Personal Statement
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PERSONAL STATEMENT is an Emmy® nominated feature-length documentary that follows Karoline, Christine, and Enoch through their senior year and into college. They work tirelessly as peer college counselors to realize better futures for themselves and their peers. They struggle and they stumble, but refuse to succumb to the barriers that prevent so many low-income students from attending and graduating from college.
College access is one of the dominant civil rights issues of our time. Teenagers across the United States want all that a higher education promises: the possibility of prospering, moving beyond the survival mode that is all they have ever known, and participating in the American Dream. But many of them can’t get there, and as a result, income inequality persists. People from low-income backgrounds are increasingly excluded from higher education. One major cause: they don’t have access to essential resources, including college counseling support.
Nationwide, the typical school counselor to student ratio is 1 to 464. Karoline, Christine, and Enoch are three young people who have chosen to do something about this problem, by becoming the very resource they don't have for themselves. With professionally led training in college mentorship, a support network of key adults, and unflagging determination, each of them is fighting to change the world around them. The film sheds light on both the systemic barriers that keep so many young people from attaining a college degree and the power that already exists within historically marginalized communities to address problems of inequality. Karoline, Christine, and Enoch gain access to a system that might otherwise exclude them by leveraging the knowledge and relationships of their peers, family members, school staff and others.
School Library Journal
"Viewers walk with the students through a semester, experiencing prom jitters, heady successes, and tearful disappointments. Inspiring, with insight to share on the college application process."
Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO) | Reviewed by Steve Bertolino, Reference/Instruction Librarian, Middlesex Community College
Highly Recommended
"In the intimate, affecting documentary PERSONAL STATEMENT, three high school seniors become peer counselors at their various high schools, to encourage their fellow students to develop the drive and skills to get into college, while they themselves are working on their own college applications. Enoch, Karolina, and Christine each work in the student success center in their separate high schools, all of which are located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Supported by their own school counselors, they are in essence becoming mentors and social workers to their peers, a burden that sometimes hangs heavily on them, especially as they face their own struggles – institutional, familial, personal – to keep their own aspirations and college plans on track. The film admirably doesn’t try to preach or even intrude into their daily lives, but instead simply shows them progressing through the school year, making conscious decisions to try to help their peers, working on the personal statements for their own college applications, and trying to deal with the various obstacles in their way to finding, choosing, getting accepted to, and finding the money to go to college."
Washington Student Achievement Council | Michael P. Meotti, Executive Director
"PERSONAL STATEMENT brings to life the gaps in opportunity that lower income students and students of color face every year as they struggle to reach their dreams of continuing their education after high school. More importantly, the documentary delivers an emotional boost fueled by the optimism and grit of the three extraordinary young adults who are the main subjects of the film who make you realize that they and we can succeed if our country is smart enough to support them."
California Community Colleges Counselors Association and California Career Development Association | Dr. Lisa Raufman, Past President
PERSONAL STATEMENT is an "excellent advocacy for college counseling in high schools' tool that can be used by any group of counselors who want decision makers to understand the need for college counselor specialists."
Friends of WHEELS | Molly Delano, Executive Director
"PERSONAL STATEMENT is "such a powerful affirmation of our work; and a compelling reflection of the reality for the millions of high school students and first generation college students around the country whose stories are reflected in the film. The deep inequities in our education system and the power of youth leadership are also on full display."
East Side Middle School | David Getz, Principal
"The response to the film has been consistent in that everybody who watches it is moved and wants to help. Our students have consistently thanked us for showing them the film. I think the film is brilliant in the way it shows the personal impact of societal forces. Our students have responded quite emotionally to these stories; a seventh grade class today asked for the opportunity to address the Chancellor or their representatives about the film. We are going to provide them the opportunity to write letters to either the Chancellor or their representatives on the City Council."
The Journal of College Admissions | Mary Stegmeir
"As the documentary shows, consistent and on-going support throughout the college admission process can help students overcome obstacles to college enrollments."
New York Times | David Leonhardt, New York Times Columnist
"For anyone interested in economic diversity in higher education — as I am — I recommend a new film that follows three high school students in Brooklyn as they try to navigate the application process. It’s called 'PERSONAL STATEMENT' and ... [it] describes the hurdles that lower-income students face, from the lack of a single college counselor at many high schools to the byzantine misery of financial aid forms...The film feels particularly timely in the wake of the college admissions scandal."
The Hechinger Report | Liz Willen, Editor in Chief
"The challenging admissions journeys these three public high school seniors from Brooklyn face provide a dramatic story line for PERSONAL STATEMENT a stunning new documentary...The film’s campaign for more guidance counselors correctly hits a nerve. A typical college counselor in a U.S. public high school is responsible for 482 students...the need for better resources and support for students pursuing higher education at every step of the way should be atop all of our agendas."
American Film Institute
"Inspirational and moving, heartwarming and heartbreaking, PERSONAL STATEMENT is a testament to the power of knowledge and the ability to lead with a dream.”
Houston Independent School District | Rick Cruz, Chief of Strategy and Innovation
"This video - through these stories - shows us how far a little bit of guidance and counseling and encouragement can go. I hope it serves as a call to action. Everyone should realize the severity of this issue and get involved."
Best Documentary Feature Honorable Mention | Woodstock Film Festival Jury Citation
"We were so moved by this portrayal of these inspiring young high school students who work to mentor other at-risk high school students while simultaneously struggling to navigate the tangle of academic achievement, paperwork and bureaucracy necessary for them to reach for the stars themselves. The characters were so fresh and accessible. The filmmakers clearly established incredible trust with their subjects and their families. It was clear that we were witnessing the coming of age of our next generation of leaders and advocates, all emerging from extremely challenging and at time precarious circumstances."
Feedback from Students in Iowa
"I personally have a lot of struggles with the college process. I am the first person in my family to be going to college and so it’s hard to have the correct guidance. This film made me realize that I can make it and things will be okay."
"It was really good to see that other people also struggle to know where they belong and to see that these things are overcome-able."
"This film gave me hope for finishing high school and the ability to get through the application process. It showed me that I need to find some close people to be able to both help me get to college and help others get there too."
Citation
Main credits
Dressner, Juliane (film director)
Dressner, Juliane (film producer)
Martinez, Edwin (film director)
Levison, Beth (film producer)
Jemmott, Enoch (on-screen participant)
Jimenez, Karoline (on-screen participant)
Rodriguez, Christine (on-screen participant)
Other credits
Cinematography, Juliane Dressner, Edwin Martinez; editing, Kent Bassett, Edwin Martinez, Martha Shane; music, T. Griffin.
Distributor subjects
Education; College Access; School Counseling; Educational Equity; Social Work; Poverty Studies; Youth Leadership & Development; Family StudiesKeywords
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(keyboard keys clicking)
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Miss.
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MALAYA: Miss?
- Mm-hmm.
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As in, \"I missed
the free throw.\"
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Children.
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MALAYA (chuckling):
I\'m gonna fail...
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ENOCH: You better not fail...
You gotta get these right.
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Done.
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ENOCH: I want to keep
helping you,
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but I can\'t right now, okay?
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I have a lot of work to do.
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My teachers are yelling at me
and I have work up to here.
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MALAYA:
So what page are you doing?
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- Today we\'re going
to be doing...
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- I\'m helping you.
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Okay.
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- \"Which of the following...\"
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- Malaya, I appreciate
your help,
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but you should go get ready
for bed, okay?
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ENOCH:
\"And with that,
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\"Gina was off to patrol
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with her new partner.\"
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(book pages rustling)
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KAROLINE: So today, I was going
to get suspended.
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(laughs)
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- Really?
- (laughs)
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- But... why?
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So we were reading a story
about a writer
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who was gay, homosexual,
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and he got killed
because he was homosexual.
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So most of the students
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started criticizing
homosexual people.
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They said
homosexuals should be dead.
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And the minute they said that,
my eyes got watery
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and I stepped out of the room.
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I didn\'t ask for permission.
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I didn\'t tell anybody
where I was going.
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I just stepped out.
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You know, it was mostly the boys
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that used to bully me
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because I dressed as a guy.
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So that\'s why I need to go
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to an all-woman\'s school,
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because that\'s my opportunity.
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(liquid bubbling)
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(speaking Spanish):
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(Otilia laughs)
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(dance music plays from laptop)
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CHRISTINE:
Oy, oy, oy, oy.
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(dance music continues)
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CHRISTINE:
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(laughs)
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CHRISTINE:
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OTILIA:
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(laughs)
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OTILIA:
Okay.
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CHRISTINE:
No.
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OTILIA:
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CHRISTINE:
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(keys clicking)
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♪
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(keys clicking)
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♪
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(applauding)
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I want everybody
to understand for a minute
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where this all came from.
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So in 2005,
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a group of young people,
just like you guys,
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said they wanted
to go to college
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and they didn\'t have the help
they needed
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at their high schools
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to get them there.
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Most public high schools
do not have
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a full-time college counselor.
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And if they have
a full-time college counselor,
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that\'s still not enough help
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for all of the students
in that school.
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So these youth organizers
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got money to start centers
where young people
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worked in partnership
with adults
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to help their peers
get to college.
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♪
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(keyboard keys clicking)
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(talking in background)
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(computer keys clicking)
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KAROLINE (speaking Spanish):
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She needs to take the S.A.T.
mañana at Richmond Hills.
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GIRL:
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KAROLINE:
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(talking in background,
sneakers squeaking on floor)
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He needs to take the S.A.T.
tomorrow.
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- He\'s not here.
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Good luck.
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(talking in background)
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Irma.
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(exhales)
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Okay...
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GIRL: Si.
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If you know English,
raise your hand, please.
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I used to be the worst kid ever.
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It\'s good to progress, you know,
it\'s good to make a progress.
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Everything in life is a battle.
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If you want something,
you gotta fight for it.
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(talking in background)
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Ay, Irma.
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(in English):
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KAROLINE (in Spanish):
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\'Cause here\'s the thing,
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remember that I told you
that my dad \"became Christian\"?
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He came home drunk last night.
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KAROLINE
(in English and Spanish):
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(in Spanish):
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IRMA: You laugh, I\'ve noticed.
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- Because if I don\'t laugh,
I\'m going to cry,
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and then it wouldn\'t be good
for anybody.
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♪
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♪
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♪
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(keys clicking)
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♪
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(siren blaring in distance)
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(keys clicking)
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(people talking in background,
metal detectors beeping)
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(metal detectors beeping)
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All right, listen,
this is how we\'re going to...
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We\'re going to come in,
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and then we talk
about our personal experiences.
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- Our personal experience
writing the personal statement?
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ENOCH:
Yes.
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It can show colleges
your character.
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Like, you staying in line...
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And starting the outrageous line
outside of school.
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You could go home because
you\'re already 20 minutes late.
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What\'s going on, guys?
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We\'ll be assisting you guys
with the whole college process.
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I understand that you guys
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started your college essays
already, right?
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ANDREW: You can write
about anything that you, um,
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feel is an interesting topic
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that you went through
in your life.
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ENOCH:
Because that\'s what they...
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They want to know about you,
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so that you\'re demonstrating
your character.
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You\'re demonstrating, like,
what you\'ve transformed into.
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Like, I wrote about how
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every time I\'d come home
from school in middle school,
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my mom wouldn\'t be there.
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I would be mad at God, you know?
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Like, why would God
not have my mom home
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and not, like, take care of me?
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So I\'m, like, going crazy.
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I used to call the cops,
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and they\'d stay with me
until my mom came home,
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and it just kept happening.
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And as time went on,
I just realized, like,
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maybe, maybe I shouldn\'t
be upset, you know?
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Maybe I shouldn\'t be
so down and be so negative.
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I should start thinking
more positive,
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because it\'s not changing.
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So that\'s what I wrote about.
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Like, I wrote about how I had
to change myself for the better.
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As you guys are completing
your college essays,
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come to us and ask for,
like, constructive criticism.
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ANDREW: We\'re here to see
everybody in this room
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go to college.
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Everybody in this school
go to college.
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- Yep... all right,
you guys good?
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ANDREW:
You went on and on and on.
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I wasn\'t going \"on and on.\"
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I said, state... you should...
you have to...
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I told you that our experiences
were going to hook people in.
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- Yeah.
- That\'s what I said.
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And that\'s what I was doing...
Hooking them in.
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What\'s his face put his head up.
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- Who?
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- The kid that was back there,
about to go to sleep.
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I said, \"I called the cops,\"
he said...
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- Oh, okay.
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♪
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(keys clicking)
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♪
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(birds chirping)
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(car horn honks in distance)
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But she said she was going
to test you today?
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MALAYA:
Mm-hmm.
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NEJAH:
So you just have to make sure
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that you take your time
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and don\'t get upset
if you make a mistake, okay?
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ENOCH:
We\'re going to be late.
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We\'re going to be late!
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NEJAH:
We\'re, we\'re coming.
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(subway train rattling)
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Later, bud.
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MALAYA: Bye.
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- Go have fun.
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MS. HILL:
Good morning, Enoch.
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- Good morning, sorry I\'m late.
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Your attendance and your grades
are going downhill.
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This is this week.
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Absent, late, late, late, late.
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Cortland is a bit
of a reach school for you.
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You have to understand
how many students are applying
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and how many they\'re actually
going to accept.
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I mean, what are they
looking at?
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They\'re looking at your GPA
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and they\'re looking
at your S.A.T. scores.
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And they\'re looking
at your personal statement.
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You need to fix this.
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(talking in background)
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(keys clicking)
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CHRISTINE:
Kimberly, where are you going?
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All right,
this is regular admissions
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for community colleges.
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(mumbles):
I\'m not interested in school...
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CHRISTINE:
Why?
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- I don\'t know,
I\'m just not really good at it.
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CHRISTINE:
That\'s not true.
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If you continue to have that,
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you\'re going to believe it
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and then you\'re not gonna
do good.
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All you need to do
is just ask for help.
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- (softly): Okay.
00:14:05.833 --> 00:14:07.433
- And we\'re going to apply
for college,
00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:09.266
and I\'m going to motivate you,
okay?
00:14:09.333 --> 00:14:12.500
Are you gonna commit to that?
00:14:12.566 --> 00:14:13.600
- Okay.
00:14:13.666 --> 00:14:16.366
(talking in background)
00:14:16.433 --> 00:14:17.833
DANA:
So how did it go with Genesis?
00:14:17.866 --> 00:14:20.633
- To be honest,
I\'ve been trying to help her.
00:14:20.700 --> 00:14:24.166
She goes, like, \"Oh,
I\'m stupid,\" this and that.
00:14:24.233 --> 00:14:25.466
And she got so used
00:14:25.533 --> 00:14:27.533
to her parents,
like, putting her down,
00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:29.833
she\'s starting to believe
everything they say.
00:14:29.900 --> 00:14:32.833
So I\'m, like, \"Ooh, it doesn\'t
matter what they say.\"
00:14:32.900 --> 00:14:36.866
You know, \"It only matters
what you think about yourself.\"
00:14:36.933 --> 00:14:39.833
But tell me where you are
in the process.
00:14:39.900 --> 00:14:43.533
To be honest, the only thing
that I\'m really interested in
00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:45.500
is, like, the New School...
I liked it.
00:14:45.566 --> 00:14:47.400
Have you spoken to your parents?
00:14:47.466 --> 00:14:48.666
(laughs)
00:14:48.733 --> 00:14:50.166
I don\'t even want
to talk about it.
00:14:50.233 --> 00:14:51.166
DANA: Definitely have to have
that conversation,
00:14:51.233 --> 00:14:52.400
just to let them know.
00:14:52.466 --> 00:14:55.066
- Okay, I\'ll let them know.
00:14:55.133 --> 00:14:58.866
This one is called
\"Poverty and Inequality.\"
00:14:58.933 --> 00:15:01.100
That sounds interesting.
00:15:01.166 --> 00:15:04.733
CHRISTINE:
\"Women of Color Feminism.\"
00:15:04.800 --> 00:15:08.400
(Otilia speaking Spanish)
00:15:08.466 --> 00:15:09.600
I like it.
00:15:09.666 --> 00:15:10.666
It\'s okay.
00:15:10.700 --> 00:15:12.400
ANTHONY (in English):
00:15:12.466 --> 00:15:14.766
♪
00:15:14.833 --> 00:15:19.500
(keys clicking)
00:15:25.866 --> 00:15:29.033
♪
00:15:38.566 --> 00:15:44.200
♪
00:16:11.033 --> 00:16:14.733
(keys clicking)
00:16:14.800 --> 00:16:16.700
WOMAN: Where we are
in the campaign right now,
00:16:16.766 --> 00:16:20.233
we passed a law that mandates
that the Department of Education
00:16:20.300 --> 00:16:22.233
has to report on how many
guidance counselors
00:16:22.300 --> 00:16:25.700
schools in New York City have.
00:16:25.766 --> 00:16:26.900
We have started to look
at some of the data,
00:16:26.966 --> 00:16:28.133
and in some schools,
00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:29.700
there\'s 700-something students
00:16:29.766 --> 00:16:31.166
that had one guidance counselor.
00:16:31.233 --> 00:16:33.333
WOMAN: If we can prove
that you don\'t have
00:16:33.400 --> 00:16:34.600
enough guidance counselors,
00:16:34.666 --> 00:16:35.633
then we can get more funding
00:16:35.700 --> 00:16:37.300
for guidance counselors
00:16:37.366 --> 00:16:38.933
and other resources in schools.
00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:42.533
CHRISTINE: I think we should
target low-income communities,
00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:46.266
because most of the time, they
can\'t afford guidance counselors
00:16:46.333 --> 00:16:48.800
because there\'s not enough
resources.
00:16:48.866 --> 00:16:51.000
Does that make sense?
00:16:51.066 --> 00:16:52.633
(others agreeing)
00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:55.833
(siren blaring, car honking)
00:16:58.300 --> 00:16:59.533
ENOCH: God dang it.
00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:02.433
For me to come in and hear
Ms. Hill say, like,
00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:04.566
\"Enoch, you might not get
accepted to any SUNYs.\"
00:17:04.633 --> 00:17:09.566
And she\'s, like, \"You might not
get accepted anywhere.\"
00:17:09.633 --> 00:17:12.766
So, it\'s, like, football
is my only way out.
00:17:12.833 --> 00:17:16.766
(sniffs and exhales)
00:17:16.833 --> 00:17:18.533
(people shouting in background)
00:17:18.600 --> 00:17:20.900
WOMAN:
Let\'s go, defense!
00:17:20.966 --> 00:17:23.533
(shouting and applauding
in background)
00:17:23.600 --> 00:17:25.233
(whistle blowing,
spectators applauding)
00:17:25.300 --> 00:17:28.766
(cheering)
00:17:31.600 --> 00:17:34.300
(spectators groan)
00:17:34.366 --> 00:17:38.933
(spectators shouting)
00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:41.266
(whistle blows)
00:17:41.333 --> 00:17:43.400
(spectator\'s air horn honking)
00:17:43.466 --> 00:17:44.600
NEJAH: So what happened today
at the game?
00:17:44.666 --> 00:17:45.733
ENOCH: We lost.
00:17:45.800 --> 00:17:46.800
NEJAH:
Well, what did you do?
00:17:46.866 --> 00:17:48.106
What was your highlight moments?
00:17:48.133 --> 00:17:50.466
Because even if the team loses,
00:17:50.533 --> 00:17:52.433
they can still be looking
at you.
00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:53.433
I don\'t know.
00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:55.300
Two more games left.
00:17:55.366 --> 00:17:56.966
It\'s disappointing.
00:17:58.833 --> 00:17:59.833
KAROLINE:
Irma.
00:18:01.433 --> 00:18:03.000
(speaking Spanish):
00:18:03.066 --> 00:18:04.166
IRMA: What... like what?
00:18:04.233 --> 00:18:09.000
KAROLINE (in Spanish):
00:18:09.066 --> 00:18:12.066
(continues in Spanish):
All right...
00:18:15.166 --> 00:18:20.366
BOY:
00:18:20.433 --> 00:18:22.266
(students laughing)
KAROLINE:
00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:46.466
BOY:
00:18:46.533 --> 00:18:48.266
(students laughing)
KAROLINE:
00:18:52.033 --> 00:18:53.933
BOY:
00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:58.466
(laughing)
00:18:58.533 --> 00:19:00.700
BOY:
00:19:05.133 --> 00:19:10.600
KAROLINE AND BOY:
00:19:10.666 --> 00:19:12.366
KAROLINE:
00:19:20.233 --> 00:19:22.033
I\'m lesbian,
and I\'m proud to be a lesbian,
00:19:22.100 --> 00:19:23.366
and let me tell you...
00:19:23.433 --> 00:19:25.900
Hold on, put your hand down,
hold on.
00:19:25.966 --> 00:19:28.366
Let me tell you:
you guys are wrong.
00:19:28.433 --> 00:19:29.866
(bell ringing)
00:19:32.433 --> 00:19:34.133
(students talking)
00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:40.866
(in Spanish):
00:19:42.966 --> 00:19:44.300
IRMA: It\'s okay, it\'s okay.
00:19:44.366 --> 00:19:46.300
It\'s okay, it\'s okay.
KAROLINE: No, it\'s not.
00:19:46.366 --> 00:19:52.833
♪
00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:56.166
(keys clicking)
00:20:00.533 --> 00:20:03.433
(mouse clicking)
00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:05.566
(keys clicking)
00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:14.833
♪
00:20:20.766 --> 00:20:22.266
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:20:24.333 --> 00:20:25.666
♪
00:20:25.733 --> 00:20:27.100
I\'m going to Smith.
00:20:35.266 --> 00:20:37.166
Why haven\'t you been
coming to school?
00:20:37.233 --> 00:20:39.533
Because at first, like,
I was in a slump
00:20:39.600 --> 00:20:41.066
and I was, like, not motivated,
00:20:41.133 --> 00:20:43.000
so, like,
I got in this little hole,
00:20:43.066 --> 00:20:46.400
but I\'m getting out...
I came here today at 9:00.
00:20:46.466 --> 00:20:47.966
You doing your homework?
00:20:48.033 --> 00:20:49.466
GENESIS:
I\'m starting to.
00:20:49.533 --> 00:20:50.733
- Mm-hmm.
00:20:50.800 --> 00:20:53.266
What can I do in order
to make you come earlier?
00:20:53.333 --> 00:20:54.633
Do you need me to call you?
00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.700
\'Cause if you want me
to call you,
00:20:55.766 --> 00:20:56.700
I\'ll call you every morning.
00:20:56.766 --> 00:20:58.166
GENESIS: No, I\'m fine, I got it.
00:20:58.233 --> 00:21:00.166
I just need to...
00:21:00.233 --> 00:21:03.100
get motivated, which...
I\'m getting motivated.
00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:06.566
- I say, right? Okay!
00:21:06.633 --> 00:21:09.900
CHRISTINE: Let\'s think back
to freshman year.
00:21:09.966 --> 00:21:12.333
Do you remember
every student that was here?
00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:13.466
What happened to them?
00:21:13.533 --> 00:21:16.333
Did they drop out,
did they transfer?
00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:21.533
Like, 50% of the children from,
like, each grade leaves early.
00:21:21.600 --> 00:21:23.000
Like, they don\'t want
to be here.
00:21:23.066 --> 00:21:24.966
Why do you think that happened?
00:21:25.033 --> 00:21:27.766
I mean, teen pregnancy
is a real thing,
00:21:27.833 --> 00:21:28.800
and poverty is also
a real thing,
00:21:28.866 --> 00:21:30.866
and broken homes
is a real thing.
00:21:30.933 --> 00:21:32.100
Where would you get support?
00:21:32.166 --> 00:21:34.233
Would you want it
from your peers, your teachers,
00:21:34.300 --> 00:21:35.700
your guidance counselors?
00:21:35.766 --> 00:21:37.366
GIRL: There should be
more guidance counselors.
00:21:37.433 --> 00:21:38.433
GIRL 2:
Some people don\'t want
00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.966
to talk about their problems,
though.
00:21:40.033 --> 00:21:41.366
Like, \"Oh, if I tell you
what\'s going on,
00:21:41.433 --> 00:21:43.533
you\'re going to take me away
from my family.\"
00:21:43.600 --> 00:21:44.966
And some kids don\'t want that,
00:21:45.033 --> 00:21:46.733
so they\'d rather just go through
their problems themselves
00:21:46.800 --> 00:21:50.066
and deal with it
the best way they know how to.
00:21:50.133 --> 00:21:52.266
I mean, I\'m not saying there
shouldn\'t be no professionalism,
00:21:52.333 --> 00:21:54.166
but I\'m saying there should be
more of a friendship.
00:21:54.233 --> 00:21:56.133
CHRISTINE: What is a good
guidance counselor?
00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:57.933
BOY:
They motivate you.
00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:59.833
They motivate you... not, like,
they\'re gonna motivate
00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:02.533
and then just give up on you
quick.
00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:04.366
CHRISTINE: It\'s, like,
the school motivates you
00:22:04.433 --> 00:22:05.433
to graduate.
00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:07.166
But it doesn\'t help you, like,
00:22:07.233 --> 00:22:09.366
think, what do you want to do
after school?
00:22:09.433 --> 00:22:11.066
All of you guys know
what y\'all want,
00:22:11.133 --> 00:22:13.700
why don\'t you do something
about it?
00:22:13.766 --> 00:22:15.533
Like, we wanted an S.A.T. class.
00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:17.400
We made a petition
and we got it.
00:22:17.466 --> 00:22:18.666
If you wanted something,
00:22:18.733 --> 00:22:22.733
why can\'t we get together
and do it?
00:22:22.800 --> 00:22:23.833
Thank you, thank you.
00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:25.000
I like your scarf.
00:22:25.066 --> 00:22:26.000
You bought it?
00:22:26.066 --> 00:22:27.133
BOY:
No, my mom made it for me.
00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:28.666
- Oh!
00:22:28.733 --> 00:22:31.066
♪ Back up, back up,
we want freedom ♪
00:22:31.133 --> 00:22:33.133
CROWD: We must love
and support each other.
00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:35.100
MAN:
We have nothing...
00:22:35.166 --> 00:22:36.266
CROWD:
We have nothing...
00:22:36.333 --> 00:22:37.933
MAN: To lose...
CROWD: To lose...
00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:40.166
MAN: But our chains.
CROWD: But our chains.
00:22:40.233 --> 00:22:47.700
BECKY (in Spanish):
00:22:47.766 --> 00:22:52.600
OTILIA:
00:22:55.033 --> 00:22:56.900
CHRISTINE:
00:23:17.066 --> 00:23:19.033
You know her anxiety
is also coming
00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:22.333
from Anthony studying something
that he can\'t get a job, so...
00:23:29.633 --> 00:23:32.700
BECKY:
00:23:36.766 --> 00:23:41.466
OTILIA:
00:23:44.066 --> 00:23:47.900
BECKY:
00:23:50.433 --> 00:23:52.966
BECKY:
00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:06.000
♪
00:24:06.066 --> 00:24:08.766
MAN: All right, yo, you\'re still
four-stepping a bunch.
00:24:08.833 --> 00:24:11.000
All right? You\'re taking
a bunch of steps.
00:24:11.066 --> 00:24:11.900
♪
00:24:11.966 --> 00:24:13.600
MAN: Perfect... perfect.
00:24:13.666 --> 00:24:14.766
(groans)
00:24:18.066 --> 00:24:21.766
BOY: Enoch! Yo, yo, yo,
you\'re going to get...
00:24:21.833 --> 00:24:24.333
(talking in background)
00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:27.000
BOY: Let\'s go, Enoch!
Hey, quarterback!
00:24:27.066 --> 00:24:28.466
Let\'s go, Enoch!
00:24:28.533 --> 00:24:30.133
I already missed
about, like, three deadlines
00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.733
for the colleges
that I want to go to.
00:24:31.800 --> 00:24:33.533
ENOCH: If you really want
to get into the college,
00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:35.066
you can always call them.
00:24:35.133 --> 00:24:37.500
And I say we give
a valid excuse.
00:24:37.566 --> 00:24:38.600
- Like somebody died?
00:24:38.666 --> 00:24:40.433
TANIEVA:
No, that\'s too valid.
00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.633
(Enoch chuckles)
00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.833
I\'m scared.
00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:44.433
- Why?
00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.800
Oh, for when you talk to them?
00:24:45.866 --> 00:24:48.333
- Ain\'t you going
to talk to them for me?
00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:50.466
- No, this is...
- Why not?
00:24:50.533 --> 00:24:52.200
ENOCH: You got to learn
how to do this stuff.
00:24:52.266 --> 00:24:54.133
I\'m not going to be with you
in college.
00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:56.333
\"I am Zhane Payne.
00:24:56.400 --> 00:25:00.400
I\'m calling to ask you
about my application process.\"
00:25:00.466 --> 00:25:01.600
Boom.
00:25:01.666 --> 00:25:03.900
Due to a mix-up
with my school counselor,
00:25:03.966 --> 00:25:06.100
our application process
was kind of delayed.
00:25:06.166 --> 00:25:07.966
(squealing)
00:25:08.033 --> 00:25:10.333
(others cheering and clapping)
00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:12.866
MAN (on recorded message):
Say the name of the department
you would like to reach.
00:25:12.933 --> 00:25:14.666
Admissions office.
00:25:14.733 --> 00:25:17.066
Please say just the first
and last name of the person.
00:25:17.133 --> 00:25:18.900
Admissions.
(clears throat)
00:25:18.966 --> 00:25:20.866
Thank you for calling...
Goodbye.
00:25:20.933 --> 00:25:21.866
Are you serious?
00:25:21.933 --> 00:25:22.866
ENOCH: My turn.
00:25:22.933 --> 00:25:24.833
(clears throat)
00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.966
WOMAN (on recorded message):
To speak with someone
00:25:26.033 --> 00:25:27.933
in the undergraduate admissions
office,
00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.766
please press two.
00:25:29.833 --> 00:25:31.200
For directions to the campus...
00:25:31.266 --> 00:25:34.600
(phone ringing)
00:25:34.666 --> 00:25:35.866
Watch them say,
\"You are not accepted.\"
00:25:35.933 --> 00:25:36.866
WOMAN (on phone):
Undergraduate admissions.
00:25:36.933 --> 00:25:38.300
How can I help you?
00:25:38.366 --> 00:25:39.533
Hi, I\'m Enoch Jemmott.
00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:42.566
I\'m calling
about my application process.
00:25:42.633 --> 00:25:44.333
Okay, do you know
your I.D. number yet?
00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:46.133
No.
00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.500
Okay.
00:25:47.566 --> 00:25:51.500
It looks like
you\'ve got marked down here
00:25:51.566 --> 00:25:54.233
that we\'re waiting for you
to send us some paper
00:25:54.300 --> 00:25:56.433
about Social Security.
00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:59.233
Okay, so what do I have to send?
00:25:59.300 --> 00:26:02.400
It\'s a Social Security
1099 form.
00:26:02.466 --> 00:26:04.333
ENOCH: I was talking
with my sister
00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:06.166
about the whole college app.
00:26:06.233 --> 00:26:08.366
Like, I have to fill out
the FAFSA and everything,
00:26:08.433 --> 00:26:09.833
and I\'m putting...
- Okay.
00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.900
ENOCH: I live with my sister,
00:26:10.966 --> 00:26:12.833
and then we were, like,
\"Oh, shoot,
00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:14.100
that might be a problem.\"
HILL: No.
00:26:14.166 --> 00:26:16.900
Unless your sister
has legal court custody.
00:26:16.966 --> 00:26:18.166
ENOCH:
Which she doesn\'t.
00:26:18.233 --> 00:26:21.766
- Then you have to, legally,
put your mom down.
00:26:21.833 --> 00:26:24.400
So do you have the 1099?
00:26:24.466 --> 00:26:28.500
- That\'s the only thing messing
up my life... all right.
00:26:28.566 --> 00:26:30.233
- So it will be a good idea
if you can get your mom
00:26:30.300 --> 00:26:32.600
to go back and see
if she gets another one.
00:26:32.666 --> 00:26:33.900
ENOCH:
If I get in contact with her,
00:26:33.966 --> 00:26:35.600
because she lives in a shelter
and she lost her phone.
00:26:35.666 --> 00:26:37.233
And that was my only
communication with her,
00:26:37.300 --> 00:26:40.466
unless she drops by and tries
to pick up Malaya or something.
00:26:40.533 --> 00:26:41.833
HILL: Okay, could you please
do that?
00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:43.266
- Mm-hmm.
00:26:43.333 --> 00:26:44.633
If they don\'t have
the most current one,
00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:46.233
they\'re going to give
your EOP seat away.
00:26:46.300 --> 00:26:48.400
- Seat... Oh.
HILL: \"Oh.\"
00:26:48.466 --> 00:26:49.566
Literally,
00:26:49.633 --> 00:26:52.866
they will not keep asking you
for information.
00:26:52.933 --> 00:26:53.966
This is not good.
00:26:54.033 --> 00:26:55.833
All right.
00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.833
Okay.
00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:58.233
HILL: Okay?
- Yeah.
00:26:58.300 --> 00:27:02.266
♪
00:27:02.333 --> 00:27:07.933
(phone chirping)
00:27:09.133 --> 00:27:13.233
(busy signal buzzing)
00:27:16.066 --> 00:27:17.066
(sighing):
All right.
00:27:18.166 --> 00:27:20.100
Well, can you contact her, then?
00:27:22.666 --> 00:27:26.533
(dial tone buzzes,
buttons beeping)
00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.833
AUTOMATED MESSAGE (on phone):
Sorry, there is no operator
00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:29.700
available at this hour.
00:27:29.766 --> 00:27:32.033
For help, press zero.
00:27:33.933 --> 00:27:36.066
Dude, I feel overwhelmed!
00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:41.066
Like, it\'s just, it\'s just...
00:27:41.133 --> 00:27:44.100
It\'s, it\'s more...
00:27:44.166 --> 00:27:46.000
♪
00:27:46.066 --> 00:27:47.800
(exhales through lips)
00:27:48.633 --> 00:27:50.100
(keys clicking)
00:27:50.166 --> 00:27:52.800
(talking and laughing
in background)
00:27:52.866 --> 00:27:54.466
WOMAN: So, what we\'re going
to do today...
00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:57.300
You\'re going to have
to designate
00:27:57.366 --> 00:27:58.400
who\'s going to get you guys
in order
00:27:58.466 --> 00:28:02.466
from application to enrollment.
00:28:02.533 --> 00:28:04.233
There\'s about... a lot.
00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:05.800
ENOCH: All right, let\'s go,
let\'s start over here.
00:28:05.866 --> 00:28:07.333
GIRL:
I think this should be next.
00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.900
ENOCH: Oh, you\'re right...
You\'re right, speak up!
00:28:08.966 --> 00:28:11.066
BOY: Wait, wait.
00:28:11.133 --> 00:28:12.833
And, and then...
00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:16.333
ENOCH: \"Complete loan
applications and sign master...\"
00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:18.533
I don\'t even know
what that means.
00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:23.433
(talking in background)
00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.566
MAN: Even now,
00:28:24.633 --> 00:28:25.933
some of your 12th-graders,
00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:28.466
we still don\'t have
the basic information.
00:28:28.533 --> 00:28:29.866
ARIELA:
What grade would you do that in?
00:28:29.933 --> 00:28:33.266
- I would do that in 11th.
00:28:33.333 --> 00:28:34.700
ARIELA:
I think that makes sense,
00:28:34.766 --> 00:28:36.000
ENOCH:
Yeah, it would have been nice
00:28:36.066 --> 00:28:37.566
if our 12th-grade year
went smoother.
00:28:37.633 --> 00:28:38.633
ANDREW: Yeah.
00:28:38.666 --> 00:28:39.766
- (laughs)
00:28:39.833 --> 00:28:40.800
ANDREW:
We didn\'t know, so...
00:28:40.866 --> 00:28:42.000
ENOCH: It\'s sad,
00:28:42.066 --> 00:28:44.300
\'cause you gotta, like,
go through the struggle
00:28:44.366 --> 00:28:46.600
in order for someone else
to learn.
00:28:46.666 --> 00:28:50.333
(people talking in background)
00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:04.933
ENOCH:
You had your own food.
00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:06.933
You and Nejah get me upset.
00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:09.100
Why don\'t we just order
the same thing?
00:29:09.166 --> 00:29:11.733
That way we won\'t have to have
problems like this.
00:29:11.800 --> 00:29:12.933
This is ridiculous.
00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.360
RENÉ:
I didn\'t want the same thing.
00:29:15.966 --> 00:29:18.633
ENOCH: All right,
I could fill this out.
00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:21.266
Entry Term: Fall.
00:29:21.333 --> 00:29:24.633
Relationship: Mother.
00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.933
Employment Status.
00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:27.066
None.
00:29:27.133 --> 00:29:28.166
ENOCH:
Annual pay before taxes.
00:29:28.233 --> 00:29:29.166
- Zero.
00:29:29.233 --> 00:29:31.033
ENOCH:
Social Security benefits.
00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:32.400
$15,371.
00:29:32.466 --> 00:29:33.533
ENOCH: Alimony.
00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:34.733
(laughs)
RENÉ: Zero.
00:29:34.800 --> 00:29:35.800
ENOCH: Child support.
00:29:35.866 --> 00:29:36.800
RENÉ: Zero.
00:29:36.866 --> 00:29:37.800
ENOCH: Other income.
00:29:37.866 --> 00:29:39.166
RENÉ:
Zero, zero, zero.
00:29:39.233 --> 00:29:41.133
ENOCH: My numbers are not
looking too good.
00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:43.233
Now we just need a 1099.
00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:45.933
Oh, S.O.L.
00:29:47.433 --> 00:29:48.733
You know where that\'s at?
00:29:48.800 --> 00:29:50.766
- No, I thought I had the stuff
in there.
00:29:50.833 --> 00:29:53.966
That\'s why I brought my folder.
- You didn\'t even check,
00:29:54.033 --> 00:29:55.733
you just brought it,
just assuming?
00:29:57.033 --> 00:29:59.400
I say we go to an office,
in Queens.
00:29:59.466 --> 00:30:01.800
So then you can come
and meet me tomorrow.
00:30:01.866 --> 00:30:02.866
ENOCH: Meet you where?
00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:04.400
I have practice tomorrow.
00:30:04.466 --> 00:30:09.833
RENÉ: Well, when you finish,
come and meet me in Queens.
00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:13.033
♪
00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.200
(phone chirps)
00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:34.266
(birds chirping)
00:30:36.366 --> 00:30:38.200
WOMAN: This is Sage,
the music building.
00:30:38.266 --> 00:30:39.666
The music building?
00:30:39.733 --> 00:30:41.400
- Yeah, it\'s right here.
00:30:41.466 --> 00:30:44.800
WOMAN: And the theater
is on the right... the theater.
00:30:44.866 --> 00:30:48.866
(talking in background)
00:30:48.933 --> 00:30:52.533
KAROLINE:
Wow, so many books.
00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.866
Do you just find it weird,
00:30:53.933 --> 00:30:56.833
like, to wake up
and know that you just...
00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:58.733
Your school
is just full of girls?
00:30:58.800 --> 00:31:01.200
The fact that it is, like, a
historically all-women\'s school,
00:31:01.266 --> 00:31:02.866
like, translates a lot
into conversations
00:31:02.933 --> 00:31:04.173
about just gender and sexuality,
00:31:04.233 --> 00:31:06.266
and that\'s, like, really cool
00:31:06.333 --> 00:31:08.013
that those conversations
happen a lot more.
00:31:08.066 --> 00:31:10.166
WOMAN: Very openly, it\'s, like,
it\'s really comfortable.
00:31:10.233 --> 00:31:11.166
WOMAN 1: Yeah.
00:31:11.233 --> 00:31:12.500
(talking in background)
00:31:12.566 --> 00:31:13.833
WOMAN:
Over there,
00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:16.366
those are postcards
that are poems by people
00:31:16.433 --> 00:31:17.600
who have come to visit.
00:31:17.666 --> 00:31:20.000
KAROLINE: I\'m mostly better
at writing
00:31:20.066 --> 00:31:21.866
when it comes to my feelings
than actually telling you.
00:31:21.933 --> 00:31:24.300
Like, if you asked me,
I would just tell you I\'m fine.
00:31:24.366 --> 00:31:25.700
But if you told me to write it,
I will write you
00:31:25.766 --> 00:31:27.633
a big-ass paragraph...
WOMAN (laughing): There you go!
00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:30.033
- telling you why I\'m not fine.
00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:31.100
WOMAN: Uh-huh.
00:31:31.166 --> 00:31:33.766
(talking in background)
00:31:33.833 --> 00:31:36.300
(laughing)
00:31:36.366 --> 00:31:39.233
(talking in background)
00:31:40.466 --> 00:31:43.500
I don\'t feel awkward anymore.
00:31:43.566 --> 00:31:45.300
\'Cause I thought
I was the only girl
00:31:45.366 --> 00:31:46.526
that dresses like a boy here,
00:31:46.566 --> 00:31:47.533
but now I see a few more
that does it.
00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:48.600
- Yeah.
00:31:50.033 --> 00:31:52.600
(speaking Spanish):
00:31:56.466 --> 00:32:01.900
♪
00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:12.600
All right,
everybody gather round.
00:32:12.666 --> 00:32:14.033
- No, no! I\'m sorry.
00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:15.700
(in Spanish):
00:32:15.766 --> 00:32:17.500
IRMA (in English):
00:32:17.566 --> 00:32:19.566
(muffled)
00:32:19.633 --> 00:32:21.100
KAROLINE (in Spanish):
00:32:21.166 --> 00:32:22.366
You can go back...
00:32:22.433 --> 00:32:23.473
IRMA:
So drum roll, please.
00:32:23.533 --> 00:32:26.566
(cheering)
00:32:26.633 --> 00:32:28.366
- Look at my face.
00:32:28.433 --> 00:32:29.366
Look at my face.
00:32:29.433 --> 00:32:30.800
- (cheering and applauding)
00:32:30.866 --> 00:32:33.100
GIRL: Congratulations!
00:32:33.166 --> 00:32:34.966
IRMA: Oh, no!
00:32:35.033 --> 00:32:39.200
Got my Regents exams,
got my S.A.T. scores.
00:32:39.266 --> 00:32:43.166
Got the 1099 form.
00:32:43.233 --> 00:32:46.333
That was...
that was a hard form to get.
00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:48.933
It says...
00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:51.600
All right, so it\'s 15...
00:32:51.666 --> 00:32:53.766
Whoop, whoop, whoop.
00:32:53.833 --> 00:32:55.866
Check out this highlight reel
I made.
00:32:55.933 --> 00:32:57.800
I have to send this to the coach
at SUNY Cortland.
00:32:57.866 --> 00:33:01.600
(dramatic music playing)
00:33:01.666 --> 00:33:02.766
ANDREW: Oh, wow.
00:33:02.833 --> 00:33:04.066
(hums to music)
00:33:04.133 --> 00:33:05.500
Colleges love that.
00:33:05.566 --> 00:33:08.733
ANDREW:
Colleges love what?
00:33:08.800 --> 00:33:10.000
The fact that I\'m 12 yards back.
00:33:10.066 --> 00:33:11.333
ANDREW: And then you...
00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.566
- And I end up making the play.
00:33:12.633 --> 00:33:15.000
ENOCH: That\'s it.
- All right.
00:33:15.066 --> 00:33:17.466
Check \"requirements completed.\"
00:33:17.533 --> 00:33:20.366
\"Submit application.\"
00:33:20.433 --> 00:33:21.666
That\'s it!
00:33:21.733 --> 00:33:22.900
That\'s it!
00:33:22.966 --> 00:33:24.266
ENOCH: Yeah!
- Yeah!
00:33:24.333 --> 00:33:28.833
(both laughing)
00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:30.266
- It only took three months!
00:33:30.333 --> 00:33:35.400
(continue laughing)
00:33:38.166 --> 00:33:42.100
(keys clicking)
00:33:42.166 --> 00:33:43.166
ENOCH:
Hurry up.
00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:46.433
(laughs)
00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.700
Get, get lower.
00:33:47.766 --> 00:33:50.233
COACH MACNEIL:
A real important day.
00:33:50.300 --> 00:33:52.900
We have 28 young men
who have made a commitment
00:33:52.966 --> 00:33:54.433
to come to Cortland,
00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:57.533
and we haven\'t even finished
our second week of recruiting.
00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:59.766
We\'re hoping and keeping
our fingers crossed
00:33:59.833 --> 00:34:01.100
that everyone in here
00:34:01.166 --> 00:34:04.566
is thinking the same thing
as they leave.
00:34:07.300 --> 00:34:09.766
ENOCH: All we need
is more black people.
00:34:09.833 --> 00:34:11.200
(man laughs)
00:34:11.266 --> 00:34:12.700
MAN: Yeah.
00:34:12.766 --> 00:34:14.800
MACNEIL: All right, welcome.
00:34:14.866 --> 00:34:16.900
Here we go, huh?
- Yup.
00:34:16.966 --> 00:34:19.333
So what about Mom and Dad,
what about family?
00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:22.200
What, you know,
what do you have at home?
00:34:22.266 --> 00:34:23.633
ENOCH: I have my sister.
- Okay.
00:34:23.700 --> 00:34:25.966
So did she already go
through this process?
00:34:26.033 --> 00:34:28.433
ENOCH: No, she didn\'t get to go
to college.
00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:31.300
- So she\'s looking out
for her younger brother.
00:34:31.366 --> 00:34:33.800
- Yeah, gotta make
the right decisions.
00:34:33.866 --> 00:34:35.300
MACNEIL:
Yeah, good for her.
00:34:35.366 --> 00:34:37.166
I got a former player
who\'s your coach.
00:34:37.233 --> 00:34:39.033
He says, \"This is
the kind of young man
00:34:39.100 --> 00:34:40.900
you want in your program.\"
00:34:40.966 --> 00:34:45.066
You know, guy that comes
from a rough, tough background,
00:34:45.133 --> 00:34:48.466
you know what I mean,
in terms of where you are,
00:34:48.533 --> 00:34:50.100
where you went to school.
00:34:50.166 --> 00:34:51.666
And you\'re a shining example.
00:34:51.733 --> 00:34:54.366
And so you\'re a real good fit
for us.
00:34:54.433 --> 00:34:57.833
Academically,
you\'re a little bit at risk.
00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.933
You know?
00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:00.466
But as soon as a young man
commits to us...
00:35:00.533 --> 00:35:04.366
This is where you want to be...
We cement that thing.
00:35:04.433 --> 00:35:05.600
Yeah.
00:35:05.666 --> 00:35:07.200
MACNEIL: Hopefully,
at the end of the day,
00:35:07.266 --> 00:35:08.500
you\'ve cementedly found us.
00:35:10.366 --> 00:35:12.133
Nice to meet you, man,
all right?
00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:13.300
I like that handshake.
- Nice to meet you, too.
00:35:13.366 --> 00:35:14.766
- Firm old handshake,
good stuff.
00:35:14.833 --> 00:35:16.900
COACH: We\'re not gonna bring in
a whole bunch of guys.
00:35:16.966 --> 00:35:18.200
I\'m not, I\'m just not.
00:35:18.266 --> 00:35:20.766
If you want to be a part
of a winning program,
00:35:20.833 --> 00:35:22.000
that is committed,
00:35:22.066 --> 00:35:24.466
Cortland State University
is the place.
00:35:24.533 --> 00:35:26.633
And, like, see, I\'m right now,
I\'m just talking about football,
00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:29.366
but you know about academics
already.
00:35:29.433 --> 00:35:30.793
- Yeah.
COACH: That\'s a no-brainer.
00:35:30.833 --> 00:35:31.933
That\'s a no-brainer.
00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:35.033
(talking in background)
00:35:35.100 --> 00:35:37.800
(cheers and applause on film)
00:35:40.033 --> 00:35:42.633
NEJAH: So what\'s going
to help you make a decision?
00:35:42.700 --> 00:35:44.866
I don\'t even know...
Me committing...
00:35:44.933 --> 00:35:46.800
I don\'t even know, like,
what other...
00:35:46.866 --> 00:35:49.200
Any other offers I might have.
00:35:49.266 --> 00:35:52.600
By committing, you don\'t get
any offers from anywhere else.
00:35:52.666 --> 00:35:53.833
You get accepted E.O.P.,
00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.900
you get a free ride,
00:35:54.966 --> 00:35:58.300
and they have a roster spot
for you.
00:35:58.366 --> 00:36:00.733
There\'s two spots, right?
And they have four prospects.
00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:04.033
And two of them come back
to them and say,
00:36:04.100 --> 00:36:05.533
\"Okay, we want to join.\"
00:36:05.600 --> 00:36:08.133
If you\'re late with the third
one, they have to deny you.
00:36:08.200 --> 00:36:09.366
They have to say,
00:36:09.433 --> 00:36:11.233
\"Sorry, we don\'t have
the spots open anymore.\"
00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:14.300
It\'s supposed to be
an enthusiastic process.
00:36:14.366 --> 00:36:15.500
What is your face...
00:36:15.566 --> 00:36:16.733
- Because you\'re getting me
upset.
00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:18.133
- What do you mean?
I\'m getting you upset
00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:22.000
because I\'m telling you
something?
00:36:22.066 --> 00:36:25.333
Stop being emotional.
00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:28.133
You\'re being moved
by your emotions for no reason.
00:36:28.200 --> 00:36:33.133
(talking in background)
00:36:35.666 --> 00:36:38.366
(cheers and applause on film)
00:36:43.733 --> 00:36:44.733
Did they talk to you about...
00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.733
- All right,
I\'m going to commit.
00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:46.800
- Oh, my God.
00:36:48.100 --> 00:36:50.000
That\'s wavy.
00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:54.133
COACH:
You\'re putting it up right over?
00:36:54.200 --> 00:36:55.200
- Yeah, man.
00:36:55.233 --> 00:36:56.433
COACH:
Yo, can I get a guns-up one?
00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.733
There we go, guns up.
00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.833
So what do you think,
do you want to become a Dragon?
00:36:58.900 --> 00:37:00.933
- Yeah, I do want to become
a Dragon.
00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:02.733
COACH:
Good, congrats, welcome to...
00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:04.200
- Can I keep the jersey?
00:37:04.266 --> 00:37:05.600
- You can keep the jersey
after four years of hard work.
00:37:05.666 --> 00:37:06.766
- All right.
00:37:06.833 --> 00:37:10.166
(Justin Bieber\'s \"Baby\" playing
on radio)
00:37:10.233 --> 00:37:12.333
♪ And I\'ll be there
(Nejah singing along)
00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:13.633
♪ You are my love
00:37:13.700 --> 00:37:16.033
♪ You are my heart
00:37:16.100 --> 00:37:18.366
♪ And we will never,
ever, ever be apart ♪
00:37:18.433 --> 00:37:22.433
(Malaya giggling)
00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:25.600
♪
00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:35.733
KHADEZRA:
Oh, my God!
00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:37.233
DANA: You got accepted?
KHADEZRA: I got accepted!
00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:39.466
(laughing)
00:37:39.533 --> 00:37:41.866
All right.
00:37:41.933 --> 00:37:42.933
Yeah.
00:37:42.966 --> 00:37:44.633
(phone disconnects)
00:37:44.700 --> 00:37:47.133
CHRISTINE: You got denied?
- Yeah.
00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:48.400
- So now let\'s call City Tech...
It\'s okay.
00:37:48.466 --> 00:37:50.633
(whispers):
I\'m not going to college.
00:37:50.700 --> 00:37:52.400
CHRISTINE:
You are going to college.
00:37:52.466 --> 00:37:54.600
Even if I have to take you.
00:37:54.666 --> 00:37:58.500
(phone ringing)
00:37:58.566 --> 00:38:00.600
I got accepted
to Broome, Monroe...
00:38:02.166 --> 00:38:03.466
Um, Onondaga.
00:38:03.533 --> 00:38:05.933
I feel nervous
because I didn\'t know
00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:08.200
that I would get accepted
to any school
00:38:08.266 --> 00:38:10.033
because of my grades and stuff,
00:38:10.100 --> 00:38:12.300
But I haven\'t, like,
00:38:12.366 --> 00:38:14.933
have time to speak to my parents
because I work.
00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:17.566
I don\'t know, they don\'t
really ask me about it.
00:38:17.633 --> 00:38:21.133
They don\'t know
it\'s, like, a big decision.
00:38:23.600 --> 00:38:25.233
You ready?
00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:26.600
- Yeah.
00:38:26.666 --> 00:38:27.600
I don\'t know.
00:38:27.666 --> 00:38:28.600
- No, you\'re not ready?
00:38:28.666 --> 00:38:29.600
- I don\'t want to click it.
00:38:29.666 --> 00:38:30.600
You do it.
00:38:30.666 --> 00:38:31.966
- I can\'t do it.
- Dana!
00:38:32.033 --> 00:38:33.133
- I want you to click it.
00:38:33.200 --> 00:38:35.133
- No.
00:38:35.200 --> 00:38:36.400
No.
00:38:36.466 --> 00:38:38.133
- So we\'re going to just
look at it together?
00:38:38.200 --> 00:38:40.533
- Yeah.
00:38:40.600 --> 00:38:43.566
(laughs)
00:38:43.633 --> 00:38:45.100
Come on!
00:38:45.166 --> 00:38:46.166
Go!
00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:50.420
- Are you sure you want me
to click it?
00:38:50.466 --> 00:38:51.566
- Yeah!
00:38:51.633 --> 00:38:53.033
(mouse clicking)
00:38:53.100 --> 00:38:54.466
(laughing):
Yay!
00:38:54.533 --> 00:38:56.800
Oh, you got in!
00:38:56.866 --> 00:38:58.366
Okay, don\'t look like that.
00:38:58.433 --> 00:38:59.433
You\'re not happy?
00:38:59.466 --> 00:39:00.900
- (imitates cheering)
- (laughs)
00:39:00.966 --> 00:39:04.866
\"I\'m pleased to offer you
admission to New School.
00:39:04.933 --> 00:39:06.100
To confirm your place in Lang
in the fall...\"
00:39:06.166 --> 00:39:08.033
- (gasps)
- Yeah, wow.
00:39:08.100 --> 00:39:09.700
\"Submit your non-refundable
00:39:09.766 --> 00:39:12.266
$500 tuition deposit
by May 1.\"
00:39:14.433 --> 00:39:16.266
Okay.
00:39:16.333 --> 00:39:18.266
Okay, okay.
00:39:18.333 --> 00:39:19.266
OTILIA (on phone):
Ah?
00:39:19.333 --> 00:39:20.833
Hi, Mami.
00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.933
OTILIA (in Spanish):
00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:23.700
(Christine laughing)
00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:26.166
OTILIA:
00:39:29.566 --> 00:39:30.700
OTILIA:
00:39:30.766 --> 00:39:31.466
CHRISTINE: Yeah.
00:39:31.533 --> 00:39:33.200
OTILIA AND CHRISTINE:
00:39:33.266 --> 00:39:36.600
OTILIA:
00:39:36.666 --> 00:39:37.666
- Told you.
00:39:38.633 --> 00:39:40.233
- Okay.
00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:42.433
OTILIA:
00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:43.500
- Oh, my God.
00:39:46.966 --> 00:39:49.000
OTILIA:
00:39:49.066 --> 00:39:50.700
(Christine laughs)
Okay, bye.
00:39:50.766 --> 00:39:52.166
Bye.
00:39:52.233 --> 00:39:53.233
(papers rustling)
00:39:54.833 --> 00:39:56.000
DANA:
So you have all these letters.
00:39:56.066 --> 00:39:57.066
Wow.
00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:02.133
You\'ve got to make a decision.
00:40:03.666 --> 00:40:07.033
(door squeaking)
00:40:07.100 --> 00:40:12.700
(talking in background)
00:40:12.766 --> 00:40:14.166
MASSIEL:
Click on decision letter.
00:40:14.233 --> 00:40:15.600
NOLVIA:
You have to log in first.
00:40:15.666 --> 00:40:19.233
IRMA: But it says... right... it
says it should be your new PIN.
00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:22.066
Two, zero, five, six.
00:40:22.133 --> 00:40:23.066
MASSIEL:
Cinco cuatro.
00:40:23.133 --> 00:40:25.266
IRMA:
Tres cero cuatro.
00:40:25.333 --> 00:40:27.166
\"Admissions.\"
00:40:27.233 --> 00:40:29.166
Aquí.
00:40:30.366 --> 00:40:31.666
I think you got to click
on this one.
00:40:31.733 --> 00:40:33.400
KAROLINE:
You sure?
00:40:33.466 --> 00:40:34.700
MASSIEL:
I\'m sure.
00:40:34.766 --> 00:40:35.700
IRMA:
\"View application status.\"
00:40:35.766 --> 00:40:36.766
Hold on.
00:40:51.933 --> 00:40:53.600
(laughs)
00:40:53.666 --> 00:40:54.666
I\'m good!
00:41:07.333 --> 00:41:09.233
IRMA:
00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:12.533
KAROLINE:
00:41:12.600 --> 00:41:13.866
What?
00:41:13.933 --> 00:41:16.133
Oh, you mean as far
as you\'re concerned.
00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:18.266
IRMA:
00:41:18.333 --> 00:41:19.033
KAROLINE:
00:41:19.100 --> 00:41:20.100
IRMA:
00:41:21.600 --> 00:41:22.600
Yeah, Irma, I\'m okay.
00:41:22.666 --> 00:41:27.733
♪
00:41:32.666 --> 00:41:37.133
♪
00:41:44.733 --> 00:41:47.200
CHRISTINE: I had the opportunity
to be a youth leader
00:41:47.266 --> 00:41:49.333
at the Student Success Center
on Bushwick Campus.
00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:50.933
This work is very important
00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:52.266
to my community.
00:41:52.333 --> 00:41:54.300
Many students visit
the SSCs every day,
00:41:54.366 --> 00:41:55.633
and it\'s realistic to say
that many students
00:41:55.700 --> 00:41:56.633
would not be in college
00:41:56.700 --> 00:41:58.700
if the SSC was not present.
00:41:58.766 --> 00:42:01.300
We ask the D.O.E.
and the City of New York
00:42:01.366 --> 00:42:03.266
to financially commit
to these programs.
00:42:03.333 --> 00:42:05.700
It is important to invest
in all students.
00:42:05.766 --> 00:42:06.900
Thank you.
00:42:06.966 --> 00:42:09.233
Essentially, all of the work
00:42:09.300 --> 00:42:11.700
is done by peer counseling,
00:42:11.766 --> 00:42:13.933
by other high school students,
yes?
00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:15.900
Well, the ones that are trained.
00:42:15.966 --> 00:42:18.833
It is very effective.
00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:20.633
CHRISTINE (in Spanish):
00:42:36.466 --> 00:42:37.833
CHRISTINE:
00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:40.133
OTILIA: Okay.
00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:50.533
OTILIA:
00:42:59.933 --> 00:43:01.266
CHRISTINE:
00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:03.800
CHRISTINE:
00:43:07.333 --> 00:43:09.033
ANTHONY (in English):
00:43:09.100 --> 00:43:11.200
CHRISTINE:
I hate when she compares me...
00:43:11.266 --> 00:43:13.633
(in Spanish)
00:43:13.700 --> 00:43:16.200
OTILIA:
00:43:16.266 --> 00:43:20.000
CHRISTINE:
00:43:21.833 --> 00:43:26.766
♪
00:43:34.200 --> 00:43:36.133
(mouse clicking, scrolling)
00:43:46.700 --> 00:43:49.233
So, like...
00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:50.933
(breathing rapidly)
00:43:52.033 --> 00:43:54.400
Okay.
00:43:54.466 --> 00:43:57.133
DANA: Do you want to look
at any other...?
00:43:57.200 --> 00:43:58.200
No?
00:44:00.166 --> 00:44:02.533
What... what was that?
00:44:02.600 --> 00:44:04.600
That\'s who you\'re going
to choose?
00:44:04.666 --> 00:44:07.900
So you\'re going to choose
the New School?
00:44:07.966 --> 00:44:09.566
She\'s making her decision
for college.
00:44:09.633 --> 00:44:12.133
- Where are you going?
00:44:12.200 --> 00:44:13.500
DANA:
You\'re definitely... yes?
00:44:13.566 --> 00:44:14.566
- The New School?
00:44:16.633 --> 00:44:18.233
DANA: Aww.
00:44:18.300 --> 00:44:20.033
Oh, she made a decision!
00:44:20.100 --> 00:44:21.133
CYNTHIA:
She\'s going to the New School?
00:44:21.200 --> 00:44:22.233
- Yay!
00:44:22.300 --> 00:44:23.566
(cheers and applause)
00:44:23.633 --> 00:44:28.700
CYNTHIA: Christine,
that\'s such a big decision.
00:44:28.766 --> 00:44:31.233
DANA:
I\'m so happy for you.
00:44:33.233 --> 00:44:35.200
What am I going to do
when I have kids?
00:44:35.266 --> 00:44:36.266
(chuckles)
00:44:36.300 --> 00:44:37.600
Cry like a baby, too.
00:44:37.666 --> 00:44:39.133
You\'re happy?
00:44:39.200 --> 00:44:40.133
You\'re sure?
00:44:40.200 --> 00:44:42.033
Is this happy tears? Yes?
00:44:42.100 --> 00:44:43.100
Okay.
00:44:43.166 --> 00:44:45.300
Oh, goodness.
00:44:45.366 --> 00:44:47.000
(Dana laughs)
00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:51.566
Come on, come on, come on,
put on your clothes.
00:44:51.633 --> 00:44:53.966
Let\'s go, let\'s start
to actually get dressed.
00:44:54.033 --> 00:44:56.266
You\'re making yourself hot
fidgeting like that.
00:44:56.333 --> 00:44:57.933
Don\'t breathe,
don\'t talk anymore.
00:44:58.000 --> 00:45:00.600
(Nejah laughs, blows air)
00:45:00.666 --> 00:45:02.833
ENOCH: I feel like we\'re going
to be late.
00:45:02.900 --> 00:45:05.166
NEJAH:
No (bleep), Sherlock.
00:45:05.233 --> 00:45:08.000
I\'m going to drop a selfie
on Instagram...
00:45:08.066 --> 00:45:09.966
(Nejah laughs)
00:45:10.033 --> 00:45:11.166
and it\'s going to get...
00:45:11.233 --> 00:45:13.300
It\'s going to get 400-plus,
watch.
00:45:13.366 --> 00:45:15.700
NEJAH:
Enoch will be sleeping outside
00:45:15.766 --> 00:45:18.266
if he comes home
the next day from prom.
00:45:18.333 --> 00:45:19.933
He\'s a virgin now
because he wants to be.
00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:21.000
ENOCH: Because of you!
00:45:21.066 --> 00:45:22.533
At three,
they showed me chlamydia.
00:45:22.600 --> 00:45:24.400
TALIAH:
Oh, whoa, that\'s good.
00:45:24.466 --> 00:45:26.233
- Who deserves that?
00:45:26.300 --> 00:45:28.366
NEJAH: It\'s a big deal, and it
should mean something to him.
00:45:28.433 --> 00:45:30.366
It feels good,
but you don\'t understand
00:45:30.433 --> 00:45:32.466
the things that come behind it.
00:45:32.533 --> 00:45:33.700
You just need to keep that
in mind.
00:45:33.766 --> 00:45:36.100
ENOCH: All right.
00:45:36.166 --> 00:45:37.400
TALIAH:
But you did a good job.
00:45:37.466 --> 00:45:38.500
(laughs):
Thank you.
00:45:38.566 --> 00:45:42.200
TALIAH:
I\'m really proud of you, so...
00:45:42.266 --> 00:45:43.933
WOMAN: Hello, hello.
- Hi.
00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:45.300
WOMAN: I\'m her mom.
00:45:45.366 --> 00:45:46.600
NEJAH: Hi, I\'m his sister.
00:45:48.866 --> 00:45:50.000
You look good.
00:45:50.066 --> 00:45:51.346
- (laughing):
You look good, too.
00:45:54.433 --> 00:45:55.966
NEJAH:
Oh, with the hair blowing, nice.
00:45:56.033 --> 00:45:56.966
(\"Post to Be\" by Omarion
playing)
00:45:57.033 --> 00:45:58.300
♪ Selling his soul for me
00:45:58.366 --> 00:46:00.766
♪ Ooh,
that\'s how it post to be ♪
00:46:00.833 --> 00:46:04.000
♪ If he wants me to expose
the freak ooh ♪
00:46:04.066 --> 00:46:05.733
♪ That\'s how it post to be
00:46:05.800 --> 00:46:07.233
(\"Touch the Sky\" by Kanye West
playing)
00:46:07.300 --> 00:46:10.066
♪ Come up in the spot
lookin\' extra fly ♪
00:46:10.133 --> 00:46:11.973
♪ \'Fore the day I die
you gonna touch the sky ♪
00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:13.233
♪ You gonna touch the sky
00:46:13.300 --> 00:46:17.966
WOMAN:
The prom king for 2015 is...
00:46:18.033 --> 00:46:19.800
Enoch!
00:46:19.866 --> 00:46:22.500
(cheers and applause)
00:46:27.766 --> 00:46:28.933
And the prom queen is...
00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:30.100
Tanieva.
00:46:30.166 --> 00:46:33.633
(cheers and applause)
00:46:33.700 --> 00:46:36.466
(\"Slow Motion\" by Trey Songz
playing)
00:46:36.533 --> 00:46:40.100
♪ Waiting on them
to come pick you up ♪
00:46:40.166 --> 00:46:42.933
♪ Baby ooh
00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:45.833
♪ When I saw ya walking
out the door ♪
00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:46.966
♪ Ooh
00:46:47.033 --> 00:46:49.300
♪ I just knew ya needed
something more ♪
00:46:49.366 --> 00:46:53.600
♪ Slow motion
00:46:55.466 --> 00:46:57.633
♪ We can take, we can take
we can take our time ♪
00:46:59.333 --> 00:47:02.100
(yawns)
00:47:06.933 --> 00:47:09.733
Now this from Cortland is...
00:47:09.800 --> 00:47:12.866
\"Congratulations
on your acceptance.\"
00:47:12.933 --> 00:47:15.666
I just completed my loans.
00:47:15.733 --> 00:47:21.900
I need to take out $2,500.
00:47:21.966 --> 00:47:24.666
This says estimated
college expenses.
00:47:24.733 --> 00:47:26.000
NEJAH: Okay.
00:47:26.066 --> 00:47:28.333
Personal expenses while you\'re
there is $2,000.
00:47:28.400 --> 00:47:29.866
RENÉ:
That\'s all?
00:47:29.933 --> 00:47:31.233
NEJAH: Each semester.
- You\'re, like, \"That\'s all?\"
00:47:31.300 --> 00:47:33.133
NEJAH: If you don\'t have
no money, that\'s a lot.
00:47:33.200 --> 00:47:34.300
- See?
00:47:34.366 --> 00:47:36.966
ENOCH: My college counselors
said to take out
00:47:37.033 --> 00:47:38.733
more than $5,000.
00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:40.266
Taking out more money
that\'s not needed
00:47:40.333 --> 00:47:41.500
is just a fast way
to end up in debt
00:47:41.566 --> 00:47:43.200
when you come out of college.
00:47:43.266 --> 00:47:44.733
RENÉ: No, Nejah,
normally you would have
00:47:44.800 --> 00:47:47.666
extra money on the side anyway
for emergencies.
00:47:47.733 --> 00:47:49.433
It\'s for other things
that he needs.
00:47:49.500 --> 00:47:51.433
- Right, and if I give him
a certain amount of money,
00:47:51.500 --> 00:47:54.300
he shouldn\'t be taking out
a loan so he can eat.
00:47:54.366 --> 00:47:57.200
RENÉ: Are you comfortable
just getting the set amount?
00:47:57.266 --> 00:48:00.100
- I have no idea, Mommy.
00:48:13.333 --> 00:48:14.453
From the bottom of my heart,
00:48:14.500 --> 00:48:15.666
deep, deep, deep, deep,
somewhere there dark...
00:48:15.733 --> 00:48:18.033
(speaking Spanish)
00:48:20.666 --> 00:48:22.466
- No, of course, of course.
00:48:22.533 --> 00:48:26.733
(in English):
00:48:26.800 --> 00:48:27.733
No?
00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:32.766
(in English):
00:48:32.833 --> 00:48:35.700
\'Cause then...
(in Spanish):
00:48:35.766 --> 00:48:36.733
I\'m going to have to, you know.
IRMA: Yeah.
00:48:36.800 --> 00:48:38.633
I think we\'re all
on the same page
00:48:38.700 --> 00:48:39.633
about that being
the good choice.
00:48:39.700 --> 00:48:40.633
- (whispers)
00:48:40.700 --> 00:48:42.466
Don\'t know.
00:48:42.533 --> 00:48:44.600
(in Spanish):
00:48:44.666 --> 00:48:45.733
IRMA: Mm-hmm.
00:48:45.800 --> 00:48:49.600
♪
00:49:02.366 --> 00:49:03.800
(\"See You Again\" by Charlie Puth
playing)
00:49:03.866 --> 00:49:05.166
STUDENTS (singing along):
♪ We\'ve come a long way
00:49:05.233 --> 00:49:08.800
♪ From where we began
00:49:08.866 --> 00:49:11.500
♪ Oh I\'ll tell you
all about it ♪
00:49:11.566 --> 00:49:14.866
♪ When I see you again
00:49:14.933 --> 00:49:19.800
♪ Why\'d you have to leave
so soon? ♪
00:49:19.866 --> 00:49:21.866
♪ Why\'d you have to go?
00:49:21.933 --> 00:49:26.700
♪ Why\'d you have to leave me
when I needed you the most? ♪
00:49:26.766 --> 00:49:29.966
♪ Carry on
00:49:30.033 --> 00:49:33.433
♪ Give me all the strength
I need ♪
00:49:33.500 --> 00:49:37.833
(cheers and applause)
00:49:37.900 --> 00:49:40.900
♪ See you again
00:49:40.966 --> 00:49:43.500
MAN: We got a present
for you, parents, loved ones.
00:49:45.066 --> 00:49:47.433
Irma.
00:49:47.500 --> 00:49:50.633
♪ When I see you again
00:49:50.700 --> 00:49:53.633
(applause)
00:49:53.700 --> 00:49:55.300
IRMA (in English):
00:49:58.933 --> 00:50:03.866
(cheers and applause)
00:50:12.033 --> 00:50:15.866
♪
00:50:18.100 --> 00:50:20.700
(muttering softly)
00:50:20.766 --> 00:50:21.800
(knocks)
00:50:21.866 --> 00:50:25.500
ADVISER:
You\'re getting a MetroCard,
00:50:25.566 --> 00:50:26.700
and you have $500.
00:50:26.766 --> 00:50:29.066
The money is there to help you
with books.
00:50:29.133 --> 00:50:30.733
Do you plan on going
to a senior college?
00:50:30.800 --> 00:50:32.133
KAROLINE: Definitely.
- Okay.
00:50:32.200 --> 00:50:33.680
I\'m definitely planning
on going away.
00:50:33.733 --> 00:50:35.400
ADVISER:
What major?
00:50:35.466 --> 00:50:37.033
Journalism.
00:50:37.100 --> 00:50:38.166
- Journalism!
00:50:38.233 --> 00:50:42.833
♪
00:50:47.066 --> 00:50:48.733
ADVISER:
Have you kept all the classes
00:50:48.800 --> 00:50:51.000
that you signed up for
at the beginning?
00:50:51.066 --> 00:50:52.626
CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.
- And how\'s it going?
00:50:53.300 --> 00:50:54.666
I\'m, like, so tired.
00:50:54.733 --> 00:50:56.033
ADVISER:
You\'re so tired, yeah.
00:50:56.100 --> 00:50:58.033
CHRISTINE: I, like...
I\'m running, like,
00:50:58.100 --> 00:50:59.366
on four hours of sleep.
00:50:59.433 --> 00:51:01.400
ADVISER: Oh, my God.
- Yeah, but...
00:51:01.466 --> 00:51:03.933
High school did not prepare me
at all.
00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:07.566
I don\'t know,
I think I can manage.
00:51:07.633 --> 00:51:11.733
♪
00:51:11.800 --> 00:51:14.566
(footsteps echoing)
00:51:14.633 --> 00:51:15.666
(talking in background)
00:51:17.900 --> 00:51:19.266
(grunting)
00:51:19.333 --> 00:51:21.033
ENOCH: I received a certain
amount of loans from you guys.
00:51:21.100 --> 00:51:23.466
I end up spending, like,
majority of my money on books,
00:51:23.533 --> 00:51:27.233
and then having, like,
little to none
00:51:27.300 --> 00:51:29.233
for, like, food and stuff.
ADVISER: Yeah.
00:51:29.300 --> 00:51:32.333
We go to Albany every year
to try to get more money
00:51:32.400 --> 00:51:33.533
from the legislature
00:51:33.600 --> 00:51:35.666
so we can load up
your aid packages.
00:51:35.733 --> 00:51:38.133
Aid\'s a sticky issue,
it always has been.
00:51:38.200 --> 00:51:41.200
And people never seem to have
enough money.
00:51:41.266 --> 00:51:44.566
I wish I could solve that
for you today, you know,
00:51:44.633 --> 00:51:45.766
but I can\'t.
00:51:45.833 --> 00:51:47.033
- (chuckling):
It\'s all right.
00:51:47.100 --> 00:51:48.033
ADVISER: Okay.
- I\'ll be good.
00:51:48.100 --> 00:51:51.133
ADVISER: Okay.
00:51:51.200 --> 00:51:56.133
♪
00:52:01.233 --> 00:52:03.800
♪
00:52:14.233 --> 00:52:17.666
♪
00:52:30.800 --> 00:52:35.066
♪
00:52:35.133 --> 00:52:37.565
♪ I took a couple Ls ♪
00:52:37.566 --> 00:52:43.233
Personal Statement is available
on Amazon Prime Video.
00:52:43.266 --> 00:52:51.266
♪ I took a couple Ls
but I\'m making a comeback ♪
00:52:55.566 --> 00:52:59.366
(vocalizing)
00:53:01.833 --> 00:53:04.300
♪
00:53:04.366 --> 00:53:08.800
(vocalizing)
00:53:08.866 --> 00:53:10.600
♪
00:53:13.866 --> 00:53:14.866
♪