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* InsistedTerminology: Jaime doesn't consider his students stupid, it's just that they don't know anything because they're poorly educated. And considering that Angel Guzman is able to match the academically gifted Ana and Javier in their AP exam scores, he has a point.

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* InsistedTerminology: InsistentTerminology: Jaime doesn't consider his students stupid, it's just that they don't know anything because they're poorly educated. And considering that Angel Guzman is able to match the academically gifted Ana and Javier in their AP exam scores, he has a point.
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*InsistedTerminology: Jaime doesn't consider his students stupid, it's just that they don't know anything because they're poorly educated. And considering that Angel Guzman is able to match the academically gifted Ana and Javier in their AP exam scores, he has a point.
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''Stand and Deliver'' is a 1988 American drama film directed and cowritten by Ramón Menéndez, starring Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos, Creator/LouDiamondPhillips, Creator/EstelleHarris, Creator/RosannaDeSoto, and Creator/AndyGarcia.

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''Stand and Deliver'' is a 1988 American drama film directed and cowritten co-written by Ramón Menéndez, starring Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos, Creator/LouDiamondPhillips, Creator/EstelleHarris, Creator/RosannaDeSoto, and Creator/AndyGarcia.
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* CatchPhrase: [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya "My name is Jaime Escalante."]]



* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: "My name is Jaime Escalante" is said frequently throughout the movie as a means of introduction.

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* {{Fanservice}}[=/=]FanDisservice: In the beach scene, we see Angel in nothing but his boxers.



* ShirtlessScene: See {{Fanservice}}[=/=]FanDisservice above.

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Not to be confused with the catch-phrase of English [[TheHighwayman highwaymen]]. Or the song by Music/AdamAndTheAnts ''about'' a highwayman.



* BewareTheQuietOnes: Ramirez starts out calm when addressing Escalante's stern concerns, but once pestered by Escalante finally snaps and turns into a LargeHam. '''[[SuddenlyShouting "NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO ACCUSE ME OF RACISM!"]]'''

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* BewareTheQuietOnes: Ramirez starts out calm when addressing Escalante's stern concerns, but once pestered by Escalante finally snaps and turns into a LargeHam. '''[[SuddenlyShouting "NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO ACCUSE ME OF RACISM!"]]'''[[SuddenlyShouting "No one has the right to accuse me of racism!"]]



* ChekhovsGun: The mistake 0 to π over 2. [[spoiler:To elaborate, during a practice of this question, which takes place before Escalante's heart attack, everyone got the same wrong answer, this would later come back to be the reason for the accusation of them cheating. Escalante argues that this doesn't automatically mean they cheated, just that they were taught the same way of working problems out.]]
* CoolTeacher[=/=]SternTeacher: Jaime Escalante embodied both of these tropes. While what he does is cool, he's harsh and demanding enough to be a SternTeacher, and probably wouldn't be very fun to actually ''have''. This is TruthInTelevision according to many of his former real-life students.

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* ChekhovsGun: The mistake 0 to π over 2. [[spoiler:To elaborate, during [[spoiler:During a practice of this question, which takes place before Escalante's heart attack, everyone got the same wrong answer, this would later come back to be the reason for the accusation of them cheating. Escalante argues that this doesn't automatically mean they cheated, just that they were taught the same way of working problems out.]]
* CoolTeacher[=/=]SternTeacher: CoolTeacher: Jaime Escalante embodied both is self-confident, witty, and assertive, even though he looks like a loser. He's also something of these tropes. While a SternTeacher and has high expectations, though this is what he does is cool, he's harsh and demanding enough to be a SternTeacher, and probably wouldn't be very fun to actually ''have''. This is TruthInTelevision according to many of his former real-life students.students need at the beginning of the year.



* EEqualsMCHammer: Averted. Tropers who have taken AP Calculus will recognize most of the math in this movie.


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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Early in the film, during a teachers' conference, the beleaguered teachers respond to their students' poor performance by accepting defeat, claiming that they're doing all they can. Jaime immediately raises his hand and asserts that ''he'' could do more.


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* SternTeacher: Jaime combines his assertiveness and high expectations with [[CoolTeacher a lot of humor]], hoping to inspire his students while also cutting through their BS.
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It's based on the true story of the late Jaime Escalante (Olmos), a computer technician who became a math teacher at an East Los Angeles InnerCitySchool to save the students from gang violence, drugs, and the like.

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It's The film is based on the true story of the late Jaime Escalante (Olmos), a Bolivian-American computer technician who became a math teacher at an InnerCitySchool in East Los Angeles InnerCitySchool to save the students from gang violence, drugs, and the like.

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''Stand and Deliver'' is a 1988 drama film starring Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos based on the true story of the late Jaime Escalante, a computer technician who became a math teacher in an InnerCitySchool to save the students from gang violence, drugs, and the like.

The film was added to the National Film Registry in 2011, Olmos' performance received an Oscar nomination, and the film is hailed to this day as a classic.

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''Stand and Deliver'' is a 1988 American drama film directed and cowritten by Ramón Menéndez, starring Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos, Creator/LouDiamondPhillips, Creator/EstelleHarris, Creator/RosannaDeSoto, and Creator/AndyGarcia.

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based on the true story of the late Jaime Escalante, Escalante (Olmos), a computer technician who became a math teacher in at an East Los Angeles InnerCitySchool to save the students from gang violence, drugs, and the like.

The Hailed to this day as a classic, the film was added to the National Film Registry in 2011, Olmos' performance 2011. Olmos received an Oscar nomination, and the film is hailed to this day as a classic.
Best Actor [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] nomination for his performance.


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* TitledAfterTheSong: By pop-rock band Mr. Mister, which plays over the end credits.
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* GreatAccomplishmentWeakCredibility: The ETS investigators don't believe that Escalante's students could have passed the AP calculus test without cheating since

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* GreatAccomplishmentWeakCredibility: The ETS investigators don't believe that Escalante's students could have passed the AP calculus test without cheating sincesince [[spoiler:they all got the wrong answer on a certain practice question.]]
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* GreatAccomplishmentWeakCredibility: The ETS investigators don't believe that Escalante's students could have passed the AP calculus test without cheating since [[spoiler:they all got the wrong answer on a certain practice question.]]

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* GreatAccomplishmentWeakCredibility: The ETS investigators don't believe that Escalante's students could have passed the AP calculus test without cheating since [[spoiler:they all got the wrong answer on a certain practice question.]]since
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* GreatAccomplishmentWeakCredibility: The ETS investigators don't believe that Escalante's students could have passed the AP calculus test without cheating.

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* GreatAccomplishmentWeakCredibility: The ETS investigators don't believe that Escalante's students could have passed the AP calculus test without cheating.cheating since [[spoiler:they all got the wrong answer on a certain practice question.]]
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* GreatAccomplishmentWeakCredibility: The ETS investigators don't believe that Escalante's students could have passed the AP calculus test without cheating.
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* ChekhovsGun: The mistake 0 to π over 2. [[spoiler:To elaborate, during a practice of this question, which takes place before Escalante's heart attack, everyone got the same wrong answer, this would later come back to be the reason for the accusation of them cheating.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: The mistake 0 to π over 2. [[spoiler:To elaborate, during a practice of this question, which takes place before Escalante's heart attack, everyone got the same wrong answer, this would later come back to be the reason for the accusation of them cheating. Escalante argues that this doesn't automatically mean they cheated, just that they were taught the same way of working problems out.]]

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