Jaime Escalante

search for jaime Escalante, convey what information you find in a summary and a direct quotation. for each part use a signal phrase “According to ___” or “___ suggests,”

Jaime Escalante was born in south america,
his parents were teachers
he taught in bolivia for 12 years
moved to america and taught kids who were thought to be unteachable in a low income school
his efforts were shown in a movie “Stand and Deliver” (1988)
he became a national hero
Started a tv show to reach a greater amount of students
had several celebrities and famous people stop by in his classes
he received many awards for his efforts and many of his students were successful.

The Futures Channel states, ”When his story was told in the acclaimed film "Stand and Deliver" (1988), Escalante became a national hero.”

this is an example for starting to use sources
needed in the second paper and 5 in the third.

The Future Channel

Group Discussion "What must you do to get an A on paper #1"

In order to get an “A” on this first project, these early blog posts that we create should play an integral part in the development of the final paper. Each of the responses we give to the various assignments during this section should somehow feed into the final paper, building on our knowledge base. When the time comes for us to finally assemble our first project we should be able to use this collected works to streamline the writing of the paper.

For example the first few readings showed different writing styles and from this small body of works we can help decide on a method and style of writing. For example both “How I Learned to Program Computers” and “How I Learned to Live Google Free” used a strongly chronological style narrative, with the former outlining his experiences based around the websites he had built and how each one built onto his foundation of knowledge. Something else that both showed was language could help to endear or alienate the audience. During the in-class discussion a number of people either liked or disliked one of the two papers in part due to the level of technical jargon or if the reader felt like they were being talked down to. Considering the audience that the paper will be targeted toward can help to avoid alienating the audience in order to keep them engaged during the course of the paper.

The first two articles, "How I learned to Program computers", and "How I learned Google Free", followed a more step by step progression, whereas the last reading "Learning to Read" came across more as a journey. There is far more emotion than the former readings, making it more evocative. The step by step nature of the first two are easy to digest and there goal is simply stated in the heading. "Learning to Read" is a little deeper than just the topic at hand.


Christopher M. Roberts
Jacob Holcombe
Anthony Villanueva