Mr. Escalante shows his dedication to teaching his class when
he continues to show up to class when he was supposed to be in the hospital
because he had a heart attack from being overworked
He kicked Angel out of class for being late until Angel went
to his house with his sick grandmother to explain why he was late
He makes a mistake and one of his students gets mad and
leaves but he follows her in the hall and makes up for it
His students present Jaime with a plaque for his teaching and
fix up and repaint his car
The students get angry when their scores are questioned which
shows that they care about the class as a result of Jaime’s teaching
Because everyone was doubting their success he worries that
the students “will lose their confidence in the system which they’re finally
qualified for”
Jaime goes to the school board outraged about what happened
with his student’s scores and accuses them of discrimination and tells one of
them that “If I ever see you on the street, I’ll kick the shit out of you”
After the students decide to retake the test he makes sure to
boost their confidence and spends the whole day preparing with them and even takes
them to his house and continues studying while making them dinner
His family tells him that they never see him because he’s too
dedicated and sacrifices too much for his calculus students
Because of Mr. Escalante’s dedication the school’s students
continued taking calculus for the following years and more passed every
consecutive year
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