Notes on Stand and Deliver

Main character is Jaime Escalante, used to do work with computers but decided he wants to teach instead

He gets to work by driving through the ghetto with music that is stereotypical of movies from the 1980s playing

He was supposed to teach computer science but there aren't computers and there is not computer science course

His class is very attentive

Some of his students do not speak English, but he speaks Spanish

The bell rang several minutes into class and everyone left

Teachers futilely attempting to get people back into class

His radio was stolen during the day

He had another job but wants to teach

He has a wife and a kid

He dresses as a chef, and using a German accent, he slices an apple

Some Mexican students show up late to class, he attempts to teach them multiplication but they threaten him

He later finds them fighting and stops one from joining in

He teaches the students negative numbers

Jaime believes that students will rise to the expectations set

Gives a student extra books so he won't be seen carrying them around

Girl refuses to take the test or do her homework and is made to sit in a chair at the front of the classroom as punishment

Having dinner with the father of one of his students, telling him he should let his daughter continue her education.

Teaching his students algebra

Wants to teach students calculus, requiring them to take prerequisite courses during the summer

Students try to drop a trash can on him, chase ensues, they climb fences to get away

Most students sign up for the calculus class and he begins teaching it

Uses a car analogy to convince one of the students to take calculus instead of dropping out and getting a job in a union