Re: Stand and Deliver (was Re: Invalidate Them All)

[Judi Hirsch <judih@OUSD.K12.CA.US>]

Hi Deanna,
        I, too, have heard Jaime Escalante speak, and I must say he's
changed a lot since the days when he was a teacher in LA, so I'd rather
focus on the issue of the racism in the movie, specifically the racism
implicit in the part where the  test makers insisted that there had to be
cheating since so many of the "Latino" students did so well, i.e. so much
better than they were supposed to do.
        Judi




At 12:24 AM 2/18/99 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 2/17/99 10:03:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>judih@OUSD.K12.CA.US writes:
>
>> Dear Deanna,
>>          I'm just wondering what you think of the movie "Stand and
>>  Deliver"--I'm specifically addressing the racism connected with the
>testing.
>>  If you haven't seen it, perhaps you could answer me after you do.
>>          Thanks,
>>          Judi
>
>Whoa!  This is a very open-ended question.  What would you like me to comment
>on?  Yes, I saw the movie and have lots of opinions about this movie.  Just
>not sure what you are looking for.  Jaime Escalante will be the keynote
>speaker at the AMTNYS Annual Conference in Buffalo, NY this year and I am very
>exciting about having the opportunity to hear him speak.  So, if you can
>tighten up the question, I would be happy to respond in more detail so long as
>this discussion is not off topic for this list serve.  Of course, we could
>discuss this privately, if this is not an appropriate topic for this list.
>
>Deanna
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