Stand and Deliver Notes

The school lacks funding for computers and other supplies. The students don't respect the teacher or other school authority. Many students can't speak English well. The teacher quit his job to teach high school. The teacher is doing a good job keeping his authority. There are older people at the high school. Fights break out, and the teacher was able to subdue one of the guys. The teacher can "speak their language." The student correctly answered the math question. The school is in danger of losing its accreditation. The students go to the school with barely a 7th grade education. The teacher has faith in his students. The teacher is pushing his students to improve in math. Some kids are embarrassed by carrying books around. The students are planning not to take the test. Some students have to take care of their families. Teacher uses humiliation as punishment. Anita, student, wants to get an education but her father wants her to leave school and stay in the family business, restaurant. Teacher relates the lessons to the students. Teacher wants to start summer school for math so the students can start to learn calculus. The school board doesn't have much faith in the students. Teacher is now teaching the students calculus and preparing them for the advance placement class. Teacher requires kids to go to calculus during weekends and breaks. Students making incredible progress. Students being pushed too hard by school and home lives. Teacher isn't listening to unavoidable at home problems of students. Teacher's family worried about how much he works. Teacher can't believe it when he gets something wrong. Teacher having health problems, heart attack. Students happy when teacher returns against the doctors orders. Students take advance placement test. The high school had the most students pass the advance placement test, 100% pass rate 18/18. Students give teacher a plaque for helping them so much in math. Students accused of cheating on the test because of similar incorrect answers. Teacher being fired because student were accused of cheating. Teacher's car was stolen. Students fixed/took teacher's car and gave it back. Teacher tries to protect the students but the board refuses to listen. Teacher accuses the cheating investigators of being racist. Students are going to retake the test. The students pass the test again and the teacher wants their original scores reinstated. True story from 1982 and the next couple years the numbers of passes kept dramatically increasing.