
God damn me
@@Ori0n1975 that's one of the heaviest scenes in a gang/prison movie. Damn
"We seen vatos like you before "LOL WHAAAT TEACHERS"? 😂😂
The "ponte trucha" part, priceless. 😂
Hajajajja😅😂
Teachers showed this in class when their kids were being disrespectful 😂
When our class acted out they put on The Substitute.
Finger man, I heard about you. Are you the finger man? LMAO kills me everytime
That vato had Maravilla on the back of his jacket
noticed that also
7601jrod WTF is that?
it's a street gang hispanic old varrio
Agent Orange it’s a real gang from East LA. Hollywood usually doesn’t depict real gangs but in this movie and in the movie Colors they do. In Colors they had White Fence
7601jrod correct
I watched this in Spanish class. My teacher stanned this movie.
One of the best scenes in film history.
This triggers my ASMRs, I feel like I have to close my eyes and fall asleep.
This was probably Olmos' best performance. This movie was ahead of its time. Simón.
As a young *hated* Chicano I found this inspiring. As a stupid ex-felon, I find it even more inspiring. I hope I have children to show them this movie.
@@thevulture5750 mentally and spiritually yes, being broke is nothing compared to being morally corrupted in my opinion.
Idk why little puppet is giving him a hard time, Santana was willing to give him a pass 😒
He was my algerba 2 teacher in high school in my sophmore year....i never took geometry, which i was supposed to take but they skipped me from algerba to algerbra 2, lets just say he took pity on me and gave me a passing grade. He was pretty much the same in real life as in the movie,and he really cared about the students. R.I.P.
Maybe the best high school teacher in US history.
Arrived at one of the worst schools in the country and turned into a machine that would produce students that went to UCLA and USC.
"Gotta come to this class prepaaared...."
"I do the work in my heeaaad...."
Brings back memories of high school, when all my fellow students were in their late 20s
One dude was in the same class as his kid.
late 20s?! you bullshit
As a teacher, I showed this in my math class back in 2006 at Elsik High School in Houston Texas
So original... Sigh
That’s something an amateur novice would do
My teacher in I think it was 9th grade showed us this movie... Here in Israel. But I don't think it was the math teacher though. I think it was the Bible teacher.
Honestly One Of The Best Moivies From Lou Daimond Philips - Best Movie I Have Watched This Summer ! 1:00 I Do The Work On My Head !
I can’t tell if I’m watching Selena or La Bamba.
I thought this was young guns.
I thought blood in blood out
Sle-bamba 😂
😂
Hahaha funny mi amigos
One of the greatest movies of its time.
WHY WAS LITTLE PUPPET LOOKING AT HIM,,,
Armida Zepeda don’t look at me little puppet! Don’t look!
😂
He wanted some chon chon'
hahahahah chon chon
Cuzz he wasn't getting strangled.
I never saw this movie...but I remember flunking the majority of my math classes during high school...One of my last math teachers in high school kept kicking me out if the classroom, apparently, I asked too many questions trying to genuinely understand the material... it was heartbreaking....But when I got to college, I was A's all the way through....I had some awesome math professors and tutors who helped me so much...It felt so good to realize, I was never dumb or stupid, I just had the wrong teachers
Can't get enough of this movie.
I thank my 8th grade teacher for showing me this film.
I loved watching this in class.
Finger man...I heard about you... lol. What a great line.
How do i reach this kidssssss!!!!
I love this teacher. Almost reminds me of some teachers I've had in my past. The dude is a true teacher. XD Go Mr. Escalante Go!
Instead of just showing this movie to your students to spark something in them. How about YOU learn from this movie and apply it to your teaching methods. Truth be told, some teachers got it, others don't. Some (not all) people have become teachers for the wrong reasons. But if its in your heart...you'll know that this isn't some 'JOB'. Then just be you, gain their trust first, add creativity, patience, transparency, love, persistence, and consistency and they open up.
TRUTH BE TOLD BY ONE PERSON ON YT 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
It is a system, they don't allow such deviation from the teacher's part.
Polarcupcheck
That's why anyone can teach.
You basically just follow the instructions.
@@AZ-kr6ff That is not true, you need extensive knowledge of the subject matter to be good.
@@Polarcupcheck
Well sure, "to be good".
But one need not be good to be a public school teacher.
If a person has a real passion for history, and has a masters degree in the subject, then yes, they might make a good public highschool history teacher...but that's not even close to the norm, and you know it.
Eddie Olmos is great in whatever he plays. Miami Vice or American Me. Doesn't matter, he always excels in his roles.
Saw this as a 16 year old in the theaters back then.
Feel old lol
“I wouldn’t do that if I were you. Might lose a finger. Then you won’t be able to count to ten.”
But then he just lets him pat his face...
It's hilarious how important it is to these kids to control and dominate the social hierarchy of a math class. Probably all their other classes too.
They have so little control over anything else lol
You are incorrect, for In fact it was not about control it was is about self respect. The other kids meant nothing to the group unless they stepped out of line in disrespect or however if common grounds were found then that could lead to a type of brotherhood for a bigger cause
1:45 is genuinely terrifying!!
*Tough guys don't do math, tough guys DEEP FRY CHICKEN for a living!*
This guy is actually a cool teacher. I wish I had a teacher like that
That movie inspired me to do my best in math while going to high school in Inglewood, CA. I eventually got to calculus in and linear algebra in college, and did very well. I eventually earned a BS in Electrical Engineering. Then moved on to making six figures at an easy job. Life has been full of amazing blessings thanks to little morsels of hope that you find along the way.
I wasn’t born in the 1980s or 90s but this movie is one of my favorites
back to math class for you --- you would have to be born in the late 70s at a minimum ,in order to mentally understand the plot. What 8 year old could grok this?
I saw "The Kid" and I mentally capable of understanding the movie without words
Guy playing the teacher is a brilliant actor. so unrated.
I never knew you could multiply like that🤯🤯🤯🤯
My spanish teacher showed us this, but I swear to god he was exactly like this teacher. Also he's the only person I've ever heard of getting struck by lightning twice. Shout out to Dan ayub one of my favorite teachers I've had the honor of being taught by.
If a had a teacher like this, I'd probably have enough motivation to go to college.
BelowAverageLuke I Agree
This teacher was awesome!
My CSP teacher was one of the original escalante students.
"I wouldn't do that if I was you.. might lose a finger and won't be able to count to 10" 😂
Lil Puppet survived and went back to get his Diploma
The real question here is why is the teacher wearing a cooking apron and hat in a math class lol.
He was chopping apples as part of the lesson.
I like how they did this scene. Nice stuff
One of the better movies about education. Lou Diamond Phillips and EJ Olmos are both tremendous. That last part when they are revealing the students’ scores is really cool. ‘The Rocky’ of education movies!
I love that finger man scene. That's brilliant. LOL
I still see that attitude in the schools, and how some of the kids will be divisive and even try to get people fired.
Real nice! On the contrary, I like helping people, but I don't appreciate being degraded. I"m a human being. I don't offer my services for free. No one should.
Are there actually people out there who try to act tough while attending school?? 😂
My girlfriend calls me the finger man too.
Yeah but she calls me the fist man
This movie is a work of art
The whole time I thought Lou was Mexican but he’s really Filipino
What’s the difference 😂
Filipinos are just Asian mexicans
I watched this movie in Spanish class back in high school. Excellent movie
Eddie Olmos was robbed of that Oscar...
Grew up in east LA school system in the early to late 90's. Most of the vatos locos dropped out by high school or got expelled. I knew this one kid in elementary that was so smart, but his family was in a gang, so he dropped out in jr high. Also same class, a girl went to brown university. It really matters how you raise them. Some don't get a chance at the very beginning.
That teacher just drop his set in front of Enrique's face and he just watched and looked at them fingers in anger and spite
I expected Fingerman to be a major character on the first watch, I thought he'd be one of those students who is playing up a tough facade but eventually seeks help from Escalante, but after the scene where he gets a speeding ticket and Angel walks away from him he's never seen again
1:15 Santana made little puppet pay for that transgression. "Dont look at me"
2024, teaching my son in the 3rd grade this trick. He thinks it's magic. Born in the 80s raised in the 90s
I was out of the system for a very long time, and it took awhile to get my skills back, but I did.
" you know the times tables?".... Hard AF!
More students, especially the kids of this gen have to watch this, I made a top 10 movies on my channel and had to include this, prob one of the best movies they showed me back in grade school.
We used watch this in highschool in 92❤😊
Lou Diamond Phillips does a great job at portraying a Latino.
He's Native America. A great actor. I'm a fan.
My mother looks Latino, but she is Jewish, Dutch, and some Native.
He's a Filipino.
Hey you're right! I heard he was an Indian, but he is Filipino.
Aren't Filipinos cool? :-)
Hey look it’s lil puppet and santana 😂
This movie is heartbreaking for me because I couldn’t finish school i failed at Physics & mathematics & chemicals & biologicals :(
My teacher showed me and a few of my classmates this movie after school and this was a awesome movie 👏 👏 👏