One day in 1974, at Garfield High School in Southern California, USA, teacher Jamie walked into the classroom with a bright kitchen knife, and after entering the door, he "clicked" and cut off the corner of the lectern. The little gangster students who pointed at his head yesterday and told him to "get out" were instantly calmed! It was such a tough teacher that Reagan gave him an award, and Schwarzenegger also came to ask for advice. The deeds were adapted into the movie "Being a Teacher", and the actor who played him was nominated for an Oscar. Why is he?
Garfield High School accepts children from underprivileged families. But since 44-year-old Jamie Ekrant came here as a teacher, carrying a kitchen knife into the classroom and giving the students a dismount, he has created a great miracle
He used his unique teaching method to follow the usual path, and successively sent 400 gangster students to Harvard, Yale and other world-famous universities, completely changing their fate.
In 1974, Jamie came to this high school to teach math. On the first day of class, his heart was cold: teaching resources were very scarce, desks, chairs and benches were in tatters, doors and windows were leaking, and there was no classroom ....... at all
The thug students under the podium are even more of a headache. One student pointed at him and shouted, "Get out of here!" Immediately! Right away! ”
More than 40 bastards in the class coaxed him to "go down!" Go down! Go down! You're not welcome here! ”
These students even manipulate the bell for the start and end of class, occupy the school office, and leave class whenever they want.
Teacher Jamie was ruthless enough, he walked directly into the classroom with a bright kitchen knife, with a calm face and frowning, without saying a word after entering the door, he slashed off the corner of the lectern with a "click", and then slammed the kitchen knife on the table, clasped his arms with both hands, and stared at the crazy students.
The gangster students in the classroom were instantly stunned: Wow, this teacher is such a ruthless character!
It didn't take long for him to mingle with the students.
Jamie discovers a shocking thing: the teacher here actually takes bribes from students and then opens the door to allow students to pass the exam effortlessly.
There was a wild boy who told the truth: "The teachers here are all la, the students here are also la, there is no way that anyone can be admitted to university!" ”
Our family is so poor, and we want to change our poor life and live a good life, but this broken school makes us see no hope at all! ”
Jamie was deeply touched by the students' helpless words: I must help this group of children change their fate!
He knows that there is a test called "AP" in the United States, as long as you pass this test, the success rate of applying to universities is very large, especially the "calculus test" is more cost-effective: as long as you pass the exam, it is guaranteed to be admitted to an Ivy League school!
Jamie's idea was unanimously opposed by the school and parents, because in their eyes, this group of children is a gangster, and reading is a waste of time, let alone calculus! When you grow up, you will grow corn, raise chickens, herd sheep, and kill pigs, and you won't need calculus at all, so you don't need to learn it at all!
But the wild children's eyes lit up: "If you can send us to college, no matter how difficult this AP exam is, we will learn it!" ”
In this way, despite the opposition of the school and parents, Jamie insisted on opening an "AP Calculus Cram School".
The cram school is very strict: go to the classroom 1 hour early in the morning to study, study 2 hours after school in the evening to go home, and start classes on Saturdays, which shortens the winter and summer vacations a lot.
Once, an overworked Jamie had a heart attack and almost rolled down the stairs and fell to his death. The doctor said that his condition was very dangerous and he almost died, leaving him in the hospital for at least ** a month, but Jamie soon sneaked out of the hospital to teach the children.
Jamie, who was open-minded, deeply moved the children, and devoted themselves to learning one by one, and a miracle happened: all 18 students in the cram school passed AP calculus and were about to enter universities like Harvard and Yale.
But what is surprising is that the American Educational Testing Service actually canceled all the results of these 18 students, and the reason is very strange: in a terrible poor school, suddenly 18 students passed the difficult calculus test, and it was determined that they must have cheated en masse, or adopted other ulterior means!
Enraged, Jamie applied for a retake and was approved, but on a harsh condition: only one day to revise!
Even in this case, all 18 children still passed the exam with their excellent strength and studied in good universities in the United States and even the world!
In 1983, 31 of Jamie's students passed the AP calculus exam;
in 1984, 63;
in 1985, 77;
in 1986, 78;
In 1987, 87 ......
The son of a builder became a well-known bridge design and construction expert in the United States; The farmer's daughter became an electronic design engineer for a large company; Daniel, the son of an auto mechanic, went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to earn a master's degree in electrical engineering.
From 1981 to 1987, Jamie successively sent 400 students who were almost unpopular to Harvard, Yale and other prestigious schools, completely changing their fate.
Jamie once said to his students, "When looking for a job, the interviewer won't sympathize with you just because you come from a poor background!" If you want to change your fate, you can only rely on your own true ability! ”
He also said, "If you don't see hope, let me give it to you, because I'm a teacher!" ”
Alas, a good teacher is simply too important. How nice it would be for our children to meet a teacher like Jamie!