An unusual teacherA math teacher walks into his classroom holding an apple and a meat cleaver(砍肉刀). His students look interested. He puts on a cook’s hat and an apron, slowly raises the meat cleaver high into the air, and then cuts the apple into two pieces. His students look shocked. Believe it or not, this is the beginning of a lesson on fractions (分数).There are many scenes like this in stand and deliver. This movie is about real-life teacher Jaime Escalante and his students at Garfield high school in East Los Angeles. Actor Edward James Olmos captures Escalante’s passion and drive. The young actors who play students show how a school known for its drugs and gangs (团伙) becomes famous for its big improvements in math。Escalante sets rules for his students but also cares deeply about them. If he sees that a student is not listening, he playfully hits him with a red pillow. He tells students that they must have ganas, a Spanish word meaning “desire”. He reminds them that they are the hope for the future.Escalante also understands each student’s special problems. In one scene, a student named angel comes to see Escalante after class. Angel says that he wants to study at home, but he can’t let the members of his gang see him carrying books. So Escalante gives angel two sets of books---one to keep at home and one to keep in his locker.Some of the most moving scenes in the movie are based on actual events that took place in 1982. Escalante prepares his students to take a test in calculus(微积分), a difficult form of math. Officials are shocked when all 18 students, who come mostly from poor Hispanic families, pass the test. Accused of cheating, many of the students must retake the test. Again, they get high scores. Escalante complains that his students’ scores were challenged only because the students are Hispanic.Some students at Escalante’s school take drugs

An unusual teacherA math teacher walks into his classroom holding an apple and a meat cleaver(砍肉刀). His students look interested. He puts on a cook’s hat and an apron, slowly raises the meat cleaver high into the air, and then cuts the apple into two pieces. His students look shocked. Believe it or not, this is the beginning of a lesson on fractions (分数).There are many scenes like this in stand and deliver. This movie is about real-life teacher Jaime Escalante and his students at Garfield high school in East Los Angeles. Actor Edward James Olmos captures Escalante’s passion and drive. The young actors who play students show how a school known for its drugs and gangs (团伙) becomes famous for its big improvements in math。Escalante sets rules for his students but also cares deeply about them. If he sees that a student is not listening, he playfully hits him with a red pillow. He tells students that they must have ganas, a Spanish word meaning “desire”. He reminds them that they are the hope for the future.Escalante also understands each student’s special problems. In one scene, a student named angel comes to see Escalante after class. Angel says that he wants to study at home, but he can’t let the members of his gang see him carrying books. So Escalante gives angel two sets of books---one to keep at home and one to keep in his locker.Some of the most moving scenes in the movie are based on actual events that took place in 1982. Escalante prepares his students to take a test in calculus(微积分), a difficult form of math. Officials are shocked when all 18 students, who come mostly from poor Hispanic families, pass the test. Accused of cheating, many of the students must retake the test. Again, they get high scores. Escalante complains that his students’ scores were challenged only because the students are Hispanic.Escalante will punish the students severely if they break his rules

An unusual teacherA math teacher walks into his classroom holding an apple and a meat cleaver(砍肉刀). His students look interested. He puts on a cook’s hat and an apron, slowly raises the meat cleaver high into the air, and then cuts the apple into two pieces. His students look shocked. Believe it or not, this is the beginning of a lesson on fractions (分数).There are many scenes like this in stand and deliver. This movie is about real-life teacher Jaime Escalante and his students at Garfield high school in East Los Angeles. Actor Edward James Olmos captures Escalante’s passion and drive. The young actors who play students show how a school known for its drugs and gangs (团伙) becomes famous for its big improvements in math。Escalante sets rules for his students but also cares deeply about them. If he sees that a student is not listening, he playfully hits him with a red pillow. He tells students that they must have ganas, a Spanish word meaning “desire”. He reminds them that they are the hope for the future.Escalante also understands each student’s special problems. In one scene, a student named angel comes to see Escalante after class. Angel says that he wants to study at home, but he can’t let the members of his gang see him carrying books. So Escalante gives angel two sets of books---one to keep at home and one to keep in his locker.Some of the most moving scenes in the movie are based on actual events that took place in 1982. Escalante prepares his students to take a test in calculus(微积分), a difficult form of math. Officials are shocked when all 18 students, who come mostly from poor Hispanic families, pass the test. Accused of cheating, many of the students must retake the test. Again, they get high scores. Escalante complains that his students’ scores were challenged only because the students are Hispanic.Escalante doesn’t know the meaning of the Spanish word ganas

An unusual teacherA math teacher walks into his classroom holding an apple and a meat cleaver(砍肉刀). His students look interested. He puts on a cook’s hat and an apron, slowly raises the meat cleaver high into the air, and then cuts the apple into two pieces. His students look shocked. Believe it or not, this is the beginning of a lesson on fractions (分数).There are many scenes like this in stand and deliver. This movie is about real-life teacher Jaime Escalante and his students at Garfield high school in East Los Angeles. Actor Edward James Olmos captures Escalante’s passion and drive. The young actors who play students show how a school known for its drugs and gangs (团伙) becomes famous for its big improvements in math。Escalante sets rules for his students but also cares deeply about them. If he sees that a student is not listening, he playfully hits him with a red pillow. He tells students that they must have ganas, a Spanish word meaning “desire”. He reminds them that they are the hope for the future.Escalante also understands each student’s special problems. In one scene, a student named angel comes to see Escalante after class. Angel says that he wants to study at home, but he can’t let the members of his gang see him carrying books. So Escalante gives angel two sets of books---one to keep at home and one to keep in his locker.Some of the most moving scenes in the movie are based on actual events that took place in 1982. Escalante prepares his students to take a test in calculus(微积分), a difficult form of math. Officials are shocked when all 18 students, who come mostly from poor Hispanic families, pass the test. Accused of cheating, many of the students must retake the test. Again, they get high scores. Escalante complains that his students’ scores were challenged only because the students are Hispanic.The student named angel is a member of a gang group.

An unusual teacherA math teacher walks into his classroom holding an apple and a meat cleaver(砍肉刀). His students look interested. He puts on a cook’s hat and an apron, slowly raises the meat cleaver high into the air, and then cuts the apple into two pieces. His students look shocked. Believe it or not, this is the beginning of a lesson on fractions (分数).There are many scenes like this in stand and deliver. This movie is about real-life teacher Jaime Escalante and his students at Garfield high school in East Los Angeles. Actor Edward James Olmos captures Escalante’s passion and drive. The young actors who play students show how a school known for its drugs and gangs (团伙) becomes famous for its big improvements in math。Escalante sets rules for his students but also cares deeply about them. If he sees that a student is not listening, he playfully hits him with a red pillow. He tells students that they must have ganas, a Spanish word meaning “desire”. He reminds them that they are the hope for the future.Escalante also understands each student’s special problems. In one scene, a student named angel comes to see Escalante after class. Angel says that he wants to study at home, but he can’t let the members of his gang see him carrying books. So Escalante gives angel two sets of books---one to keep at home and one to keep in his locker.Some of the most moving scenes in the movie are based on actual events that took place in 1982. Escalante prepares his students to take a test in calculus(微积分), a difficult form of math. Officials are shocked when all 18 students, who come mostly from poor Hispanic families, pass the test. Accused of cheating, many of the students must retake the test. Again, they get high scores. Escalante complains that his students’ scores were challenged only because the students are Hispanic.Angel’s father is a poor worker.

An unusual teacherA math teacher walks into his classroom holding an apple and a meat cleaver(砍肉刀). His students look interested. He puts on a cook’s hat and an apron, slowly raises the meat cleaver high into the air, and then cuts the apple into two pieces. His students look shocked. Believe it or not, this is the beginning of a lesson on fractions (分数).There are many scenes like this in stand and deliver. This movie is about real-life teacher Jaime Escalante and his students at Garfield high school in East Los Angeles. Actor Edward James Olmos captures Escalante’s passion and drive. The young actors who play students show how a school known for its drugs and gangs (团伙) becomes famous for its big improvements in math。Escalante sets rules for his students but also cares deeply about them. If he sees that a student is not listening, he playfully hits him with a red pillow. He tells students that they must have ganas, a Spanish word meaning “desire”. He reminds them that they are the hope for the future.Escalante also understands each student’s special problems. In one scene, a student named angel comes to see Escalante after class. Angel says that he wants to study at home, but he can’t let the members of his gang see him carrying books. So Escalante gives angel two sets of books---one to keep at home and one to keep in his locker.Some of the most moving scenes in the movie are based on actual events that took place in 1982. Escalante prepares his students to take a test in calculus(微积分), a difficult form of math. Officials are shocked when all 18 students, who come mostly from poor Hispanic families, pass the test. Accused of cheating, many of the students must retake the test. Again, they get high scores. Escalante complains that his students’ scores were challenged only because the students are Hispanic.Some of the students in Escalante’s class cheat in the calculus test.

An unusual teacherA math teacher walks into his classroom holding an apple and a meat cleaver(砍肉刀). His students look interested. He puts on a cook’s hat and an apron, slowly raises the meat cleaver high into the air, and then cuts the apple into two pieces. His students look shocked. Believe it or not, this is the beginning of a lesson on fractions (分数).There are many scenes like this in stand and deliver. This movie is about real-life teacher Jaime Escalante and his students at Garfield high school in East Los Angeles. Actor Edward James Olmos captures Escalante’s passion and drive. The young actors who play students show how a school known for its drugs and gangs (团伙) becomes famous for its big improvements in math。Escalante sets rules for his students but also cares deeply about them. If he sees that a student is not listening, he playfully hits him with a red pillow. He tells students that they must have ganas, a Spanish word meaning “desire”. He reminds them that they are the hope for the future.Escalante also understands each student’s special problems. In one scene, a student named angel comes to see Escalante after class. Angel says that he wants to study at home, but he can’t let the members of his gang see him carrying books. So Escalante gives angel two sets of books---one to keep at home and one to keep in his locker.Some of the most moving scenes in the movie are based on actual events that took place in 1982. Escalante prepares his students to take a test in calculus(微积分), a difficult form of math. Officials are shocked when all 18 students, who come mostly from poor Hispanic families, pass the test. Accused of cheating, many of the students must retake the test. Again, they get high scores. Escalante complains that his students’ scores were challenged only because the students are Hispanic.The school officials don’t trust the Hispanic students.

Why we need vacationsThere’s more to a vacation than can be described in travel books. We certainly need breaks from work. But there is even more to be said for a get-away break, leaving all daily work behind and living a different life for a short time.The benefits of taking a vacation start long before the suitcases are packed. A vacation is something to look forward to. It gives us the sense that whatever is happening at the moment will end soon.Companies sometimes use away-breaks to restore(恢复)motivation and team relationships. If you’re able to switch off and leave your daily work behind, when you come back, you often view old situations with fresh eyes and see them in a new way.People don’t disappear while on vacation. We’re still thinking and feeling the whole time we’re away. What really makes the difference is not simply getting away from the daily work; it’s being able to do something else instead. We might speak to people we wouldn’t normally meet, try sports we’d not do otherwise, and discover interests we never knew we had.Vacations also allow us to focus on the present in a way that’s hard to do at home. When you’re in a new environment for a short time, your attention tends to be on what’s happening right now and in the next few days. Being “in the moment” is in itself one of the keys to getting relaxed, and this happens more naturally on vacation.Every vacation is an adventure full of potential discoveries. Perhaps more than anything else, vacations enable us to raise our eyes from familiar paths so that we can look around and see that there’s a world out there.People need to explore more about the meaning of a vacation.

Why we need vacationsThere’s more to a vacation than can be described in travel books. We certainly need breaks from work. But there is even more to be said for a get-away break, leaving all daily work behind and living a different life for a short time.The benefits of taking a vacation start long before the suitcases are packed. A vacation is something to look forward to. It gives us the sense that whatever is happening at the moment will end soon.Companies sometimes use away-breaks to restore(恢复)motivation and team relationships. If you’re able to switch off and leave your daily work behind, when you come back, you often view old situations with fresh eyes and see them in a new way.People don’t disappear while on vacation. We’re still thinking and feeling the whole time we’re away. What really makes the difference is not simply getting away from the daily work; it’s being able to do something else instead. We might speak to people we wouldn’t normally meet, try sports we’d not do otherwise, and discover interests we never knew we had.Vacations also allow us to focus on the present in a way that’s hard to do at home. When you’re in a new environment for a short time, your attention tends to be on what’s happening right now and in the next few days. Being “in the moment” is in itself one of the keys to getting relaxed, and this happens more naturally on vacation.Every vacation is an adventure full of potential discoveries. Perhaps more than anything else, vacations enable us to raise our eyes from familiar paths so that we can look around and see that there’s a world out there.We begin to feel the benefits of a vacation after we start to pack our suitcases

Why we need vacationsThere’s more to a vacation than can be described in travel books. We certainly need breaks from work. But there is even more to be said for a get-away break, leaving all daily work behind and living a different life for a short time.The benefits of taking a vacation start long before the suitcases are packed. A vacation is something to look forward to. It gives us the sense that whatever is happening at the moment will end soon.Companies sometimes use away-breaks to restore(恢复)motivation and team relationships. If you’re able to switch off and leave your daily work behind, when you come back, you often view old situations with fresh eyes and see them in a new way.People don’t disappear while on vacation. We’re still thinking and feeling the whole time we’re away. What really makes the difference is not simply getting away from the daily work; it’s being able to do something else instead. We might speak to people we wouldn’t normally meet, try sports we’d not do otherwise, and discover interests we never knew we had.Vacations also allow us to focus on the present in a way that’s hard to do at home. When you’re in a new environment for a short time, your attention tends to be on what’s happening right now and in the next few days. Being “in the moment” is in itself one of the keys to getting relaxed, and this happens more naturally on vacation.Every vacation is an adventure full of potential discoveries. Perhaps more than anything else, vacations enable us to raise our eyes from familiar paths so that we can look around and see that there’s a world out there.People expect that a vacation ahead will put an end to what is happening now.