Mr. Escalante compared to Mr. Macfarland (10/24)

Mr. MacFarland and Mr. Escalante were very similar to each other in many ways. They both took students who seemed inherently uninterested in learning and gave them inspiration and desire to learn the subjects each teacher taught. Mike Rose mentions a student who was sort of a smart ass and an alcoholic who would give Mr. MacFarland a hard time during class. Rose then goes on to say that MacFarland was able to guide the uninterested students into become active participants in his class. This is very similar to how Mr. Escalante took his students from academic failure and disinterest in learning to students passing A.P. Calculus exams. Mr. Escalante spent time outside of class with his students, even having them over to his home. In the elective English class that MacFarland taught and Rose took, Mr. MacFarland also regularly ad the students over to his apartment for study sessions. In the scene were Mr. Escalante goes to the restaurant where Anna works to speak to her father, he mentions the importance of education and his desire for Anna to go to college. Mr. MacFarland also guided Mike Rose towards going to college, even going so far as to get him accepted at the college Mr. MacFarland went to. He also helped Rose get loans so he could attend the college.