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If we expect kids to be losers they will be losers; if we expect them to be winners they will be winners. They rise, or fall, to the level of the expectations of those around them, especially their parents and their teachers.
Jaime Escalante
2.
One of the greatest things in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be. You're the one who'll decide what you want to be.
Jaime Escalante
One of the best liberties in life is that no one can dictate what path you take. You alone will determine your future.
3.
We are all concerned about the future of American education. But as I tell my students, you do not enter the future - you create the future. The future is created through hard work.
Jaime Escalante
4.
Life is not about how many times you fall down. It's about how many times you get back up.
Jaime Escalante
Life is not about the number of failures one experiences. It's about how often one rebounds after defeat.
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One of the greatest things you have in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be. You're the one who'll decide what you want to be. Respect yourself and respect the integrity of others as well. The greatest thing you have is your self image, a positive opinion of yourself. You must never let anyone take it from you.
Jaime Escalante
6.
"Ganas is all you need."
Jaime Escalante
'Tenacity is all you require.'
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If we expect students to be winners and expect them to do well, they will rise to the occasion.
Jaime Escalante
8.
The day someone quits school he is condemning himself to a future of poverty.
Jaime Escalante
9.
Education is the ticket to success
Jaime Escalante
10.
Ask 'How will they learn best?' not 'Can they learn?'.
Jaime Escalante
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I do not believe in the gifted. If [the students] have ganas, I can make them do it.
Jaime Escalante
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It goes like this: teaching is touching life
Jaime Escalante
13.
You burros have calculus in your blood.
Jaime Escalante
