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Try Harder!

- When you first comein from middle school you'll want to cry

[footsteps pattering]
[indistinct chatter] - When you first come
in from middle school you'll want to cry

Full Transcript

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[footsteps pattering] [indistinct chatter]
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- When you first come in from middle school
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you'll want to cry.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:30
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.
- I will give you a test every other Wednesday. - Try Harder! 00:05
- I will give you a test every other Wednesday.
[light violin music] - Try Harder! 00:06
[light violin music]
- It's tangible in some of those classes, you know, - Try Harder! 00:06
- It's tangible in some of those classes, you know,
- My friend, he said, - Try Harder! 00:14
- My friend, he said,
[electricity crackling] - Try Harder! 00:20
[electricity crackling]
It's very unlike all the other high schools in like the area - Try Harder! 00:09
It's very unlike all the other high schools in like the...
I've had friends from like Menlo-Atherton come up here, - Try Harder! 00:12
I've had friends from like Menlo-Atherton come up here,
[upbeat music] - Try Harder! 00:06
[upbeat music]
This is like the front entrance, - Try Harder! 00:08
This is like the front entrance,
This is all our awards and stuff. - Try Harder! 00:04
This is all our awards and stuff.
This is what alumni get to brag about. - Try Harder! 00:04
This is what alumni get to brag about.
So, we have the library. [door opening] - Try Harder! 00:10
So, we have the library. [door opening]
[upbeat music] [indistinct chatter] - Try Harder! 00:06
[upbeat music] [indistinct chatter]
But it's a great place to gain access to computers. - Try Harder! 00:05
But it's a great place to gain access to computers.
So this hallway is usually packed - Try Harder! 00:04
So this hallway is usually packed
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[indistinct chatter]
[upbeat music] - Try Harder! 00:10
[upbeat music]
- Obviously Stanford would be great, - Try Harder! 00:12
- Obviously Stanford would be great,
Stanford is probably my top choice, yeah. - Try Harder! 00:05
Stanford is probably my top choice, yeah.
- What is funny and not funny will depend on who are and... - Try Harder! 00:05
- What is funny and not funny will depend on who are and...