Stand and Deliver Page #2

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We'll need lots of Kleenex 'cause

there's gonna be bloodshed.

Have you ever been to the beach?

Have you ever played with the sand?

Finger Man!

You ever dig a hole?

The sand that comes out of the hole,

that's a positive.

The hole is a negative.

That's it. Simple. Anybody can do it.

2 + 2 =...

Net Head?

Answer it.

Come on, you know the answer.

2 + 2. Fill the hole.

If I had that on my hand,

I wouldn't raise it, either.

2 + 2 =...

Anybody can do it. Fill the hole.

2 + 2 =...

Just fill the hole.

You can do it.

Don't let these burros laugh at you.

2 + 2 =...

I'll break your neck like a toothpick.

0? You're right.

Simple. That's it.

2 + 2 = 0. He just filled the hole.

Neither the Greeks nor the Romans were

capable of using the concept of zero.

It was your ancestors...

...the Mayas, who first contemplated

the zero. The absence of value.

True story.

You burros have math in your blood.

Kimo sabe todo.

The man knows everything!

Parenthesis means multiply.

Every time you see this, multiply.

A negative times a negative

equals a positive.

"A negative times a negative

equals a positive. " Say it.

"A negative times a negative

equals a positive. " Say it!

"A negative times a negative

equals a positive. "

Again!

"A negative times a negative

equals a positive. "

"A negative times a negative

equals a positive. "

I can't hear you.

"A negative times a negative

equals a positive. "

Louder!

"A negative times a negative

equals a positive!"

Louder!

"A negative times a negative

equals a positive!"

Why?

My point is I don't want

to be the principal...

...of the first school in the history

of Los Angeles to lose its accreditation.

I'm the last person to say that

this math department couldn't improve.

But if you want higher test scores...

...start by changing the economic level

of this community.

The purpose of this meeting is to review

the recommendations for accreditation.

Any suggestions?

I don't think

I should be teaching math next semester.

I was hired to be phys. Ed. Instructor.

As I said before...

...we lack the resources to implement

the changes the district demands.

Mr. Sanzaki,

you must have at least one comment.

This may not be the right time

to say this, but...

...I'm sorry, but I won't be coming back

after Christmas.

I got a job with aerospace.

How much money?

We have the remainder of the year

before we're put on probation.

- If we fail, we lose accreditation.

- If we fail?

You can't teach logarithms to illiterates.

These kids come to us

with barely a 7th grade education.

There isn't a teacher in this room

who isn't doing everything he possibly can.

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