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OTHER CLASSES

posted 9 years ago by renatom1
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So the movie tells us that the students spent all their time in math class. But didn't they also have to go to English, history and science class, etc.? And what good would excellent math scores be if the students's verbal scores were low? I think this movie would have been better if Mr. Escalante had motiviated his students to do well in all their classes, and Mr. Escalante should have collaborated with teachers in all subjects to put together a rigorous academic plan that included all subjects, not just math.

[–] Milkdoesabodygood 9 years ago

Point taken

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[–] LoBo_77018 9 years ago

I thought they spent two periods during the year then all day in the summer.

[–] redban (5157) 4 years ago

They obviously had other classes, but it wasn’t shown in the film. How did they did in those other classes is unknown. It may be implied that Escalante in his class imparted the value of education, which carried over in their other works. Or perhaps some of them didn’t do as well in their other classes, making the AP class the basis of their futures and self-confidence. Don’t know