Mike Rose "I Just Wanna Be Average" Part 2

Jack MacFarland came into Mike Roses life when he was experiencing hard times. We see a similar coincidence in "Stand and Deliver" when Mr. Escalante is introduced to a struggling group of students. These two educators worked their class very hard, filling the students schedule with assignment after assignment. "We wrote three or four essays a month...We read a book every two to three weeks...He gave us a quiz on the reading every other day," Mike Rose explains. Your going to work harder than you've ever worked before," says Escalante. Mike rose tells about how Mr. MacFarland's lectures were crafted, using a method that "slowly and carefully built up our knowledge," says Rose. Mr. Escalante also started his class at a beginning level (Math 1A) and lead the class to a more advanced level, calculus. There are two students in which are great examples that prove the effectiveness of both teacher's inventive teaching methods. Mr. MacFarland was able to help Mike Rose succeed in english and who at one point never imagined being accepted to a college school. Similar to Mr. MacFarland, Mr. Escalante sees potential in Tito and encourages him to participate. Tito scores a 5 on the AP calculus exam. Students obeyed Mr. MacFarland authority and gave him their attention when he took the podium. "Giving trouble to this particular teacher was a silly thing to do...The troublemaker would look foolish rather than daring," says Rose. This is very similar to the environment in Mr. Escalante's classroom, students soon realize that misbehaving results in being humiliated. Therefore the class begins to show respect for Mr. Esclanate.