You Better Wake Up And Pay Attention: The Best High School Struggle Movies
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Iva Anthony
Stand And Deliver
He believed in them when everyone else wouldn’t. In Stand and Deliver, high school math teacher Jaime Escalante saw something in his predominantly Hispanic students. While others considered the gang members and students statistics, Escalante, played by Edward James Olmos, took it upon himself to come up with unconventional teaching methods to help his students pass the rigorous advance placement calculus exam. The 1988 film also stars Lou Diamond Phillips and Andy Garcia.
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