1. Over all Escalante was a good teacher because he truly believed in his students but, he also did much more than that. I am going to list of the examples to you because I have so many. I think one big thing you have to have with being a teacher is passion. Escalante for sure had passion in his work in fact he had so much drive and passion that he pushed himself over the top at one point. You can see this in the scene where he falls down the stairs at one point because of a heart attack. He was staggering down the stairs while he had sweat pouring down his face. He was bragging his chest in pain. He was trying to catch his breath has he fell face first down the stairs. Patience is another good thing. He had patience with his students in teaching and learning. But sometimes he didn’t have so much patience or tolerance of being late, or absent. Being able to take criticism is a big thing. I think he was able to take criticism he didn’t always follow the advice. But, he thought about it and was respectful of it. You can see this in the scene where one of the teachers told him that he would push the students to far. He thought about this for a while. But, then he also still knew that he was doing what was best for the students.
2. Brown says that a good teacher can be made by “district, state, or federal education policies. Education policy has a tremendous impact on the ecosystems where teacher and students operate.” I got from this that you have to have a good support group in a way. I think that Brown would think that Escalante was a good teacher because he didn’t really have much support. From the principal at least. There were a few scenes were in his co-workers looked down upon the students, you could see that they didn’t care to educate them. They would show disbelief on their face and almost horror that Escalante would want to push the students that hard, and how he could care so much for these kids. At one point a teacher mentioned that “if they try and don’t succeed we will shatter the little self-confidence they have.”
3. I think that Robinson’s criteria’s were mostly that he wanted the students to be supported in whatever activity they may be a part of. I don’t think that Robinson would say that Escalante I think he would say that he pushed the students to much into doing mathematics and not letting them explore other areas of study. I don’t think he would have support the time where Escalante didn’t break up a fight in the school yard. Fights were flying like bullets in the air. But instead of Escalante running to break up the fight. He bragging one young man’s arm to prevent him from joining the fight. While doing so he pushed the young man’s face against a gate. I believe that Robinson would have wanted to have Escalante not only stop the boy from joining the fight but stop the fight as well.
Very good!
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