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Clareece 'Precious' Jones: My name Clareece 'Precious' Jones. I go by 'Precious'. I live in Harlem. I like yellow. And... I had problems at my other school, so I come here.
Ms. Rain: Something you do well?
Clareece 'Precious' Jones: Nothin'.
Ms. Rain: Everybody's good at something.
Clareece 'Precious' Jones: [shakes her head] Mm-mm.
Ms. Rain: Come on.
Clareece 'Precious' Jones: Well, I can cook and... I never really talked in class before.
Ms. Rain: How does that make you feel?
Clareece 'Precious' Jones: Here. It make me feel here
Ms. Rain: Something you do well?
Clareece 'Precious' Jones: Nothin'.
Ms. Rain: Everybody's good at something.
Clareece 'Precious' Jones: [shakes her head] Mm-mm.
Ms. Rain: Come on.
Clareece 'Precious' Jones: Well, I can cook and... I never really talked in class before.
Ms. Rain: How does that make you feel?
Clareece 'Precious' Jones: Here. It make me feel here
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My name Clareece Precious Jones
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l go by Precious
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l live in Harlem I like yellow
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And I had problems at my other school so I come here
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Something you do well
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Nothing
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Everybody's good at something
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Come on
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Well I can cook And
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l never really talked in class before
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How does that make you feel
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Here
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lt makes me feel here
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Movie Summary
In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction.
