"Stand and Deliver" Notes

-A new teacher is introduced to a rowdy classroom, the students don't seem to care much for learning
-Most the high school students could care less for authority
-The teacher seems to have an alternative way of interacting with the students
-He is confronted by a group of rebellious students, they don't phase him.
-A fight breaks out, the teacher stops one of the gang members (finger man) from getting involved
-He teaches math, very simple math
-He mocks some of the students, going along with their games
-Singles out finger man, challenging him
-The school has an overall low GPA, lacking resources
-One of the gang members is interested in learning
-The math teacher wants to make a change in the school
-He embarrasses students, trying to change their humerus behavior
-He wants to teach the students that being interested in learning is "cool" being dumb and careless is embarrassing
-The teacher uses humor to motivate to the class/he doesn't follow the normal rules most teacher follow when interacting with a classroom. He is not afraid to humiliate students and avoid confrontation
-He proposes the idea of teaching calculus and higher level math
-There is a bright student in his class
-He starts teaching calculus to his now senior class
-The teacher is "real" with the students
-The class works overtime
-Claudia struggles in his classroom
-His life begins to become occupied with teaching most hours of the day
-A substitute teacher fills in for him, after suffering a heart attack
-The class passed the calculus exam
-The students are accused of cheating on the exam, making the school look bad
-The teacher blames descrimination as being part of the reason the students are accused of cheating.
-They re-take the test and pass again.