"Captioning made possible by Warner Bros." "$1.00!" "$1.00!" "[Music blaring]" "Typewriters and transcripts." "Is there anything missing?" "The key to the ladies room." "Now, exactly where was the fecal material found?" "Back there in the corner." "You'll know when you're near it." "Excuse me." "This was mailed to me." "Just a minute, please." "Excuse me, sir." "If you don't have a telephone, could you bring in a gas bill?" "We need proof you live in the district." "Excuse me." "My name is Jaime Escalante, and I was supposed to teach computer science." "We don't have computers." "Mr. Escalante." "We were supposed to get computers last year." "There's no funding again this year." "[Bell rings]" "I'm raquel ortega, math department chairman." "We'll be working together." "Nice to know you." "But you don't seem to understand." "I was supposed to teach computers." "Where were you last night?" "What do you mean where was I?" "What do you mean?" "I was waiting." "You the new teacher, man?" "You the teacher?" "Please find a seat." "Hey, teacher!" "What are we going to do today?" "Will everyone please try to find a seat?" "For those of you that cannot find a seat, please stand against the wall." "Let's make a circle and discuss our feelings, huh?" "One body to a desk." "Girl:" "Could we talk about sex?" "If we discuss sex," "I have to give sex for homework." "Yay!" "Yay!" "Stand back, everybody, please." "Girl:" "I could get you fired for saying that." "Could you move back?" "Que dice?" "Entienden ingles?" "Sometimes." "Todos los que no entienden ingles, por favor, levanten la mano." "Please move forward if you don't speak english." "Todos que no hablan ingles, pasen para enfrente." "This front row, please stand up and move out." "I was the first one here." "I'll find you another seat, ok?" "[Jeers and whistles]" "Please be careful." "This is math 1-a." "Boy:" "I don't need no math." "I got a solar calculator with my dozen doughnuts." "The bus is exact change." "No big deal." "Quiet." "Quiet!" "[Bell rings]" "Teacher:" "False alarm." "Everyone back in the classroom!" "It was a false alarm." "Everyone back in the class!" "It was a premature bell." "Back in the class." "That was a premature bell." "Girl:" "Premature bell?" "I thought we weren't discussing sex in class." "Teacher:" "Sit down!" "Stop talking." "They rigged the bell." "The little bastards." "Tricky." "[Bell rings]" "She's looking good, joe." "Jaime." "When you coming aboard?" "I get seasick in the rain." "You seen my boy?" "Yeah, I saw him riding around here somewhere." "I hear your company's pushing whole hog into pcs." "I don't work there anymore." "Jaime's teaching high school now." "Here's your thingy." "Why didn't you come to me if you got laid off?" "We're starting college kids at 30 gs." "I didn't get laid off." "I want to teach." "High school teacher." "Well, good." "That's great." "This is your job." "I shouldn't have to tell you." "I know." "That's why I was hurrying home." "You're not even breathing hard, you're hurrying home so fast." "Have a good night, joe." "Boy:" "I want a burger!" "Hold the fries, onions, and pickles!" "He looks like julia child, man!" "What you got?" "It's an apple." "How much?" "What do you mean?" "What you got?" "Half." "Good." "Excuse me, my german accent." "What you got?" "Missing 25%." "What?" "It's missing 25%" "that's right." "Missing 25%." "Is it true intelligent people make better lovers?" "[Class laughs]" "What you got?" "I got a core." "You owe me 100%." "And I'll see you inthe people's court." "Everyone, please open your book, chapter 2, page 26." "Multiplication of fractions... and percentages." "25%." "50%." "75%." "And 100%." "Who's calling the shots, ese?" "You got a slip?" "You got a slip?" "Ok." "You'll have to stand in the back until I can get another desk." "You sit right here." "Ok?" "Everyone, please read the first paragraph for a second." "Where's your equipment?" "Don't got any." "You got to come to this class prepared." "I do the work in my head." "Oh." "You know the times tables?" "I know the 1s, the 2s... the 3s... finger man." "I heard about you." "Are you the finger man?" "I'm the finger man, too." "You know what I can do?" "I know how to multiply by 9." "9 x 3. 1, 2, 3." "What you got?" "27." "6 x 9." "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6." "What have you got?" "54." "Yeah." "Want a hard one?" "How about 8 x 9?" "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8." "What have you got?" "72." "[Bell rings]" "Want to talk to you." "Wait." "Do problems 1 through 20." "Page 26." "Can I have my book, Mr. Escalante?" "Don't bring it to class again." "Sabes que, ese?" "Don't get excited." "Cut me a "d" like the otherprofes." "I'll read my funny books, count the holes in the ceiling." "Kick back." "First thing, I'll teach you some manners." "I wouldn't do that if I was you." "Might lose a finger and won't be able to count to 10." "We've seenvatos like you before." "You'll be hurting soon." "Ponte trucha, huh?" "I was so worried that the kids would know more than me that I'd wake up at 5 a.m., down my coffee, and do math tests." "I finally learned every chapter, and then they change the book." "Math you either love or hate." "You get some problems, come see me after school." "Thanks, Jaime." "See you later." "Girl:" "Leave the tickets at the door, ok?" "Can I have my shades?" "You're in love, huh?" "Which one, huh?" "Let me know." "No." "It's all right." "Come on, Johnny." "Don't be afraid." "I'm not Johnny, man." "I know, tito." "Titogrande." "Come on!" "[Shouting]" "Angel!" "Angel, help us!" "Stay out of it!" "Angel!" "Go get a teacher." "It's frank gar-cia." "When I say garcia, you answer, ok?" "Are your friends auditing?" "I audited them to come with me." "I'mel cyclone from bolivia." "One-man gang." "This is my domain." "Don't give me no gas." "I'll jump on your face, tattoo your chromosomes." "This is basic math, but basic math is too easy for you, so I'm going to teach you algebra because I'm the champ." "And if all you can do is add and subtract, you're prepared to do one thing... pump gas." "Ripping off a gas station is better than working in one." "Orale." "I'm a tough guy." "Tough guys don't do math." "Tough guys deep-fry chicken for a living." "Want a wing or a leg, man?" "Who ever heard of negative and positive numbers?" "Negative numbers are like unemployment." "10 million people out of work." "That's a negative number." "We'll need lots of kleenex." "There's going to be lots of bloodshed." "Ever been to the beach?" "Yeah." "You ever play with the sand?" "Yeah." "Finger man." "Come on, finger man." "You ever dig a hole?" "The sand that comes out of the hole, that's a positive." "The hole is a negative." "That's it." "Simple." "Anybody can do it." " 2 + 2 =... net head." "Orale." "Answer it." "Come on." "You know the answer." " 2 + 2." "Fill the hole." "If I had that on my hands," "I wouldn't raise it either." "Orale." "A negative 2 + 2 =... anybody can do it." "Fill the hole." " 2 + 2 =... come on." "Just fill the hole." "You can do it." "You going to let theseburroslaugh at you?" " 2 + 2 =..." "I'll break your neck like a toothpick." "Orale." "Zero." "Zero." "You're right." "Simple." "That's it." " 2 + 2 = 0." "He just filled the hole." "Did you know neither the greeks nor the romans were capable of using the concept of zero?" "It was your ancestors, the Mayas, who first contemplated the zero... the absence of value." "True story." "You burros have math in your blood." "Hey, Kemo sabe todo." "The man knows everything." "Kemo sabe." "Orale." "Ok." "Parentheses means multiply." "Every time you see this, you multiply." "A negative x a negative = a positive." "A negative x a negative = a positive." "A negative x a negative = a positive." "Say it." "A negative x a negative = a positive." "A negative x a negative = a positive." "A negative x a negative = a positive." "I can't hear you." "A negative x a negative = a positive." "A negative x a negative = a positive!" "A negative x a negative = a positive!" "Why?" "Mrs. Ortega, I don't want to be the principal of the first school in los angeles history to lose its accreditation." "Raquel:" "I'm not saying this math department couldn't improve, but if you want higher test scores, start by changing the economic level of this community." "The purpose of this meeting is to review the recommendations for accreditation." "Any suggestions?" "Anybody?" "Yeah." "I don't think" "I should be teaching math." "I was hired to be a phys-ed instructor." "As I said before, we lack the resources to implement the changes the district demands." "Mr. Sanzaki, you must have a comment." "This may not be the right time, but..." "I'm sorry, but I won't be coming back after christmas." "I got a job with aerospace." "How much money you'll be making?" "Look, we have the remainder of the year before we're put on probation." "Now, if we fail, we'll lose our accreditation." "Wefail?" "You can't teach logarithms to illiterates." "Kids come to us with barely a seventh grade education." "There isn't a teacher here who isn't doing everything possible." "I'm not." "I could teach more." "I'm sure Mr. Escalante has good intentions, but he's only been here a few months." "Students will rise to the level of expectations, senor molina." "What do you need, Mr. Escalante?" "Ganas." "That's all we need isganas." "What'sganas?" "We will begin each class with a quiz." "Aw!" "Aw!" "There will be... there will be no free rides, no excuses." "You already have 2 strikes against you." "There are some people in this world who assume that you know less than you do because of your name and your complexion." "But math is the great equalizer." "When you go for a job, the person giving you that job will not want to hear your problems, and neither do I." "You'll work harder than you've ever worked before." "And the only thing I ask from you isganas." "Desire." "A haircut." "If you don't haveganas, I will give it to you because I am an expert." "Today is monday." "Tomorrow's wednesday." "Friday is payday..." "the weekly test." "There will be no diagonal vision." "You have 10 minutes to finish the quiz." "If you finish early, work on that assignment." "No questions?" "Good." "Angel." "Vamanos." "I was said to go here." "[Chair scrapes]" "Nice knowing you." "Have a good day." "Arrivederci." "You're in luck." "Take the seat." "Relax." "Take sominex, but don't sleep in my class." "I take that as an insult." "Hello." "Hey, Kemo, man." "I want to talk to you about the class." "You ain't got a seat." "Don't give me no gas." "That was a mistake." "I'll fly straight." "I got a little problem." "Yeah." "Me." "No." "Seriously, man." "Books." "The homies can't see me haul them around." "You wouldn't want anyone thinking you're intelligent, huh?" "Maybe I can have 2 books and stash one at home?" "I'll cut you a deal." "I'll give you 3 books." "One... take one home." "One for your class." "This one's broken." "One for your locker so nobody sees you carrying them." "Easily understood?" "What do I get?" "Protection, Kemo." "Proteccion." "Understand?" "I understand." "I understand." "The only reason I'm still in Kemo's class is because of that, man." "Just don't let her know that you dig her." "That's the worst thing you can do with a woman." "I'm pretty fed up with this teacher we got." "Escalante's got a bug up his ass." "Dude's from South America, some Nazi come out of hiding." "Don't you know what's happening?" "Garfield's having problems with accreditation." "Only the asshole teachers will keep their jobs." "What if we all decide not to take this test?" "He can't fail the whole class." "Mutiny." "Cool." "[Horn honks]" "See you guys later." "Camejo thinks she's so hot just 'cause she datesgabachos." "If we don't do better today, heads are going to roll." "I've never gotten anything lower than a b-plus." "That's because you take those mickey mouse classes." "Always get an "a."" "Here you got a chance for a solid "d."" "You got 10 minutes." "What's the matter with you?" "I'm not taking the quiz." "You didn't turn in your homework either." "The goat ate it." "Don't do your homework, don't got a ticket to watch the show." "Give her the chair, man." "Chair." "The chair." "The chair." "The chair." "The chair." "The chair." "Chair!" "Chair!" "Chair!" "Chair!" "Chair!" "Chair!" "Chair!" "Chair!" "Chair!" "Chair!" "All right." "Yeah." "Uh-uh." "The chair." "Shut up!" "Get back to your tests." "You got less than 9 minutes." "Now you're the show." "What's the matter with you?" "You're a top student." "Come on." "3:00." "You'll have to do it anyway." "[Coughing]" "Te vas a quedar calvo si no te metes la camisa adentro de los pantalones." "Si." "Si." "Mira, huh?" "Woman:" "Mi Lindo Juanito, hijo, dinner's ready." "Come inside." "Hurry up!" "Dad?" "[Children shouting]" "Vamos todos a la cama." "Come on." "Come on." "Come on." "Come on." "Let's go." "Let's go." "Come on." "Come on." "Come on." "Let's go." "Let's go." "Let's go." "In the bed." "Juanito!" "Hi, mom." "Kids go to bed?" "Yeah." "Papa go to work?" "Yeah." "Want me to fix you something to eat?" "Mi hija, could you please turn off that light?" "[Glass breaks]" "Aah!" "Ha ha ha!" "Orale, homeboy." "Teacher time, ese." "Oh, yeah." "Angel?" "What?" "Tell Kemo I said, "que hubo?" ese." "Oh, shit, man." "Hey!" "Factoring." "Ok." "Green light, red light." "Anybody?" "Ana?" "[Door closes]" "Late!" "Late!" "Late!" "Late!" "Ok, ok, ok." "Ok, ok." "Go see the counselor." "Come on, Kemo." "Take woodshop." "Make yourself a shoeshine box." "You'll need it." "Ok, Kemo." "You're the man, you know." "Why don't you put them in college so dumb taco benders like me can pick their vegetables for them, collect their garbage, clip their poodles' toenails." "I may be a sinner, but I'm willing to pay for my sins." "One-shot deal." "Go on, sit down." "See you at 3:00." "Go to hell." "I got more bad news, profe." "I know what I'll say will trip you out." "Mr. Escalante, I forgot my pencil." "He can have mine." "Today's my last day." "No, no, no, no." "Gracias." "Bueno, did you enjoy yourtaquitos?" "Muy bien, senor." "Muy, muy bien todo... except for one thing... someone doesn't know how to add." "She should be going back to school." "Anita, ven aca, por favor." "Despierta, mi hija." "Mira, no mas." "Te equivocaste otra vez." "Papa, this is Mr. Escalante, my math teacher." "Mr. Delgado, how are you?" "Mucho gusto." "A pleasure." "My wife fabiola." "Mucho gusto." "Can you sit with us?" "Sure." "Anita, bring us a couple of beers, please." "You should get another waitress." "Ana can be the first to graduate from high school, go to college." "Thank you for your concern." "Her mother works here." "Her sisters, her brothers." "This is a family business." "She's needed." "She could help the family more by getting an education." "Ah, probably get pregnant, wouldn't finish college." "Anita, go help your mom in the kitchen, huh?" "She talks about going to medical school." "No." "I don't think so." "She should make her own choices." "Un momento." "Yo soy el padre de la nina, no usted." "She'll just get fat." "She'll waste her life away in a restaurant." "She's top kid!" "I started washing dishes for a nickel an hour." "Now I own this place." "Did I waste my life?" "I washed dishes, too, when I came to America." "Good!" "Put on an apron, give us a hand." "Your husband comes into my restaurant, eats, then he insults me." "Excuse my husband, Mr. Delgado." "He just wants what's best for ana." "She could go to college, come back, and teach you how to run the place." "Professor..." "I don't want your money, and I don't need your business." "Skip it." "Tip." "He puts hotchilesin his dip to sell extra beer." "Iora!" "Iora!" "Iora!" "Kawasaki!" "Kawasaki!" "Yeow!" "Dog, dog, dog, dog." "Dog, dog, dog, dog." "Ok... everybody, look at the board." "Will someone please read for me what's on the board?" "Anybody." ""Juan has 5 times as many girlfriends as pedro." ""Carlos has one girlfriend less than pedro." ""The total number of girlfriends between them" ""is 20." "How many does each gigolo have?"" "Late!" "Late!" "Late!" "Late!" "Late!" "Ok, ok, ok." "Ok, ok, ok, ok." "How many girlfriends does each gigolo have?" "Anybody." "You got it, einstein?" "You think you'll do it?" "Juan is x." "Carlos is y." "Pedro is x + y." "Is Pedro bisexual, or what?" "I have a terrible feeling about you." "Kemo, 5x = Juan's girlfriends?" "You're good now, but you'll end up barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen." "Can you get negative girlfriends?" "No, just negative boyfriends." "Please forgive them for they know not what they do." "Carlos has x-5 girlfriends." "Que no?" "Que no?" "Is right." "Que no." "The answer to my prayers!" "May I go to the restroom, please?" "In 10 minutes." "Hold it." "Senor Maya." "Hit it." "It's a trick problem, Mr. Kemo." "You can't solve it unless you know how many girlfriends they have in common." "It's not that they're stupid, it's just they don't know anything." "I'm wrong?" "X = Pedro's girlfriends, 5x = Juan's girlfriends." "X - 1 = Carlos' girlfriends." "X + 5x + x - 1 = 20." "So x = 3." "[Applause]" "Good to see you." "This stuff don't make sense." "How does it work in the real world?" "Would it be possible to get some gigolos for a practical demonstration?" "No, no, no, stop." "Just kidding, just kidding." "Wow!" "Check it out!" "Get out of here." "Please!" "What kind of math is this?" "This particular one that's up right now is calculus." "You'll get it in college." "My daughter uses this program in her high school." "I want to teach calculus next year." "Boy, that's a jump." "That's ridiculous." "They haven't had trig or math analysis." "They'll take them this summer." "Our best students attend summer school?" "From 7:00 to 12:00 every day, including saturdays." "Yep." "That'll do it." "Our summer classrooms are reserved for remedial courses." "If you want to change, start from the top." "Mr. Escalante, don't lecture us." "Our kids can't handle calculus." "We don't even have the books." "If they pass the advanced placement test, they get college credit." "There are teachers in this room who'd have trouble passing the advanced placement test." "You really think you can make this fly?" "I teach calculus or... have a good day." "Well, if this man can walk in here and... dictate his own terms over my objections..." "I see no reason for me to continue as department chair." "Raquel, don't take this personally." "I'm thinking about those kids." "If they try and don't succeed, you'll shatter what little self-confidence they have." "These aren't the types that, uh, bounce back." "Have a good day." "Thanks, man." "Kemo, it stinks like last year in here." "Somebody give claudia an orange." "Ok, ok, ok." "Sit down." "You think I want to do this?" "The japanese pay me to do this." "They're tired of making everything." "They want you guys to pull your own weight so they can take vacations on mount fuji." "Kemo, I thought this room was supposed to be air-conditioned, man." "You should think... cool." "Think... cool." "Cool." "Think... cool." "Cool." "Cool." "Cool." "Cool." "Cool." "Cool." "Cool." "Cool." "Out of the blue," "I get a letter saying I was fired because of proposition 13." "I'm down to $936." "I invest 100 in resumes, and I bought this suit." "I hit every insurance company." "My wife wants us to move in with her parents." "2 weeks later I get another letter telling me to report to work." "Like the suit?" "Fabulous." "How about the color?" "Welcome back, pelon." "You ok?" "Yeah, I'm ok." "You sure?" "Yes." "I said I was fine." "[Rip]" "Uh-oh." "We'll go step by step, inch by inch." "Calculus wasn't made to be easy." "It already is." "Remember the good times we had last summer?" "Do you remember when things were really jumping good?" "The good times are gone with the wind." "It's now the good, the bad, and the ugly." "Come on." "A contract?" "You can't trust us by now?" "[Bell rings]" "For those of you making the commitment, you'll be preparing for the advanced placement test." "Have one signed before tomorrow." "We come an hour early, take your class twice, and stay until 5:00?" "Believe it or don't." "We got to come on saturdays?" "And no vacation?" "Pass the a.p. Exam, get college credit." "Big deal." "We're seniors." "It's our year to slack off." "Johnny, will you make it saturday morning playing in your band friday night?" "You love scaring us into doing stuff, man, but that gets old real fast." "Hey, Kemo." "You proud of me?" "I'm the first dude here." "What's cal-cu-lus?" "Mom... calculus is math sir Isaac Newton invented so he could figure out planet orbits, but he never bothered to tell anybody until this other scientist guy told everybody he had invented calculus." "But the stupid guy got it all wrong, and so newton had to go public and correct his mistakes." "Isn't that neat?" "For a genius, newton was an idiot." "Don't worry, mom." "If I invent something, I'll be sure to get paid." "I hope this is not an excuse to stay out all hours?" "Trust me, mom." "Sign it." "Boys don't like if you're too smart." "Mom, I'm doing this so I don't have to depend on some dumb guy the rest of my life." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "You don't got it signed, you got no ticket to watch the show." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Mr. Blue eyes, thank very much." "Elizabeth, my Taylor." "Sophia, my Loren." "Get a haircut." "Thank you very much." "Get a new Jacket." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "Clint, you forget your gun?" "Unfold it." "Hep!" "Get out of the way." "Here." "You didn't sign it." "I'm putting school on hold." "Sign it." "My uncle offered me a job operating a fork lift." "Saturdays and sundays are time and a half." "2 years in the union, I'll make more than you." "Kemo, I don't want to let you down, but the money will buy a new trans am." "Nobody cruises through life." "Wouldn't you rather design these than repair them?" "You can't even do that." "They got fuel injection." "[Grinding noise]" "You'll strip my gears." "Orale, Kemo." "Don't panic, Johnny." "Just watch out for the other guy." "Right or left?" "Where are we going?" "Right or left?" "Go right!" "Go right!" "All you see is the turn." "You don't see the road ahead." "Orale, buey." "Open the gate." "We'll be late." "What are you guys doing here so early?" "We're in Escalante's class, remember?" "Wake up." "Drink some coffee, man." "One, you got the graph right here." "Two, this strip, the most important part... it's the radius of rotation." "That's it." "Anybody got any questions?" "Anybody can do it as long as you remember one basic element, and that's the element of surprise." "Stay awake 'cause you're waking up." "Bring toothpicks to pinch open your eyes." "You understand what I mean?" "I was swimming with dolphins, whispering imaginary numbers, looking for the fourth dimension." "Good!" "Go back to sleep." "That's very good." "Ok, any questions?" "Yes?" "No?" "Nothing?" "Ok." "Ok, you should have it by now." "Ok, what's the answer?" "Anybody?" "Claudia?" "Come on." "We're going backwards." "You're fooling around too much during the weekend." "This girl needs work from the neck up." "We'll have to stay late again." "Aw!" "Come on." "You know there's pizza, 'cause they deliver." "We can get fried chicken, hamburgers with cheese." "Jeez, we'll need donations." "You owe me money anyway." "You don't deserve the grades you're getting." "Where are you going?" "You late for another date?" "She's got more boyfriends than Elizabeth Taylor." "I don't appreciate you using my personal life to entertain this class." "Claudia!" "Ok, ok." "Everything is falling apart right now." "My boyfriend's freaking out... my mom..." "school sucks." "I'm in that classroom all day, Kemo." "Look at my clothes, my hair..." "I can't even comb it." "I hate my life." "So, what's the problem?" "Kemo." "Ponla aqui en esta linea." "En esta linea." "No, no, no." "Aqui." "Calmate, mi hijo." "Esperame aqui." "Si." "Yes." "Uh-huh." "I understand that, but you'll have to bring him in." "I'm not a doctor." "There's no way." "Hey." "I don't do diagnosis." "Uh-huh." "Look, I'm sorry." "We'll have... mira." "Could you hold a moment?" "Could we see the doctor before next week?" "Ok." "Hold on." "Seguro?" "No." "Medl-cal?" "No, tampoco." "How will you pay?" "If we could pay, we'd go to a regular hospital." "My grandmother could catch pneumonia." "Ok." "Take a seat." "We'll call your number." "Ma'am, you'll have to bring him in." "There's no way we can get around that." "I understand that." "You'll have to bring him in." "Mm-mmm." "Try the short cut." "This is easy." "Baby stuff for boy scouts." "My mind don't work this way." "Tic-tac-toe." "Piece of cake upside-down." "Watch for the green light." "I've been with you guys 2 years!" "Everybody knows I'm the dumbest!" "I can't handle calculus!" "They have a better chance of making the a.p. Test without me." "Don't laugh." "How could we laugh?" "You're breaking our hearts." "Don't do this, Kemo." "How noble..." "to sacrifice himself." "Do you have theganas?" "Yes!" "Should I do it for you?" "Yes!" "Say no!" "I'm going to have to get tough." "We'll work right through christmas break." "The counselor was just here looking for you." "Something about some cosmetology classes." "He says there's 3 different levels... one for boys, one for girls, and one for..." "go find out." "Please, listen, man." "It's cool." "My grandmother... clock out." "Game's over." "You lose." "You never listen to nobody, man." "Te crees el mas chingon." "Adios." "Why don't you send me some post cards or call me?" "We love you." "Kemosabethis, cabron, huh?" "That guy's got a bigger problem than you." "Tic... tac... toe... simple." "She's a little sloppy with her homework." "Dad, get off the phone so we can eat." "No." "She's a top student." "Your father works 60 hours a week, then he volunteers to teach night school for free." "Merry Christmas to you, too." "He's visiting junior high schools in his spare time." "Corn and potatoes?" "What happened to thelomo montado, pique a lo macho?" "Jaime, I don't want you to teach this holiday." "No." "No teaching... papa... there's a problem here I don't understand." "See what I mean?" "His own son has problems with math." "No books at the table." "Go wash your hands." "[Doorbell rings]" "I'll get it." "You see what I mean?" "Oh, senora, como esta?" "Muy bien." "Senor Escalante," "Angelito tiene que regresar a la escuela." "El no puede perder su lonche." "No se preocupe, senora." "Pasele, por favor." "Mucho gusto." "Mi esposa." "I've seen you do lots of underhanded tricks, but bringing your abuelitato my house at christmastime?" "Come on." "I need calculus to take me to a good career." "Something smells good." "Icaray!" "?" "On the first day of christmas?" "?" "A cholo came to me...?" "This is what's given." "We're looking for the area bounded by the curve." "What are the limits?" "Anybody." "0 to pi over 2." "Wrong." "Lupe." "0 to pi over 2?" "What's wrong with you?" "This is review." "I checked my work twice." "Check it again." "Mine's the same asgordita." "Don't call me gordita, pendejo." "It's 0 to pi over 2." "I got the same thing." "You should know this." "No way!" "What's wrong with you?" "This is review!" "You're acting like a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there!" "What's wrong with you?" "I don't believe it!" "You're giving me a shot from the back!" "[Door slams]" "Kemo finally blew a head gasket." "It's a pen." "Class:" "It's a pen." "It's a pencil." "Class:" "It's a pencil." "It's a chair." "Class:" "It's a chair." "It's a light." "Class:" "It's a light." "It's a window." "Class:" "It's a window." "It's in the room on the table." "It's 10:00." "Class:" "It's in the room on the table." "It's 10:00." "Un momento, por favor." "Class:" "One moment, please." "Oh!" "Page 456, please." "Come on, you guys. 456." "Will you shut up and sit down, man?" "We told him to take it easy." "It's our fault." "We sit back and watch him burn in." "It's burn out." "He brought it on himself." "He asked for it." "How can you say that?" "You're a wanna-be choloasshole, man." "[Spit]" "Oh, that's disgusting." "You want me?" "I'll kick your ass!" "All right, break it up!" "Pancho!" "Just break it up." "Now, just settle down." "Later." "Settle down, angel." "Now Mr. Escalante is ok." "He suffered a mild heart attack, and he'll be under observation for the time being." "Mr. Schloss is your substitute." "Now, out of respect to Mr. Escalante, please give him your undivided attention." "Now I don't want any more trouble from this room." "All right, pancho, you come with me." "Angel, let's go." "Tito, take your seat." "Mr. Molina has informed me you have your a.p. Calculus exam in 2 weeks." "I'll be honest with you." "I've never taught calculus before." "I'm really a music teacher." "You mad at me, mommy?" "If I thought it would help, I would be angry." "Dad... the doctor says no stress." "No job-related activity for at least a month." "I want another doctor." "Jaime, I have to go." "I left Fernando with a neighbor." "I'll stay with dad." "Go with your mother." "Don't forget to take out the trash, ok?" "Ok, dad." "Come on, mom." "What time do you get out of work?" "Hi!" "Hey!" "Mr. Escalante!" "I'm still alive." "I'm a hard-dying type of guy." "Shouldn't you be in the hospital?" "I should be with you." "Bulldogs!" "Dog, dog, dog, dog." "Thank you very much for baby-sitting." "Have a good day." "How are you?" "Hey, you should be taking it easy, man." "No, I should be here with you guys." "I mean, you already forgot to stand up." "Everybody!" "No, against the wall like a snake." "Hurry!" "We've been practicing for this all year." "You're the best!" "You guys are the best!" "This is a piece of cake!" "Upside-down!" "And... step by step!" "All right!" "You got it now." "Open your eyes." "Y = ln... quantity x - 1." "What's the domain?" "X is greater than -1." "No!" "To the end of the line." "I'm gone 2 days, and you forget already." "What's the domain?" "All real numbers greater than 1." "X is greater than 1." "I told you you could do it." "Ok!" "Be sure each mark is black and completely fills the answer space." "If you make an error, you may save time by crossing it out, rather than trying to erase it." "It's not expected that everyone will answer all the multiple-choice questions." "When you're told to begin, open your booklet, tear out the green insert, and start work." "You may begin now." "Let's go!" "Come on!" "Get in!" "Get in!" "Oh, no, it's too cold!" "Anita!" "Come on, anita!" "Angel!" "I like to keep my pants dry, you know, man?" "Angel!" "Come on in!" "Come on!" "The water's great!" "Come on!" "Ok, fine!" "Fine!" "This is so stupid, man." "I'm coming!" "Angel!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "[Rooster crows]" "Orale, grandpa." "We, being teachers, know the advanced placement tests are very difficult, especially in mathematics." "Less than 2% of all high school seniors nationwide even attempt the advanced placement calculus test." "You've been drinking." "I am proud to announce that no other high school in southern California has more students passing than garfield high school." "No." "He just walks like that." "18 students took the test." "18 passed." "Many... we have an announcement to make." "It's all right." "Ok." "We, the a.p. Calculus class, would like to present this plaque to our teacher..." "Jaime a." "Escalante." "Come on up." "Aah!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "[Telephone rings]" "Yes?" "This is guadalupe escobar." "What is this, some kind of joke?" "Wait, wait a minute." "Who is this?" "For reals?" "What?" "You're crazy, man." ""It's standard procedure to grade the test" ""with the identity of the students concealed." ""Only after the irregularities were found was it determined the students were all from garfield."" "You all received the same letter?" "Yeah." "Yeah." ""Based upon the unusual agreement of incorrect answers," ""e.t.s. Has no alternative but to question the scores of students with such unusual agreement."" "What's it mean in english?" "We copied each other because we all had the same wrong answers." "We're too stupid to cheat correctly." "Why don't we just sue?" ""The board doubts the grades are valid for you because of these unusual circumstances."" "These people are human." "They can make mistakes, too." "Ana:" "Kemo, these people are calling us cheaters." "All right." "This is where we keep all confidential material, s.a.t. And a.p. Tests included." "I assure you, only my secretary and i know the combination." "Mr. Molina, this controversy is officially between the educational testing service and the students." "It does not reflect upon your school or its administration." "I understand." "We'd like to resolve this with the least publicity possible." "I'd appreciate that." "All right?" "Yep." "Do you think they got the test ahead of time?" "Well, claudia was having emotional problems." "Pancho was way behind." "Do you really think anyone cheated?" "No, but my father does." "Damn shit!" "Look at this shit!" "If I'd have taken that job with my uncle," "I could have had a brand-new car by now!" "It's ok." "You can fix it." "Come on, ok?" "Just relax." "Hey, I didn't know you two were like a thing now." "Just something for the summer." "Come on, lupe." "You're such an asshole, pancho." "Lupe, wait." "Shit!" "Lots of stars up there, homey." "Not too polluted." "Stars aren't really there, ese." "No, what you're looking at is where they used to be, man." "It takes the light a thousand years to reach the earth." "For all we know, they burned out long ago, man." "God pulled the plug on us." "He didn't tell nobody." "Those stars are out there." "I don't care what you say." "[Car engine revs]" "Hey, homeboy." "Ialli te llevo, mi hija!" "Come on, throw me a kiss, baby!" "Hey!" "Hey, tirame un beso." "[Siren walls]" "That's right." "That's right." "That's all you know." "What's the matter, you can't afford a knife?" "Use a pencil, go to jail." "Can I have this back now?" "You got a tough mouth." "You better watch yourself." "Mucho gusto, officer." "Let's go, Jack." "That was real smart, ese." "Get away from my ride!" "Get up." "Come on, get up!" "Where are you going?" "Come back." "Angel!" "Well... does anyone have anything to say?" "Ana..." "I've known your family for years." "Tell us the truth." "Nothing happened." "Don't lie to me." "Nothing happened!" "Just leave her alone." "She didn't do anything wrong." "Then tell us who did." "We're not cops." "We're not here to put anybody behind bars." "If you cheated, let us know so you can go home and enjoy the rest of your summer." "Permiso." "I come from this neighborhood." "Yo vengo de este barrio, and I know that sometimes we're tempted to take short cuts." "Just tell me the truth." "What happened?" "Dime la verdad." "Ok." "We're busted." "Why don't we just admit it?" "How'd you do it?" "I got the test ahead of time and passed it out to everyone." "How did you get it?" "The mailman." "I strangled him." "His body's decomposing in my locker." "There's no sense in continuing if they won't cooperate." "Do you know how this got in my box?" "A letter of resignation." "Anonymous." "My guess is it could have something to do with the mess this school is in." "You think they cheated?" "Mr. Escalante, you put these kids under an awful lot of pressure." "They would have gone to any lengths to please you." "You didn't answer my question." "All right." "Well... every night when I go to bed" "I watch the television news." "I see lots of people go on trial." "They deny everything, or their lawyers say they were insane at the time." "A lot of them get off." "But I believe that most people who get caught today are guilty." "Don't you?" "Yep." "I know what you mean." "Have you seen my car?" "No." "Do you need a ride home?" "No, thank you." "Kemo, let me take you home." "[Door closes]" "Jaime?" "Jaime... want to talk about it?" "Mm-mmm." "I may have made a mistake trying to teach them calculus." "Regardless of whether they passed that test or not, Jaime, they learned." "Yeah, they learned if you try real hard, nothing changes." "Quit." "If that's all you have left to teach... quit." "You know, what kills me is that they lost the confidence in the system that they're now finally qualified to be a part of." "I don't know why I'm losing sleep over this." "I don't need it." "I could make twice the money in less hours and have people treat me with respect." "Respect?" "Jaime, those kids love you." "[Honk honk]" "[Honk honk]" "[Honk]" "Hey, Kemo!" "Check out your ride." "We fixed it up for you." "Going downtown, man, to take action on those e.t.s. Boys." "Hey, dad, check out your new car." "Angel:" "We got to talk about the payments." "Golly!" "Gentlemen?" "My name is Jaime Escalante." "I'm the a.p. Calculus teacher from garfield high school." "Yes." "Yes." "I'm dr." "Pearson." "Hello, doctor." "This is dr." "Ramirez." "Que tal?" "Un placer." "Es un gusto, senor." "I feel I have the right to know why you think my students cheated." "Mr. Escalante," "I'm sorry you drove out here, but we're not at liberty to discuss the controversy with you." "I'd just like to see the test, that's all." "Mr. Escalante," "I understand what you're going through here." "But I repeat, the problem's between the e.t.s. And the students." "I'd just like to see what mistakes were made." "I'm their teacher." "I know my kids." "Mr. Escalante, have a seat." "No." "No, thank you." "There were some unorthodox, even illogical computations for students of this caliber." "Mistakes in simple math." "Maybe they made the same mistakes because they had the same instruction." "I taught them step by step, all the same way." "Look." "Your students averaged fewer than 4 wrong on the multiple choice, where other schools average what... 14 to 18 incorrect answers?" "And most of your kids finished with time to spare." "They should be rewarded, not punished." "Mr. Escalante, the educational testing service does not act capriciously." "Every major university in the united states subscribes to our service." "I would like to see proof of wrongdoing." "I would like to see the tests." "Let me reiterate." "There's no proof of wrongdoing, only a suspicion of cheating." "One is innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around." "If you're so confident of your student's abilities, encourage them to retest." "Why should I?" "If they don't, everyone will assume they cheated." "Everyone will assume they cheated if they do." "I want to see the tests, please." "Mr. Escalante, we're psychometricians, thorough to the point of boring." "We're not out to get anybody here." "Hold on." "If this was 2 students cheating, that's one thing." "But by making a blanket accusation, you're saying there was a conspiracy." "Every conspiracy has a leader." "Who better to lead it than the teacher?" "Nobody's accusing you of anything." "Not only me." "The school, parents, the entire community." "Scores this high would be questioned regardless of the school." "If this was beverly hills high school, you two wouldn't be investigating." "Mr. Escalante," "I hope you're not insinuating that we haven't earned our position here, 'cause no one's given me a damn thing." "You're letting your emotions get the best of you." "If no one's given you a damn thing, you should not be taking away from my kids!" "The identity of the students were concealed until it was determined that irregularities existed." "Those scores are only being questioned because my kids have spanish surnames and come from barrio schools!" "You know that!" "We've been patiently explaining our position and listening to your complaints." "Now our conversation is over." "There's something going on here that nobody's talking about, and you know what it is!" "No one has the right to accuse me of racism." "No one has the right to accuse me of racism!" "I know well how to spell discrimination!" "I thought this was over a long time ago." "Are you doing this to my kids?" "There are 2 kinds of racism... singling out members of a minority group andnot singling out members of a minority group." "My kids could teach you a thing or two." "I'm calling security if you can't control yourself." "Go ahead." "You didn't show me the test." "You didn't prove anything." "They didn't do anything." "I'll prove you guys wrong." "I hope you do, because this is not between you and me." "Maybe not, but if I catch you on the street," "I'll kick the shit out of you." "Yeah, this is guadalupe escobar." "I've decided to take the test again." "You're kidding." "Kemo, we only have one day to study." "Ok. 8 a.m. On tuesday." "Thank you." "Why didn't you let me talk to them?" "Call collect." "Stick them with a big bill." "I thought I'd seen this place for the last time." "We'll have to review the entire course in one shot." "You mean in one day?" "Can't do it in less." "It'll be the same test?" "Mm-mmm." "It'll be harder." "Don't count on that." "Just go step by step and play defense." "Don't bring anything." "No pencils, no erasers, nothing." "Don't wear clothes with too many pockets." "Don't let your eyes wander." "No spacing out." "Don't give them any opportunity to call you cheaters." "You are the true dreamers, and dreams accomplish wonderful things." "You're the best." "Tomorrow you'll prove that you're the champs." "Start with chapter one." "Kemo, what you making over there?" "You like brains?" "Good." "I was afraid you guys wouldn't appreciate it." "This food lasts for 24 hours." "You're afraid we'll screw up royally tomorrow, aren't you?" "Tomorrow's just another day, honey." "I'm afraid you'll screw up the rest of your lives." "I'm fried." "I don't care if I don't pass." "Sit down." "We got work to do." "I'm going home." "Sit down." "I'm tired, and I'm going home." "Ok?" "You know what you're doing?" "I'm going home." "That's what I'm doing." "This stuff's ready." "Who'd like some?" "Kemo, let's order out, man." "I was just kidding." "Hey, I had to see you." "You can't expect me to be your girlfriend at your convenience." "I'm an asshole." "Sorry." "I'm sure you're all familiar with the procedure." "You have 90 minutes to complete the multiple-choice section." "Do not fill in answers by guessing." "Wrong answers will be counted against you." "You may begin part one... now." "Ok." "Pencils down." "You have 90 minutes to complete the free response section." "Don't spend too much time on any particular answer." "Credit will be issued for partial solutions." "Open the booklet." "Begin part 2." "Good luck." "Finished?" "I cannot finish the test." "I have an appointment at usc." "It's related to my scholarship." "Can't that wait?" "No, it can't." "Ok." "Did you fill out your I.D. Card?" "Yes." "Thank you." "Ok... pencils down." "Mr. Escalante?" "Mr. Escalante, did you hear the news?" "We got the computers." "Yep." "That'll do it." "Jaime, they want to go over the test again, make sure there's no misunderstandings." "Estelle, I'm going to the faculty meeting." "Thank you." "Misunderstanding again?" "Can you call dr." "Ramirez?" "He'll help us." "He's going to tell me the same thing, Jaime." "All right." "I'll call him." "Icaray!" "This is Mr. Molina calling again." "Yes, I did." "Oh, you do?" "Yes." "Yes, I'd like that very much." "Uh... uh..." "one moment." "Yes, uh, yes." "I'm aware of the scoring." "3 is a passing grade." "5 is a perfect grade." "Yes." "I'm ready." "Go ahead." "Diaz, maria. 4." "Sinfuentes, mark. 5." "Navarra, jose. 4." "I want the original scores reinstated." "Santos, Daniel. 4." "Escobar, Guadalupe. 5." "Camejo, Claudia. 4." "Ana Delgado. 4." "Garcia, Francisco. 3." "Fuentes, Rafaela. 4." "Javier Perales. 5." "Guitaro, Armando. 4." "Angel Guzman... 5." "Estelle, hold the meeting." "We're coming with great news." "Pernajas, Juliana. 5." "Hernandez, Alejandro. 4." "Castro, Monica. 4." "?" "Some people hate and expect perfection?" "?" "Some people lie and demand the truth?" "?" "Gotta ask myself if it's all deception?" "?" "Is this a natural thing?" "?" "?" "That we all just do?" "?" "We take such pleasure from pain?" "?" "I'm just tired of playing that game?" "?" "Some things you've got to change?" "?" "You've got to stand and deliver?" "?" "With your body and soul?" "?" "?" "Stand and deliver?" "?" "Just give me something to hold?" "?" "Stand and deliver?" "?" "If the truth can be told?" "?" "We can make it together?" "?" "?" "If you stand?" "?" "Stand and deliver?" "?" "Sometimes my mind drives me to distraction?" "?" "I wanna shut all the windows?" "?" "And lock the doors?" "?" "Every time I get a little bit of satisfaction?" "?" "I see our world come tumblin' to the floor?" "?" "I know in this life?" "?" "You gotta stand up for what feels right?" "?" "Each day and every night ?" "?" "You've got to stand and deliver?" "?" "With your body and soul?" "?" "?" "Stand and deliver?" "?" "Just give me something to hold?" "?" "Stand and deliver?" "?" "If the truth can be told?" "?" "We can make it together?" "?" "?" "If we stand and deliver?" "?" "Stand and deliver?" "?" "I know in this life?" "?" "You gotta stand up for what feels right?" "?" "Each day and every night ?" "?" "You've got to stand and deliver?" "?" "With your body and soul?" "?" "?" "Stand and deliver?" "?" "Just give me something to hold?" "?" "Stand and deliver?" "?" "So the truth can be told ?" "?" "We can make it together?" "?" "?" "If we stand?" "?" "If we stand and deliver?" "?" "?" "Stand and deliver?" "?" "If the truth can be told?" "?" "We can make it together...?" "Captioning made possible by Warner Bros." "Captioning performed by the national captioning Institute, inc."