Teacher Brings A knife To Class And Turns 400 Dad Students Into Geniuses

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

He's literally the teacher we all wish we had, but never got.

[@spoopyd.8910]

Sorry, but speak for yourself. I've been lucky. I got some wonderful teachers who were essentially second parents to me. Granted some of the more eccentric ones enabled my goblin energy but ehh, it's fine.

[@HISTORYSQUARE]

I have got a teacher like that! Damn she changed me into who I am today, what a great great human being

[@ubiquitousgamer9176]

let's become a teacher like that so no other kid suffers same fate as us.

[@unaval1ble_]

The only thing i wish is my math teacher absent :)

[@xask7990]

Fact's this teacher is the teacher in your dreams, my teacher is sorta similar to this teacher though most of my classmates went from "Decently Stupid" To "Genius" So i support your opinion.

[@julyaugmsj]

I like the fact that the teacher looks more like us than a super model or even look like an actor. Fantastic cast

[@user-zp1se4ch3j]

But I look like a super model

[@julyaugmsj]

@@user-zp1se4ch3j good for you 🤗👍

[@skylovermc2146]

What? Okay

[@breewashere]

@@user-zp1se4ch3j can u tell me ur secrets 😣

[@azilyam6709]

@@user-zp1se4ch3j same

[@tompalmer4544]

Ashamed teachers made me watch this in school years ago but not a one lived up to being a teacher like that. Through 12 years over 40 different teachers I’m sure, only four I can say did what he did in my school life. Thank you teach✌️

[@breewashere]

I only had like 2 and neither had spoken to me 1 on 1.

[@breewashere]

Maybe in kindergarten but I don't remember that far back.

[@steveanton763]

The fact a teacher showed you this is hilarious! We had a young teacher play us Dangerous Minds. With Michelle Pfeiffer from the 90s

[@tompalmer4544]

@@steveanton763 that was a good movie/tv show. We were shown that as well, the 90s were great lol

[@tompalmer4544]

@@breewashere only way I passed freshman year was my math teacher who held a catch up class of his own after school for whatever subject you needed he'd help. Never forget the man, his name was Mr Avery and he was a active army drill instructor. And this was at the peek of 9/11. He went trained our troops body's and minds, and came back to help help us train our mind's. Then he chose to do a tour he didn't have to.. we never saw him after that.. makes me want to reconnect 20 years later

[@gigintouthang370]

Turning 400 dad students into geniuses is hard work.

[@rohitboro7007]

Lmao! I was searching for this coment.

[@dgplays1542]

LMAO

[@vrare9915]

I was wondering if people noticed

[@justonplayz5754]

Lmao

[@mulpomo8133]

Really hard

[@nullsphix8382]

I loved how the car played a symbolic representation in how the teacher was feeling. When it started, the teacher felt broken as he didn't know how he would navigate this chapter. When the car was stolen, the teacher felt hopeless When the car was upgraded, it showcases his new found motivation

[@nullsphix8382]

"Behind any genius, is a genius teacher." - Stephen Hawking

[@nullsphix8382]

@@CajunReaper95 Well skill issue

[@woozy9112]

@@CajunReaper95 I guess you ain’t a genius 😂

[@milliardsayat]

@@woozy9112 Damn man you did him dirty

[@julianclemente5696]

@@milliardsayat nah he did em right

[@mattmarzula]

@@CajunReaper95 Whose not who's. Were not was. Than not then. You've proven very thoroughly that the original quote by Hawkins holds merit. It is hilarious the way you set yourself up for failure too. Because the subtext of your reply was that you're a genius when in reality, you're a simple dolt.

[@kaneannang8845]

He's genius and full of helping students.

[@adeleennis2255]

I was fortunate enough to hear him speak at the University of South Carolina in 2002ish. He was exactly as the movie portrayed him. He said students will rise to the level you expect of them. His famous line, “You can do it Johnny, I know you can.” was exactly how he treated his students. He didn’t accept them saying they couldn’t do something, but he also made sure to give them the tools they needed to accomplish their tasks. He was everything I wanted to be as a teacher.

[@bosorot]

I was not very smart as a kid . I failed in entrace exam to the top tier elementary school . My mom who has a degree in PhD in chemistry went to the headmaster and offered to teach high school class in chemistry . She quitted her job at the university to come to teach high school kids. Of course I got accepted to the elementary school because of her . She taught for only 2 years but her class got very high score in the national test and many got accepted to very good university . Later on I ask her why she can teach better . She told me that most of the chemistry teacher lack of the deep understanding of the subject . They just ask the kid to memorize everything and do not understand anything.

[@mantosh56]

Damn that's a really interesting point I haven't noticed before 😲 Thanks for sharing your experience!!!

[@TEHNOOBXTERMINATOR]

The reality is, a lot about basic chemistry is MEMORIZING. Why? Chemists dont go in depth in explanation since bonds and atoms actually work via quantum mechanics, which is waaaay hard for ppl not versed on the subject.

[@dumdum6280]

Your mom has gotten it right. In my country as well schools don't test our knowledge, they test our memories. Also, if only the teachers questioned themselves whether a student's failure to learn is, in fact, their failure to teach the world would be a better place.

[@RealGigaMind]

Exactly.

[@salb2086]

Great inspiring movie and real life story. What I think is most unexpected, is the fact that this teacher (Jaime Escalante), demonstrated decades ago that the most crucial piece in the educational system is the teacher itself. I mean, he alone inspired and properly educated generations of succesful students in the SAME conditions other teachers failed. He had a real impact, and that alone is being studied today by the Australina professor John Hattie and his discoveries on visible learning wich demostrate that most students all over the world respond and perform consistently acording to the teacher, his methods and feedback rather than the enviroment, the curricula, the hours, etc. Revolutionary findings to say the least. Good luck.

[@thegamingeye6619]

The fact that he chose personally he want to teach.

[@journeyoflife9159]

True its like stundents think they hate chemistry but what they actually dont Like is the teach with a different teacher the subject suddenly becomes enjoyable.

[@sandy88harley1000]

@@journeyoflife9159 that actually happened to me in college. I honestly dislike Math, but the professor I got made see math in a very different way now.

[@becomingjapanese]

As a teacher myself, sometimes the best way to teach underprivileged students is found outside the box. Inspiring story by the way. 🙏

[@BearRecaps]

Rest in Peace Jaime Escalante, you always will be a true hero, hope the students will always appreciate what you did for them💫

[@anitanaylah3543]

@@LitteralyAshlyn based on a true story bruh

[@Warrison_]

Damn.

[@CallMeKurima]

poor man 😔😔😔😭

[@NomicEXE]

@@LitteralyAshlyn could've just searched him up

[@JermaineMurphy-go9gf]

Rest in peace Edward James olmos

[@zacharymaneja1207]

I had a math teacher just as invested in his students as him. I loved him and wished he had more notice outside of the school.

[@xavierlee5360]

This just shows that everyone is a mf genius when they are taught in way that engages their attention and doesn’t bore them. Studying is fun for me when it’s not all about just reading and writing, I like to be engaged with the lecture rather than just listening and memorizing. As a kid that has a problem with their mental health, I think they need to upgrade their way of teaching students and istg they’ll see visible results

[@wildcard5269]

Some teachers either don't know how to teach OR They just racist with an agenda in a room filled with 99% of the students being of color

[@shoohk]

Yup always got Fs in math and barely passed the year. Until I took pre calculus and the teacher taught so well I was always getting As and actually understood what I was doing for once, the following year I decided to take statistics as she was teaching and same thing, As. Best feeling knowing I wasn’t a complete dumbass

[@notsuperhumain]

Not with karens around. There's smth they lack aka common sense and a decent IQ

[@kiljaeden5405]

Not geniuses but schools are boring af

[@mikedaflexta]

The smartest guy in my class was Hispanic.He always working with his family and we didn't understand how he was so far ahead of us. I asked him and he said "hard work my boy". til this day, those words from a peer still sticks with me. He became my inspiration in college as I would think about what he said every time I hit a mental block. Just wanted to put that out there.

[@kimq1818]

I remember my mother making me attend his math program during my middle school years and surprisingly, his workbook and methods really helped me a lot.

[@moviepatrol6545]

we need more teachers like him

[@zame3647]

Yeah

[@Decade332]

No be like teacher like him

[@iamtenrose7479]

But we are all going circles trying to get our visa paperwork done

[@Alpine913]

We do, but the “good ones” have way better options than teaching. Especially in LA, where a good teacher working as many hours as Escalente did would be making easily around $16 an hour after taxes.

[@johnjones8850]

Wow, even the female students were dad students. I am impressed. They all look very young to be dads too.

[@midorimashintaro7679]

I have watched this movie earlier but I would watch it time and again because it restores the faith in humanity. Loved this.

[@cetomedo]

The man took a bunch of students at a level where he had to tell them -(-1) is 1, and managed to teach them all calculus, one of the most infamous school subjects there is

[@akshaypnair9965]

Such great teacher are rare gems to be found investing their time and effort and creating a child career is not an easy task. Hats off to such teachers❤️

[@johnlove6194]

Thank you for sharing. This is a true story. The movie shows only a part of his success. He is respected by outstanding politicians like George Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Rest in peace Jaime Escalante.

[@hotshotpro4459]

Since when is Arnold Schwarzenegger the actor and insane bodybuilder a politicus

[@yuimilungleng]

@@hotshotpro4459 Google it You'll know

[@--T3NN0--]

@@hotshotpro4459 he was the governor of california

[@Innes1]

@@hotshotpro4459 bro, do you live under a rock?

[@mattmay4112]

I wouldn’t call bush an outstanding politician

[@thegamingeye6619]

Unfortunately many teachers don't take their responsibility seriously.

[@ozymandiasnullifidian5590]

It depends. Most start well, with good intentions, work hard, and are professionals. But many lose the vigor and wish to teach because of the students, especially professors in the high schools, they have the toughest job as teachers. In basic schools, it is not easy, but not that hard as in high schools, in university it is a pleasure to be a professor, people come to actually learn.

[@LordToxygene]

It's hard when society in the US looks down on teachers. I used to teach adults and even then the attitude by employers after I went back to the private sector was not favorable.

[@ozymandiasnullifidian5590]

@@LordToxygene I live in Europe, so I don't have a good picture about the societal stance toward teachers and professors in the USA, naturally, I have seen things in films, but I can't rely on that because those are too pronounced and are giving a bad impression, like the thing schools are really places where there is a lack of discipline. But, I bet that there are differences, for better or for worse.

[@KermitOfWar]

That's because teachers are underpaid & are treated like free childcare.

[@MrKingtyrant05]

You forgot to mention that the unexpected student the gangster guy who was peer pressure to not study and study on the down low had the highest grade from all students.

[@Ironheart73]

Being a teacher is the world's most noble profession. Nobody takes a teaching post to drive a ferrari. Its really because of that sense of service that people want to teach

[@amandacastle7209]

This is an extremely powerful movie, great recap! Thank you for all of your hard work!

[@mikemaceda3222]

I had some of the laziest teachers in middle school and high school back in the early 2000's. They'd show movies like this throughout the semester instead of teaching.

[@duanedragon2]

I had a teacher like this for science in high school. Retired Marine Corp colonel. High energy, really high standards. I failed his class and he was a jerk but it left a lasting impression on my life.

[@ManojKumararch]

I wish a teacher like him taught me Calculus

[@danieldieni3188]

My teacher i had when i was 13 years old i still remmember, im 27 now. He taught me so manny things as a misbehaving kid. Thanks mr steel 😊 it was his first year teaching and did a impact more then any teacher had for years of experience. Thank you!

[@kevinjohnson7300]

"HOW DO I REEEECH THEEEEESE KEEEEEEEEEDS"

[@shadowbanned-ok]

I think there are similar movies like that in two different versions. But this one seems to be the first and more impressive. Anyways Respect to the teachers like Escalante. The world needs more like him.

[@enrobsoc8839]

It reminds me of the french film ‘the chorus’ where the teacher turns the bad students into a choir

[@justanotherhuman8311]

reminds me of that chinese movie with the exact same scenes and plot

[@shadowbanned-ok]

@@justanotherhuman8311 I know r8. And may be there's an Indian version too.

[@gummy5862]

@@justanotherhuman8311 I mean this is based on a true story so plot similarity or not, you can’t discredit this movie. Jaime Escalante was a real person and Garfield High School is a real school.

[@shadowbanned-ok]

@@enrobsoc8839 So there's a French version too. Hmm. It's obvious though. People like to pick the good one.

[@LucasA84]

This a classic. Truly inspiring. Praise those that choose to be a teacher and be massacred by the system and politics.

[@mfonobot1576]

In high school, I had a teacher like this but in Music class. I still remember all us till this day. no teacher could be compared to him.

[@ricardokang448]

unfortunately he taught music

[@kshgarg147]

Meeting a good teacher is a very rare phenomenon

[@Penfold8]

This is based on a true story. The teacher died in the early 2000s. There is even an interview with some of the real students and how they became sucessful in life because (Kemo) Escalante pushed them to reach for something better.

[@totophi]

The old man really knew how to motivate a group under his care. SO SAY WE ALL! 😎

[@pryder5943]

Most often the students are blamed for their achievements, while most often it's the teachers inability to interact with them. Nothing personal against the teachers that often work hard, but interconnection is not always easy to achieve

[@darrienscott7048]

Only had ONE teacher in my entire life all th way to graduate school that reached out md connected like this. Mr Barringer from 9th grade English. His valyes stuck with me all the way through.

[@Rkade-yt]

you are one of my favorite recaps! love your vids

[@rachelrose1830]

I love this movie 🥰 the way he teaches the kids is genius.

[@thenoobinside9915]

Man this guy just wanted to teach computer and ended up single-handedly prevented 400 students from being accused of cheating because of racism

[@urpieceofheaven2339]

All the nursing instructors should use this teacher as a model

[@mhxistenz]

He “reeched thees keeds.” 🤣🤣🤣

[@kevinnelson198]

To us Mexicans Edward James Olmos is a superhero!

[@nickl8131]

Ohhhh... *BAD students 😆. That typo really threw me off for a minute

[@EVERTONFC.]

Great ! I wish I had teachers who were as arsed as this man.

[@abhishekprincerohta]

"Stand and Deliver" that's all We need to know in order to become great teachers

[@kendall0987]

I like this recap channel more than all the others, his voice is perfect for this kind of stuff, its so calming

[@danalexander2149]

This teacher exponentially increased the number of students who passed the calculus exam by 35% (yearly). That means that every year he taught, the number of students who passed the exam increased 35% from the previous year, for at least five consecutive years. To give you perspective, an increase of 5% is consider statistically significant. 35% exponential growth is fucking bonkers.

[@GulshanSaini3]

let makes all students ---"DAD"

[@mely1541]

I wish my teacher was like this

[@nunyabusiness6693]

We are hiring for a computer teacher? You're hired... Ok we don't have computers but you already signed a contract so you gotta teach math now.

[@racyjm90]

My all time favorite movie. Although i didn't go to this school, I live in LA and this movie is so relatable. We all have a teacher that believes in us more than ourselves.

[@Emma.S.]

87 passes in AP Calculus is very impressive. Not many people take that class in the first place. 87 is majority

[@TititoDeBologay]

Edward James Olmos was brilliant in this role.

[@dattebayo578]

damn it must have been hard to teach these dad students

[@louwy3680]

Moral of the story : bring a knife to class

[@Zen-zt4uk]

Not even 15 minutes and already 2 bots... terrific. Yippie.

[@thunderskull258]

@@Zen-zt4uk 😂

[@stevelozano9523]

@@Zen-zt4uk they must have got their PhD (Public high-school Diploma) in botoligy.

[@carbon_sxt]

Not a movie it's a real story 💯🙏🏽

[@artshahnazarianesq.6774]

I was blessed enough to have been taught math for 2 years by a teacher who won the Jaime Escalante Award those two years I was his student. He truly made math so fun and amazing while demanding results at the same time. I’m 44 and we are talking 7-8 grade. but I still vividly remember him always saying “Math is Sexy!” We’d have to draw hearts around our final answers, use different but correct colors, shapes, etc. It really worked! I passed the Calculus AP exam as a junior in high school, 99% because of my match teacher. And, yes, I still hate match!

[@killerStranngle]

what a great film for someone who missed out on proper education these students didn't know how lucky they were having Escalente as their teacher, if I could go back to being 14 again jeez i wouldn't waste a minute I'd sit at the front of all classes, never miss a day, study every day and make sure although everyone gave up on me, I didn't give up on myself and actually achieved decent things in life.

[@nutzhazel]

Wow racism is really on another level in the States! God bless the teachers who works hard for their students to reach their dreams! 💪

[@reaver..............]

This is a movie all current and aspiring teachers need to watch.

[@မိုး-ဘ၃ဓ]

400 Dad students....? Just how many children do they have..

[@okuyasunijimura1970]

imagine being so good at your job the police get involved to try and expose you

[@an5kiz]

lou diamond phillip has always been one of my fav actors

[@joshuahill5271]

Kid you, not I had a Soviet Professor teach math at my high school although it was the accelerated classes, he could have taught at a very high-end high school or university but stuck it out at my high school to teach kids math. He knew how to prepare, and seeing him break down math into understandable formats was awe-inspiring. He sometimes relieved teachers and taught the lower-grade classes and he was God at teaching concepts to struggling kids. My school was full of professors who similarly went off and earned gargantuan salaries as Chemists at Milk Industries, or mathematicians at Business firms but decided willingly to teach high school students. My school was a mid-end school, not as low as the movie, but they had options on their tables if they wanted to leave my school.

[@anushiyasubramaniyam5319]

these kind teachers r extremely hard get taught by them, if any of u happen to be so lucky do cherish them, while it lasts

[@jackstar7940]

This is why “ a teacher whom are hero they often getting blame”

[@Oso_pdf]

I hope those 400 dads are prospering

[@jackfitzpatrick8173]

I just recently discovered that the girl/young woman who played "Ana" (don't know how old she was when the movie was filmed) experienced serious psychiatric problems years after the film was made and was killed by police who feared that she was about to injure them. Very,very sad.

[@sadandalonearemysafewords2740]

he really gave all those dad students a chance

[@megandutton2564]

I had the same maths teacher for 5 years who didn’t turn up or give us any help I wish my teacher was the same as that guy

[@wilbertthijsen7574]

This i love ! We all have much more potential if we only try harder ! To believe in your talents and developing those and discovering all fields should be the main task of schools and parents !not only career and money ! Money is just a lubricant for your ambition

[@NANOBOT]

Jaime Escalante one the greatest Bolivian educators.

[@norhaizanomar2926]

that is right. great teacher can do wonders.

[@cardinalwilson8034]

these students are too good to be true.

[@journeyoflife9159]

I am one of those lucky bastards who had always great teachers. Apart from a few all my teachers were always great Well maybe me giving an effort also made it easier they still have always been patient l with me hence I always call my fav 3 every holiday. I think that is the best way to thank them.

[@thehackerstnt2147]

a good teacher can magic !

[@aziris7257]

An asian student: American high school calculus isn't hard.

[@tofighmazrae5259]

Exactly

[@Cocoa.Tresbelle]

Who gonna believe Pancho a 40 year old quarterback Jack full of roids is a teenager 😂😂

[@Aditya.singh.96]

Bollywood ripped this off with "Hitchki"

[@jimlane2961]

I,m CRYING IN REALIZING THE TEACHER'S THAT REALLY HELPED MY DUMBASS OUT !

[@bigceodub]

Excellent My Guy 💪

[@kalungivincent2961]

recap for me chronicles of Riddick

[@borisdebruin257]

I like how you called ms Ortega “mathhead” on 3:20

[@faiswone8147]

Saddest part of this movie is I saw the broken south park version first before finding out about this actual movie

[@ravibhatias3544]

thank youuuuuuuuuuu I love your channel

[@filledmug]

A good teacher shapes many lives.

[@Rhythm0-5299]

Seen this movie twenty years ago. Is not just "teaching", is understanding that we all are humans. If people are treated with respect, young or old, they give their best.

[@-Lazy]

Nice *dad* students. Dad must be proud

[@13matjim]

400 dads man that’s awesome

[@Lazidiz]

Now this is what a good teacher is.....

[@raymondg.3173]

Teachers make all the difference

[@BassitzLovesJesus]

Can we take a moment to appreciate how much effort he puts into these videos for us 😇

[@radhamonika1802]

I hope every education system get a teacher who know how to motivate

[@funnylikeme2678]

Bullies may make you stronger and let you know your own power

[@bedrock4837]

Those 400 kids turned into dad students 👌

[@pochita7004]

There's a similar "concept" (even tho this is real) where in the anime/manga GTO (Great teacher Onizuka) teaches the worst class in this school life lesson instead of normal history, math etc.. It's a great manga/anime you should read/watch

[@AquaSventi]

Reminds me of Assassination classroom and Koro sensei as well

[@necadrateescabarte5778]

I'm not crying, my eyes are just sweating.

[@marie-evegravel7924]

Ah yes, dad students