“Why you late?’' he will ask in his still-thick Bolivian accent.
Students who are late will have to knock loudly if they are lucky, Escalante will let them in, but he will berate them for their tardiness. The hot sun beats down on the sidewalk that runs along the outside wall of the stucco building.Īt 1:20 sharp, before the bell even stops ringing, Escalante will shut the door, and it will lock behind him. It’s 1:15 in the afternoon, and Escalante, wearing his trademark corduroy cap and cardigan, is holding the door open for a trickle of incoming students. Jaime Escalante, arguably the most famous teacher in the United States, is standing just inside the entrance to his classroom at Hiram Johnson Senior High School in Sacramento, Calif.
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