Escalante vs. MacFarland

Yes and no.  I see Mr. MacFarland as similar to Mr. Escalante in a couple of ways such as the way he turns the outbursts of disruptive students into the petulant cries of one that is lacking intelligence then immediately showing them a better way.  The way that he gets personally involved with the students by letting them visit him at home in order to further educate them and instill the desire to learn is akin to Mr. Escalante’s methods.  However it seems to me that Mr. MacFarland only does this for a select few whereas Escalante was not picky.  Furthermore Mr. MacFarland does not take a disparaged bunch of kids that the rest of society gave up on and turn them around he just teaches well and inspires a few to want to learn and write. Both teachers are somewhat unimpressive to begin with but are able to impress the students enough with their knowledge and teaching ability that it doesn’t matter.  Now there is no knowing that if Mr. MacFarland was thrown into a situation like Mr. Escalate that he would show the same tenacity and passion, but as far as the story of Mike Rose and the movie compare I just do not see the same level of passion.