Compare Escalante and MacFarland

As far as teaching styles go, both Mr. Escalante and Mr. MacFarland had unwavering faith in the students they had the privilege of teaching. Yes, I said privilege and even though I did not have the opportunity to sit down with or interview the teachers, I can imagine their words of wisdom sound something like this:

It was an honor to witness first hand, the personal growth and development of each and every one of my students. They taught me more then I could have ever taught them because, no matter what life threw their way, THEY made the decision to push through. They are the hero’s, not me.

Again, my italicized comments are an assumption as to what the two teachers might say, but based on their characters, it seems like an accurate conclusion as to how I believe they would describe their experiences teaching the students in their lives.

In addition to shared ‘faith’, both teachers believed college was an attainable possibility for each student. To help them achieve the ambitious goal, Mr. Escalante became the driving force behind the concept of ‘hard work and dedication.’ While Mr. MacFarland went above-and-beyond the call of duty while assisting Rose with college applications and financial aid forms.

Both MacFarland and Escalante refused to take ‘NO’ for an answer. When challenges arose, they became like mack-trucks and bull dozed down the doors that blocked their passageways into a enough to reach out on the limb and grasp the possibilities that Escalante and MacFarland knew where there. brighter future. Escalante did so by challenging the school board while MacFarland took the ‘behind the scenes’ approach with the logistics and paperwork.

Over-all, I believe that both educators demonstrated their belief in their students and in doing so, their students felt it was safe