Tag: drop-out

  • Stand and Deliver

    Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country’s top algebra and calculus students.

  • Gardener of Eden

    When a young deli-counter clerk and general slacker in New Jersey accidentally saves a young woman from a serial rapist, he becomes convinced that his new role in life is to become a vigilante.

  • The Sitter

    Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He’s reluctant to take a sitting gig; he’d rather, well, be doing anything else, especially if it involves slacking. When Noah is watching the neighbor’s kid he gets a booty call from his girlfriend in the city. To hook up with her, Noah takes to the…