Teachers who are bad influences for students

Troughout this couple years, the rate of school teachers who have been arrested keep increasing. Most teachers have been arrested for abusing sexually or verbally a student several times. Most teachers do not give a good influence on students. Recently a femal teacher here in Denve was arrested from growing pot in her backyard. She had over 20 pounds of marijuana in her house. She lost her job and has charges. With watching all these bad teachers doing prohibited stuff, parents fear that their teachers will do something to them. We need more teachers like Jaime Escalante who are willing to leave a positive influence on many students. Teachers who will be a positive role model for them. These students need some one to look up to.

Historical Analysis

Jaime Escalante was born in La Paz, Bolivia in 1930. Both of his parents were teachers who worked in a small Aymara Indian village called Achacachi. He became a teacher himself, and developed a widespread reputation for excellence during 12 years of teaching math and physics in Bolivia.

In 1974, Mr. Escalante was hired as a basic mathematics teacher at Garfield High School, a troubled inner-city school in East Los Angeles. His spectacular success teaching advanced mathematics to gang members and other students who had been considered "unteachable" attracted national attention. When his story was told in the acclaimed film "Stand and Deliver" (1988), Escalante became a national hero.

From 1974 until 1991, Mr. Escalante taught in the L.A. Unified School System. From 1991 until 1998, he taught algebra and calculus for the Sacramento Unified School District.

Timeline

1964-In 1964 he decided to migrate to the United States, but His first stop was the Universidad de Puerto Rico, where he took some Science and Mathematics courses
1988- He was the subject of the 1988 movie Stand and Deliver, which dramatized his efforts to help underachieving Latino students beat the odds and pass an advanced placement calculus test.
1991- The number of Garfield students taking advanced placement examinations in math and other subjects had increased to 570.
2001- After many years of preparing teenagers for the A.P. calculus exam, Escalante returned to his native Bolivia. He lived in his wife's hometown, Cochabamba, and taught part time at the local university.
2010- He faced financial difficulties from the cost of his cancer treatment.
March 30, 2010- (aged 79); He dies at his son's home near Sacramento while undergoing treatment for bladder cancer. He was survived by his wife Fabiola and his sons Fernando and Jaime Jr.

Quotes Said by Jaime Escalante

"The day someone quits school he is condemning himself to a future of poverty.“



"One of the greatest things you have in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be. You’re the one who’ll decide what you want to be. Respect yourself and respect the integrity of others as well. The greatest thing you have is your self image, a positive opinion of yourself. You must never let anyone take it from you."