This guy has some serious class. No literally, he's a computer science teacher. Well, technically now he's a math teacher. At least in this scenario he is. Anyway, let me get back to Mr. Escalante's character.
Mr. Escalator is a determined, shot to the heart, reckless high school teacher who finds a way to relate to the worst of the worst in this high school. He uses methods such as hands on, daily applicable situations such as jiggalos having many girlfriends as a word problem for math, and also apples to signify fractions and percentages. As the class moves on, Mr. Eggidor brings his coach like aspect to his teaching style. Not accepting tardiness, lack of work, and any less than is expected from his students. His expectations for each and every one of them is set high, and through a team mindset coaches them to all follow along with his plan; a plan that involves going from simple algebra to calculus in two years. He is breaking down everyone to the point of utter frustration, and then bringing them back up again. I'm thoroughly enjoying this movie so far and looking forward to part two.
I agree with your comments on the film, I also find your spelling humorous.
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying the movie too! Definitely a lot more than I thought I would... He's a great teacher. He knows how to teach the kids, how they'll best listen to him and I wish more teachers were like him.
ReplyDeleteyes the adaptability that he shows when using those unorthodox measures are absolutely the signs of a great teacher and the persistence and discipline that he is instilling in them will be a great asset throughout life.
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