How Escalante and MacFarland are Similiar

One of things I notice how they were similar is there are both a little nerdy. They both had silly things about them. Like their clothes were odd. They didn’t seem real to the students at first. MacFarland set the standard high for the kids as Escalante did “we wrote three of four essays a month. He gave us a quiz on the reading every other day.” Mr. MacFarland did a similar thing as Escalante in the fact that they gave quizzes often. They often times had class discussions; both the teachers would do different activities to evolve the class in the lesson. Mr. MacFarland kept the kids in line by teasing them, Mr. Escalante did the same. They make sure that his students are respectful to them and others in the class. “Here was this egghead, for gosh’s sake, keeping some pretty difficult people in line.”  They both were similar in the fact that they were able to give their students motivation to make them feel good about themselves. “I started reading again as I hadn’t since elementary school.” They both pushed their students to go to college. “December of the senior year, Mr. MacFarland asked me wher I was going to go to college.” As did Mr. Escalante were he would mention to his students that they would be doing this in college. And he told a father to let his daughter further her education. Both of them cared for their students outside of just school they both took the time o go above and beyond.