Stand and Deliver
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Avg Rating: 4.5 of 5.0 by 68 users.
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Product Information
In this true story, a class not expected to exceed beyond basic arithmetic, thanks to an inspirational teacher, make academic history by achieving record high scores in the state's Advanced Placement Calculus Exam. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Edward James Olmos.Actors and Key Contributors: Edward James Olmos, Mark Eliot, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan, Virginia Paris,
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Spotlight Review
It's not that they're stupid, they just don't know anything
Written
By Strategos
on 2005-06-01Stand and deliver is one of my favorite movies. It's the story of a man who begins teaching at a high school in the slums of Los Angeles, expecting to teach Computer Science. When he arrives what he instead finds is that there is not computer department, and he's stuck teaching basic math to a bunch of social misfits. The beginning of this movie sets the stage wonderfully by showing us the kind of people who inhabit the city as he drives through it on the way to the first day of school. When he arrives at the school we see the students in their natural environment (and a rough one it is). What is a teacher to do?
The protagonist of this awe-inspiring story (Jaime Escalante) is a wonderful example of what can happen when a person chooses to adapt to certain environments and NO... (Read Full Review)
