He is a teacher from a small country, but he came to the United States and sent 400 gangsters to the world's most prestigious schools.

In Southern California,

there is a high school with the worst environment and the worst teaching standards.

This school is called Garfield High School.

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Because the nearby residents are almost all poor people at the bottom of society,

they can only send their children to this cheapest school.

However, in the eyes of these students,

they seem to have been marked as poor and humble since they were born.

It seems that it is fundamental to want to get ahead. Impossible,

And this school is hopeless no matter how you look at it.

As a result, they gave up on themselves,

and developed themselves into little gangsters,

and the teachers were unable to discipline them,

just messing around. Get paid.

1.

Jamie Ekrant,

was born in the small country of Bolivia in 1930.

His parents are Teacher,

Although his income is not high,

he has received a good education since he was a child.

Jamie’s dream was to become an engineer,

but due to the death of his father,

he had to give up this idea,

Entered the Teachers College.

However, in the Normal College,

his talent was clearly revealed.

He was quite outstanding in mathematics and physics.

It didn’t take long. The physics teacher also recommended him a part-time job.

He had never given a lecture before.

He just imitated the teacher and taught others.

After graduating from college,

Unwilling to be ordinary,

decided to go to the United States to try his luck.

However, the ideal is full ,

Reality is skinny.

In 1963,

He first came to the United States.

He could only speak YES/NO in English.

In order to survive,

He has worked as a waiter,

as a chef, and as an electronics technician.

He also studied English while working.

After working hard like this for a while,

he not only learned English,

studied calculus,

and passed the American Teacher qualification certificate.

In 1974,

he passed the interview and became

a computer teacher at Garfield High School.

He was excited all night that day.

Finally he was one step closer to his dream.

2.

However, when he stepped into this school on the first day,

he discovered why he was able to pass the interview.

The environment here is like a garbage dump.

Regardless of the learning atmosphere or the quality of students,

it is simply the most backward place.

Later, he learned that

this high school was a high school in a slum.

95% of the students were from Latin America.

80% of students come from poor families.

But what surprised Jamie the most

was the school management.

He applied as a computer teacher, but

the school failed There are no computers,

and the school bells are controlled by students.

The school's Academic Affairs Office is also occupied by students.

So, he became a mathematics teacher.

In order to motivate students,

On the first day of class,

he was in the class It is plastered with slogans:

As long as you want, you can change the status quo and achieve success.

As a result, before the class started,

there was an impatient student,

pointing at his head,

shouting He got out,

Then a dozen students booed:

"Go down, go down, go down"

"I just want to take sex education classes."

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For these teenage children,

Jamie felt angry and sad,

angry because of their excessive behavior;

Sadly, he understands that

this is not entirely the fault of the children.

It is because of the gap between the rich and the poor and the inequality of resources.

status.

3.

All teachers who teach here,

come in waves,

leave in waves ,

Jamie feels that these children are also very pitiful,

and he should not give up on them.

So, he changed his teaching style.

He knew what these children were interested in,

and dressed himself up as a chef.

He also took a knife,

said a few words and chopped the table.

In order to have a good relationship with the children,

he pretended to be a gangster boss,

used Italian argot,

to mingle with the children. .

After getting to know each other,

The students also began to confide in Jamie.

In fact, each of them was very desperate.

Do they really not want to change?

However, reality tells them:

It is simply impossible.

“The teachers here are rubbish.

No one can go to college from here.”

“Our family is so poor, don’t we want to change? ?

But this shabby school gives us no hope. ”

Jamie knew their hearts, and

also began to think of ways for the children. ,

He asked around,

and learned about something called "AP Calculus Exam".

To put it bluntly, this exam is a stepping stone to prestigious schools.

It is said that only 2 private high schools in the United States offer this course.

But once passed,

There is absolutely no problem in attending prestigious schools such as Harvard and Ivy League.

Jamie found it very interesting,

For poor students,

they have no access to this course at all,

so , this so-called "AP Calculus Exam",

Isn't it just a VIP channel specially prepared for aristocratic students.

Jamie had an idea,

If he didn’t happen to have studied calculus,

then he might as well open a course here,

for Creating opportunities for disadvantaged students.

4.

Although his idea is good,

it has been opposed by everyone.

Whether it is the school or the parents,

They all feel that these children have no hope and there is no need to learn.

However, at this time,

these naughty students

stood up and said:

"If you can Send us to college,

We will take this AP exam. ”

In 1981,

Jamie was at Garfield High School,

Officially opened the "AP Calculus Tuition Class",

For this, he set high standards,

also refused to accept any reason for failure.

They are doing this,

Perhaps, it is no longer for these children,

He is still challenging the education of the entire US empire,

Then there are the old beliefs that poor Hispanic kids don’t do well in school.

One can imagine how difficult it is

Although these children are not stupid,

their basic skills are too low Bad,

Jamie repeated the explanation over and over again,

until everyone understood.

And his cram school,

is also more strict,

requires more effort,

for example, come 1 hour early in the morning ,

Walk 2 hours late in the evening,

Classes are held on Saturdays, and winter and summer vacations are shortened.

He was the only one in the whole school who knew calculus.

Such heavy work intensity

prompted him to have a heart attack.

The doctor recommended that he be hospitalized for a month,

However, he quietly slipped away the next day.

5.

After a period of tutoring,

these children really lived up to Jamie’s expectations,

A miracle really happened

A record number of his students passed course tests.

All 18 students in the class passed the AP Calculus exam.

In other words, these grassroots students can also enter prestigious schools.

However,

in the opinion of the Educational Testing Service (ETS),

it is simply impossible to happen,

They concluded that these 18 students must have cheated collectively, and canceled their results.

When the students heard the news,

seemed to be thrown from heaven into hell.

Their efforts could not match people's ideas.

Just because of their poor background,

They will never turn around in their lives?

Looking at the dejected children,

Jamie was furious,

He was not angry at the fruits of his labor,

but at The entire education system feels sad.

He expressed dissatisfaction,

applied to ETS to retake the exam,

ETS agreed to retake the exam,

but only gave one day of review time.

In order to make a living,

the children also tried their best,

On the day when the results were announced,

ETS was speechless.

All 18 children still passed the exam.

This time, no one dares to embarrass them.

They will also enter the United States and even the world The best university.

Jamie said: "There are no born bad children in the world,

only irresponsible adults."

With these 18 children as role models,

After that, he became more and more proud of his achievements.

In 1983,

31 of Jamie’s students passed the AP Calculus exam.

In 1984, 63 people

In 1985, there were 77 people

In 1986, there were 78 people

In 1987, there were 87 people

The worst high school in the United States,

the number of people who passed the AP Calculus exam,

actually leads all the aristocratic high schools.

Jamie has successfully changed the minds of many Americans.

It has also made more people pay attention to the education of poor students.

Since then, he Became one of the most famous teachers in the United States,

and the story of him and his students,

was also made into a movie

"Stand as a Teacher" and Deliver”.

Last year,

the United States also specially issued a commemorative stamp.

The subject of the stamp is him.

There are a few words that he once said to his students, hoping that *** Mian:

"Children, you know, you haven't done anything, just You are already two positions behind."

"There are some people in the world who assume that you are uneducated as soon as they see your background."

"When you are looking for a job. The interviewer will not sympathize with you just because you come from a poor background."

And his persistence is also due to this sentence:

"If you look at it. There is no hope,

Let me give it to you, because I am a teacher. ”