Testing your Ability

The Hispanic population has the highest rate of high school dropouts because of this Hispanics are overseen as people who aren’t capable of achieving challenging goals. They are not expected to pass thought-provoking courses. This video clip is about a movie called “Stand and Deliver” this movie was inspired by Jaime Escalante. He was a well-known calculus teacher who taught in Garfield High school California. He first taught basic math 1A then wanted to teach calculus. His co-workers laughed and told him the students couldn’t handle calculus.  These videos show an excerpt of students who took the AP Calculus exam In Garfield high school and are accused of cheating on the exam. Investigators from the school board said they all committed the same mistake. The school board then began an investigation. They were told to retake the exam if they wanted their scores to be credited. So they did and proved the school board and staff wrong.

 

The professor Jaime Escalante then wanted the scores reinstated by the school board. No one’s ability of learning should be questioned without testing their abilities. Every student should have the same rights as other students. Just because Hispanics have low testing scores and have the highest high school drop outs doesn’t necessarily mean that they are incapable of mastering scholastic skills. Students across the United States are capable of achieving anything if they set their mind to it. Just like these students in Jaime Escalante’s class. Every student in his class passed the AP exam and over the year the scores increased.