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I mean, I think if you play it too safe
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Try Harder!

I mean, I think if youplay it too safe then you don't take any chances,you don't want...

I mean, I think if you
play it too safe then you don't take any chances,
you don't want rejection

Full Transcript

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I mean, I think if you play it too safe
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then you don't take any chances, you don't want rejection.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:50:16
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 see my dad once every three or four days. - Try Harder! 00:04
- I see my dad once every three or four days.
[garbage rustling] - Try Harder! 00:11
[garbage rustling]
[water burbling] - Try Harder! 00:10
[water burbling]
I go shopping for myself, I clean the house, - Try Harder! 00:04
I go shopping for myself, I clean the house,
Then he's out from 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM every night. - Try Harder! 00:05
Then he's out from 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM every night.
Like you can burn everything - Try Harder! 00:09
Like you can burn everything
We initially thought that the interview - Try Harder! 00:06
We initially thought that the interview
So it went from 10 to almost about 12. - Try Harder! 00:05
So it went from 10 to almost about 12.
He said that you know I'm a pretty good fit for Brown - Try Harder! 00:10
He said that you know I'm a pretty good fit for Brown
I just had to tell my mom that there is different aspects - Try Harder! 00:07
I just had to tell my mom that there is different aspects
I was just like, Oh my God, - Try Harder! 00:06
I was just like, Oh my God,
Shh, this is the scenario you're gonna try - Try Harder! 00:05
Shh, this is the scenario you're gonna try
[students murmuring] - Try Harder! 00:04
[students murmuring]
- I know this is like preemptive, - Try Harder! 00:07
- I know this is like preemptive,
There's no hope for you, et cetera, right? - Try Harder! 00:04
There's no hope for you, et cetera, right?
And the prospects of having no future. - Try Harder! 00:04
And the prospects of having no future.
God, we pray for just all of us. - Try Harder! 00:04
God, we pray for just all of us.
We pray for the seniors during this college - Try Harder! 00:07
We pray for the seniors during this college
We asked that no matter what we will know that this - Try Harder! 00:06
We asked that no matter what we will know that this
[mouse clicking] - Try Harder! 00:10
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