Has anyone seen this outside Spanish class?

I borrowed it from the library. I wanted to see one of the supporting actors from Stand and Deliver in a starring role.

No, its funny how alot of people have had to watch this film in their spanish class.

I teach 12th grade English and I show this movie to tie in with Sandra Cisneros's novella, "The House on Mango Street." It was shown in the course for many years before I took it over this year. Quite a few of my students connect to it on a personal and emotional level.

I'm a Spanish teacher and was just told that I have to show this to my beginning level classes. As a Latina native to the northern part of the United States, I find this movie outdated and very stereotypical. No culture is static for almost 20 years...why should we assume that Hispanic-American culture has stood still? There are some great images in the movie, and the overall idea is good....but the few students with whom I've "tested" my project couldn't get past the mullets and 80s clothes. OK...that's the students' problems, but this movie is just a bit too dated to be of any good in the classroom, I believe. So....as a Spanish teacher, to all of you who HAVE to watch this....lo siento :( .

haha nope. But every year without fail in elementary school to middle school to high school we've watched this and we just started watching it... again. There's no escaping from middle aged Ramon and his creeping on innocent 14 year olds.

I watched it when I was a Freshman in high school. We enjoyed making fun of the hair and fashion and the outdated parts. Now, nine years later I'm student teaching Spanish and lo and behold, we're watching it again.

The class teacher said that the only reason she still shows it is because it introduces two cultural points: The quince and the immigration issue (which is still undeniably a big issue).

My question for you all is: Have you ever seen any, more recent, movies that would still be a good lesson about Hispanic culture that can be shown in a classroom?

I didn't see it in Spanish class. I saw it when it aired on Wonderworks in the early 90s.

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