Daily Dialogue — June 9, 2019

Jaime Escalante: You think you got it, Johnny? Think you have the answer?
Tito: Juan is X, Carlos is Y, Pedro is X + Y. Is Pedro bisexual or straight?
Jaime Escalante: Sometimes I worry about you.

— Stand and Deliver (1988), written by Ramón Menéndez and Tom Musca

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Teacher. Today’s suggestion by @ksawa.

Trivia: Edward James Olmos remained close friends with Jaime Escalante until Escalante’s death on March 30, 2010. Olmos even led a campaign to help pay for Escalante’s medical bills, a campaign which included cast members from the film and former students of Escalante.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Sometimes a teacher has to resort to unusual tactics, such as creating a math problem involving a gigolo