hemselves in a soul searching journey and end up with varied results. Jaime Escalante is the new math teacher who takes an adventurous step (perceived by a colleague as foolish) to teach his inner-city students AP Calculus. When this goal is miraculously achieved they are faced with bureaucracy of the system and its biased against Hispanics as it accuses them of cheating.
             Character portrayal and social values
             According to Figgins (1993) positive images of teachers are; the teacher as youthful idealist, the dedicated tough love teacher and the exceptional teacher for an exceptional situation (Sribbell() 1).
             Therefore, in DPS, Keating is a youthful idealist as he is younger than most teachers and has romantic and ideal ideas of how individuals should be. He sees the world through the pink binoculars of poetry but at the end he loses his job as a result of his ideals. He's also considered a 'master teacher' who has a special charisma that makes him separate from the school curriculum and leans into breaking common rules which are cheriched an valued at Welton (Stewart et al 230). Mottos like 'seize the day: carpe diem' are promoted to make students make use of opportunities and develop their unique personalities.
             Jaime in S&D can be called a dedicated tough love teacher who shows a workaholic behaviour as he nearly works himself to death (Kempley 1). One of his students said after he had his heart attack "we don't want him burning" and another one replied "it's burn out" and this shows how the students were able to relate to their teacher. He gives out his holidays and spare time to teach his students calculus in dire conditions during the heat and soaked with sweat.
             Directors and scriptwriters in movies try to include messages and values to be communicated to the audience. What's included in the movie represents the directors and the whole crew's belief...