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RIP Jaime Escalante A bona fide hero

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Posted 2010-March-31, 22:54

Jaime Escalante, the Garfield High School (East L.A.) math teacher immortalized by Edward James Olmos in the movie Stand and Deliver, died yesterday at the age of 79. Wikipedia has a good bio: http://en.wikipedia....Jaime_Escalante
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Posted 2010-March-31, 23:36

Very sad.

When I was teaching I used to show my students the movie "Stand and Deliver" to try and inspire them.
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Posted 2010-April-01, 04:51

Cascade, on Apr 1 2010, 12:36 AM, said:

Very sad.

When I was teaching I used to show my students the movie "Stand and Deliver" to try and inspire them.

I rarely like "inspirational" movies, but think "Stand and Deliver" is must viewing. Some people do great things with their lives, and Escalante was one of them.
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Posted 2010-April-01, 10:10

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