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Try Harder!

But my mom studied reallyhard in Taiwan

[audience applauding] But my mom studied really
hard in Taiwan

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But my mom studied really hard in Taiwan.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:26
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
ITVS,Center for Asian American Media (CAAM),California Humanites,XTR,Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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Movie Summary

Seniors at one the best public high schools in the country face the pressure of applying to elite colleges.
[students clapping] - Try Harder! 00:05
[students clapping]
[indistinct chattering] - Try Harder! 00:06
[indistinct chattering]
As I grow older, the box will expand, right? - Try Harder! 00:06
As I grow older, the box will expand, right?
Until finally there's like no more box anymore, right? - Try Harder! 00:05
Until finally there's like no more box anymore, right?
And I'll be able to do my own things, - Try Harder! 00:05
And I'll be able to do my own things,
But for now, I'm still in a little box - Try Harder! 00:07
But for now, I'm still in a little box
[upbeat music] - Try Harder! 00:10
[upbeat music]
Can you check them off and I'll work - Try Harder! 00:04
Can you check them off and I'll work
Are you sure we have enough time to finish by tonight? - Try Harder! 00:05
Are you sure we have enough time to finish by tonight?
When she says, "What if you could get into Stanford?" - Try Harder! 00:08
When she says, "What if you could get into Stanford?&qu...
But I still can't help, - Try Harder! 00:05
But I still can't help,
I wanna do something for her to make her happy - Try Harder! 00:08
I wanna do something for her to make her happy
- Next semester like-- - Try Harder! 00:04
- Next semester like--
My mom wanted me to finish on Saturday night - Try Harder! 00:08
My mom wanted me to finish on Saturday night
I do feel a little bit of relief knowing - Try Harder! 00:05
I do feel a little bit of relief knowing
But you know, I still prefer a UC. - Try Harder! 00:05
But you know, I still prefer a UC.
I feel like there's a much higher chance - Try Harder! 00:07
I feel like there's a much higher chance
- He has very high goals but I think for him, - Try Harder! 00:06
- He has very high goals but I think for him,
The top tier UCs: UC Berkeley, UCLA. - Try Harder! 00:05
The top tier UCs: UC Berkeley, UCLA.
I think it would be a really great school for him. - Try Harder! 00:04
I think it would be a really great school for him.