Stand and Deliver Film Notes

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Raza Film Class, Mr. César A. Cruz

(These are questions to use while watching the film "Stand and Deliver." This is a sample of some of the questions asked when watching various films in the Raza History through Film class. Questions have been created by Mr. Cesar A. Cruz.)

Stand and Deliver Film

1. What do you see in the neighborhood? What does the man driving the car see?
2. If you only know basic math what kind of job can you get?
3. Are all the teachers qualified (prepared) to teach?
4. What do the teachers think of the students?
5. What does Jaime Escalante, the teacher, say the students need?
6. Why does he say there are 2 strikes against you? What are the two strikes?
7. How does math work in the “real world?”

8. Does Raquel, the teacher, think these students “bounce back?” Why or why not? Who are these students?

9. Why did they send a Black and Latino to investigate to a school in East L.A.?
10. What did the students have to do to prove themselves?

*BONUS…. Why is the film called “Stand and Deliver?”

Stand and Deliver

The teacher Jaime Escalante tells one of his students while they were driving that “all you see is the turn, you don’t see the road ahead,” what does that mean? Write at least a 1-page essay using the film to explain what Mr. Escalante means.