Jaime Escalante

Yesterday Jaime Escalante, who you may know as the teacher who's life and work were the basis of the movie "Stand and Deliver" passed away.    He was a proponent of seeing the potential in all students and helping students see the potential in themselves.  He also stressed to his students the import of something he called "ganas" which is something like "desire that makes a person take on the difficult challenge".  He inspired his students in ways all of us could should wish to emulate.

T.S. Hall