“He said the kids saw the movie...
“He said the kids saw the movie so many times they thought passing the test was going to be as easy as the movie made it out to be.”
--Garfield High School Principal Maria Elena Tostado, describing calculus teacher Jaime Escalante’s reaction to news that the East Los Angeles school--whose high scores on the annual Advanced Placement calculus exam were dramatized by Hollywood--had relatively disappointing results this year.
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