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Try Harder!

Without pressure thenwe're just like, "Oh, we'll just sit at home and like play video...

Without pressure then
we're just like, "Oh, we'll just sit at home and like play video games
or watch TV or like hang out with
friends, right?" I do like pressure, but I
don't like too much pressure

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Without pressure then we're just like,
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"Oh, we'll just sit at home
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and like play video games or watch TV
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or like hang out with friends, right?"
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I do like pressure, but I don't like too much pressure.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:47
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.
[indistinct chattering] [soft upbeat music] - Try Harder! 00:10
[indistinct chattering] [soft upbeat music]
I actually wanted my son to go to a neighborhood school. - Try Harder! 00:05
I actually wanted my son to go to a neighborhood school.
Just so that he would have a more balanced in his life. - Try Harder! 00:05
Just so that he would have a more balanced in his life.
I remember having to work very hard when I was at Lowell. - Try Harder! 00:05
I remember having to work very hard when I was at Lowell.
I didn't want him to have to work that hard, - Try Harder! 00:15
I didn't want him to have to work that hard,
[indistinct chattering] - Try Harder! 00:05
[indistinct chattering]
And a friend had recommended a college advising counselor - Try Harder! 00:10
And a friend had recommended a college advising counselor
So we were actually really late starting with that process. - Try Harder! 00:05
So we were actually really late starting with that process.
- I think the biggest role that she's played - Try Harder! 00:07
- I think the biggest role that she's played
[indistinct chatter] - Try Harder! 00:11
[indistinct chatter]
So, he started writing his satirical blog. - Try Harder! 00:04
So, he started writing his satirical blog.
I mean, that's kind of a crazy thing, right? - Try Harder! 00:05
I mean, that's kind of a crazy thing, right?
I was like really? [laughing] - Try Harder! 00:08
I was like really? [laughing]
And so, I would say to parents to really have your kids - Try Harder! 00:10
And so, I would say to parents to really have your kids
- The satire piece is like supposed to mimic - Try Harder! 00:21
- The satire piece is like supposed to mimic
And the third thing I have to tell you, - Try Harder! 00:21
And the third thing I have to tell you,
And I am active on the liver transplant list. - Try Harder! 00:04
And I am active on the liver transplant list.
The only way to get rid of liver cancer - Try Harder! 00:05
The only way to get rid of liver cancer
I am very, very sad and disappointed - Try Harder! 00:09
I am very, very sad and disappointed
I really want to let you know that I feel - Try Harder! 00:10
I really want to let you know that I feel