Stand and Deliver (Part 2) - My notes

Stand and Deliver notes (Part 2)

·         Some students seem bored, overworked (Claudia, looking out window, left classroom)

·         “I don’t appreciate you using my personal life to entertain this class” –Claudia to Mr. E

·         “I’m in that classroom all day”- Claudia

·         Angel taking care of sick grandmother

·         “If we could pay for it we would go to a regular hospital” – Angel

·         Pancho doing problem on blackboard “My mind doesn’t work this way” “Everyone knows I’m the dumbest, I can’t handle calc.”

·         “Do you want me to do this for you?” – Mr. E.
“Yes”- Pancho
 “You’re supposed to say no!” – Mr. E

·         Escalante’s family feeling left out because he is working so much

·         Angel brings grandmother to Mr. E’s house. “I need calculus to ----a career” –Angel

·         All students got same (wrong) answer on math problem, Mr. E discourages them, insults “I don’t believe it” Leaves classroom
“Finally blew a head gasket” -student

·         Escalante over working himself

·         Has heart attack while teaching night school to adults.

·         “The man brought It on himself, he was asking for trouble” Angel

·         Pancho and Angel fight in class

·         Mr. S – substitute for Mr. E.

·         “I’ve never taught calc., really a music teacher” Mr. S

·         “The doctor says no stress for at least a month” –Son
“Then I want another doctor”  Mr. E

·         Mr. E comes back to class, Students happy to see him

·         “Shouldn’t you be in the hospital?”- Student

“I should be here with you” – Mr. E

·         Pancho answers question correctly

“I told you you could do it!” Mr. E

·         Students take test in library, woman administers it

·         Everyone goes swimming in ocean to celebrate

·         We see Pancho working on car, gets letter in the mail

·         Does not open right away. Tears it open, smiles. Obviously he passed the test

·         Shows parents and teachers in an assembly, awarding students for passing

·         Students award plaque to Mr. Escalante

·         Lupe gets phone call “is this some kind of joke?” – something is wrong

·         Accused to copying each other because they all had same wrong answers

·         “These people are human they can make mistakes too” –Mr. E

·         “These people are calling us cheaters” – Ana

·         Angel flicks cigarette at cop while in car with friend
“What, you can’t affords s knife?” –Cop
“Use a pencil, go to jail.” –Angel

·         Angel walks away from friend after cop incident, doesn’t come back even though friend wants him to.

·         Kids being questioned by school authority about test

·         Asks Ana to tell the truth
“nothing happened”- Ana

·         “If you cheated let us know so you can go home and enjoy the rest of your summer”
-School authority

·         Trying to manipulate student into saying they cheated

·         Angel makes light of situation by falsely admitting to cheating, says he strangled teacher. Class laughs. School authority leaves

·         “do you think the students cheated” Mr E to female teacher
“Mr. E, you put these kids under an awful lot of pressure, they would have gone to any length to please you”- Female teacher

·         “I believe most people who get caught today are guilty, don’t you?” Female teacher to Mr. E

·         Car went missing. Mr. E walks home

·         Mr. E. upset, sitting on bed. Wife comforts him

·         “I may have made a mistake trying to teach them calculus” –Mr. E
“Regardless of whether they passed that test, they learned” –Fabiloa
“They lost their confidence in the system they are finally qualified to be a part of.” –Mr. E

·         Student show up to his house, surprise him with fixed up car

·         Mr. E has meeting with school authority

·         “I feel I have the right to know why you think my students cheated”- Mr. E.
“problem is between ETS and the students”
“I’m their teacher, I know my students.” – Mr. E

·         “They should be rewarded not punished.” (for doing well) – Mr. E

·         “If they don’t (re-test), everyone will assume they cheated” – School authority

Everyone will assume they cheated if they do” – MR e

·         “If this was Beverly Hills high school they wouldn’t have sent you into investigate.”

·         Mr. E believes the school board is racist against his Hispanic students.

·         Students decide to take test again, only have one day to study

·         Mr. E telling the kids not to look suspicious during test “don’t give them any opportunity to call you cheaters.”
 “You are true dreamers, dreams accomplish wonderful things.”

·         “Tomorrows just another day, I’m afraid you guys are going to screw up the rest of your lives” – Mr. E

·         Students re-take test, school authority administers it

·         Shows students working intensely on test

·         Ana can’t finish test, has an apt at USC for scholarship

·         Shows Mr. Escalante nervous, anxiously awaiting test scores

·         Learns the all students get incredibly high scores on test, Angel gets 5

·         Mr. E walks away proud

·         Garfield high school has successful testing rates in the following years