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Try Harder!

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[indistinct chatter] [student coughing]

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[student coughing]
Duration
6 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:20
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.
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]
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- 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...
Occidental, or like... what's another - Try Harder! 00:07
Occidental, or like... what's another
UCs, baby! [chuckling] - Try Harder! 00:05
UCs, baby! [chuckling]
- This is the AP physics C class - Try Harder! 00:12
- This is the AP physics C class
I would say that most kids that end up in an Ivy - Try Harder! 00:05
I would say that most kids that end up in an Ivy
I guess you're just looking at like, - Try Harder! 00:04
I guess you're just looking at like,
- We're gonna start hopefully in a few seconds. - Try Harder! 00:04
- We're gonna start hopefully in a few seconds.
- Oh, I'm not taking it, - Try Harder! 00:11
- Oh, I'm not taking it,
- Ladies and gentlemen, let's get focused, - Try Harder! 00:05
- Ladies and gentlemen, let's get focused,
You can use calculators, and your brains - Try Harder! 00:06
You can use calculators, and your brains
I've been teaching at Lowell since 1990. - Try Harder! 00:05
I've been teaching at Lowell since 1990.
In the 90s, if you went to Lowell, - Try Harder! 00:10
In the 90s, if you went to Lowell,
They're objectively under more pressure - Try Harder! 00:05
They're objectively under more pressure
The physics students essentially are all seniors, - Try Harder! 00:08
The physics students essentially are all seniors,