Stand and Deliver

The Teacher does not adapt to the group of students that he has, granted this is just the first day. I do admire though his attempt to make a joke to appeal to the class. He uses physical examples and questions the class with what they have, then makes jokes to get the attention of the class. He puts the bad kids in the front of the class, then makes fun of him by insulting the bad kid in the same way the kid tried to insult him. He doesn't back down from the gang boys and stands his ground. He stops a fight and. He again insults the bad kids further putting them down. He is persistent with trying to teach the bad kids. He begins to get the respect of the students. He uses multiple teaching techniques to help the class. He defends the students in the teacher counsel. He willingly helps the students. I admire how he openly humiliates students. He Goes the extra mile to make sure that the kids get the education they need.

From the beginning of the movie Mr. Escalante is seen to insult students to get them to do work. One scene is when he confronts a student who gives him the middle finger. Mr Escalante then calls him finger boy from that point on and insults his intelligence. This is effective  teaching because it demonstrates that the teacher is not willing to put up with students "games" and shows that he can bite back with equally witty remarks. Another scene of good teaching is when Mr. Escalante uses multiple teaching methods to get the class to learn. He does so by not only using his board but by also making his students repeat what is written on the board. But best of all Mr. Ecalante refuses to give up on students and persist by teaching harder and harder classes and having all of his students continue on with each class.