Movie Report "Stand and Delivery"

Title of the film: Stand and Delivery
Director of the film: Ramón Menéndez Date: 1988
Actors: Edward James Olmos, Eliot, Rosanna DeSoto
Genre: Drama




l Summary and Analysis

Jamie Escalante came as a new teacher to high school in Los Angeles. He was supposed to teach computer science but he had to teach math for his new students. However, when he met his student, they were not good and not obedience. Also students did not like him. As he was teaching them math, he found that they had potential on math. Therefore, he decided to let them take AP Calculus exam and planning summer classed for exam. With efforts of Escalante and his students, his students were all passed that exam. However, ETS got suspicion that how they get passed even they were not in good economic status. Therefore, his students got retest and they get passed the test from ETS also they got the original score that they got from AP Calculus exam.



l Reaction to Case Study

This movie and the case study of the unit 1 are about motivation. Both of them deal with what are the ways to give motivation to students and how to get motivation from instructor. In the unit 1, Chang got misunderstood from the professor and the way of giving motivation of the professor was not appropriate. However in the movie, Jamie Escalante chose the best way that can give his student motivation and attitude of the students was changed gradually by Jamie Escalante. Therefore motivation is depend on the instructor and students both of them.



l Reaction to film

In this movie, I was so impressed about the way of teaching of Jamie Escalante and his ability. At first, his students were not obedient, but he did not give up. He tried to give motivation to them with his special way of education. Also I got impressed about his ability that drawing potential of the each of the student. Students in the movie also had good attitude that I can learn from them. They did not give up either and they got the best result at last. It is one of the attitudes that are patient to get motivation. Of course that patient is from Jamie’s way of teaching. This movie makes me think about the case study in unit one. It helps me think about how Chang and professor were wrong and how they can be getting and giving motivation each other. This movie is going to remain in my memory pretty long because I had a teacher when I was in last grade of the elementary school. It makes me remind that teacher and it thought me morals about attitude of the students and teacher.