Mr. MacFarland did not try to associate with the students at their level like Mr. Escalante did. Mr. MacFarland was more indulgent with the students and encouraged a particular type of behavior from his elective English class. Mr. Escalante did not seem to care how the students acted to long as they did not disrupt the class and did their work. The only time that I can recollect Mr. Escalante indulging a student was in an academic way by giving Angel 3 copies of their text book so he could study without appearing to be studeous. Being that Mr. Escalante was teaching a particular type of math, he only had the one book that they used, whereas Mr. MacFarland had numerous book titles for the students to choose from for their reading. The only ways that I see them both being the same is that they are both demanding of their students and they both seem to care about the students achieving more then the students cared to on their own. They also cared enough about the students to help on a personal level. Mr. Escalante helped Anna to get back into class by talking to her father, he helped them study for the AP Calculus exam both times and did what he could to get the school to allow the students to take AP Calculus in the first place, he also tried to get the AP exam people to accept their original grades and accusing the AP testers of being biased against his students because of where they came from. Mr MacFarland helped Mike by helping him to get a loan for school, writing a letter to help get mike accepted to school, and talking to professors on his behalf.
The similarities are that both tried to help the students go from substandard performance to excelling in school. They both got involved with the students outside of classroom hours. Mr. Escalante did not indulge the students by taking them out to the theater or indulge them in other ways along those lines.
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