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Jaime Escalante, R.I.P.
Michelle Malkin ^
| 03/30/10
| Michelle Malkin
Posted on 03/30/2010 5:38:44 PM PDT by DFG
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The educrat establishment could not stand Escalante. He did not let his students get away with being lazy and making excuses. We need more teachers like him.
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posted on
03/30/2010 5:38:44 PM PDT
by
DFG
To: DFG
It’s obvious he didn’t teach Obama.
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posted on
03/30/2010 5:41:26 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: DFG
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posted on
03/30/2010 5:41:44 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: DFG
To: DFG
Escalente was a hero of mine. In 56 years, I can count my heroes(like Reagan)at about 10.
God, he is all yours now.
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posted on
03/30/2010 5:44:11 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Support our troops....and vote out the RINOS!)
To: BubbaJunebug
I got the DVD of this story, just last week.
To: DFG
Some teachers care. It makes all the difference.
May he rest in peace.
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posted on
03/30/2010 5:46:37 PM PDT
by
Persevero
(Ask yourself: "What does the Left want me to do?" Then go do the opposite.)
To: DFG
His was a great story. My wife will be sad to hear of his passing.
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posted on
03/30/2010 5:47:11 PM PDT
by
Past Your Eyes
(You don't have to be ignorant to be a Democrat...but if you are...so what?)
To: DFG
Assuming we're talking about “Stand & Deliver”....and assuming he was accurately portrayed in the film...he was an exceptional man,indeed! It's one of my *favorite* films,partially because it's said to have been based on real events and because everyone played their roles so well.
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posted on
03/30/2010 5:48:40 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
To: DFG
Escalente was a hero of mine. In 56 years, I can count my heroes(like Reagan)at about 10.
God, he is all yours now.
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posted on
03/30/2010 5:51:58 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Support our troops....and vote out the RINOS!)
To: DFG
May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.
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posted on
03/30/2010 5:52:49 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: DFG
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posted on
03/30/2010 5:54:34 PM PDT
by
mockingbyrd
(Remember in November.)
To: DFG
God love him!!! He did an amazing thing with the kids in L.A.
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posted on
03/30/2010 5:55:01 PM PDT
by
hstacey
To: Gay State Conservative
Escalante beat Beverly Hills High AP test scores in 5 of 8 years. This time, the legend was the truth.
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posted on
03/30/2010 5:56:38 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Support our troops....and vote out the RINOS!)
To: Gay State Conservative
In real life Escalante was MORE than what they dared to portray in the film. Read the book. All he did was motivate students to study three hours a day. During Christmas break. Going home to home. In a school where half the parents didn’t speak English. With students who were assigned “Math 10” (bureaucratese for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division for high school students so we can pretend they have a high school education). Took those students, threw out the Math 10 book, and taught them math. Better numbers than Bronx Science. So good that Asians moved en masse into the area just for his teaching.
God continues to go with you, Jaime.
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posted on
03/30/2010 5:57:09 PM PDT
by
bIlluminati
(Don't just hope for change, work for change in 2010.)
To: DFG
I’m not sure what to say now but Mr Escalante was a fabulous teacher!
He will be greatly missed by his former students.
He made a small number of youths better people by making them apply their minds.
Rest In Peace Mr. Escalante!
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posted on
03/30/2010 6:00:29 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!(FR #1690))
To: DFG
If you want to know something about a teacher, ask the students.
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posted on
03/30/2010 6:07:33 PM PDT
by
YHAOS
(you betcha!)
To: BubbaJunebug
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posted on
03/30/2010 6:13:03 PM PDT
by
Touch Not the Cat
(Where is the light? Wonder if it's weeping somewhere...)
To: DFG
Sad news. I watched Stand and Deliver in high school during math and Spanish classes. I know that watching movies during school hours isn’t the best idea in the world, but this was after semester finals were over, IIRC, and this wasn’t Terminator II or American Pie. Very inspiring story.
To: DFG
“Jaime exposed one of the most dangerous myths of our time that inner city students can’t be expected to perform at the highest levels.” - Edward James Olmos
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