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Yeah, you yourself like feel confident that you want it
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Try Harder!

Yeah, you yourself like feelconfident that you want it-- - You feel confident?

Yeah, you yourself like feel
confident that you want it-- - You feel confident?

Full Transcript

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- Yeah, you yourself like feel confident that you want it--
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- You feel confident?
Duration
4 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:53
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.
- So I hear that there is a dance this Friday, - Try Harder! 00:06
- So I hear that there is a dance this Friday,
[hip hop music] - Try Harder! 00:15
[hip hop music]
♪ Hands up, and suddenly we all got our hands up ♪ - Try Harder! 00:07
♪ Hands up, and suddenly we all got our hands up ♪
♪ I think I remember those eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes ♪ - Try Harder! 00:15
♪ I think I remember those eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes ♪
Like I was basically like an enzyme, like the catalyze - Try Harder! 00:06
Like I was basically like an enzyme, like the catalyze
♪ Ooh, jumpman, jumpman, jumpman, ♪ - Try Harder! 00:07
♪ Ooh, jumpman, jumpman, jumpman, ♪
Usually his shorts are supposed to like go like up to here. - Try Harder! 00:04
Usually his shorts are supposed to like go like up to here.
But mine are just a little bit down - Try Harder! 00:10
But mine are just a little bit down
[hip hop music] - Try Harder! 00:05
[hip hop music]
If my family didn't really push me that much, - Try Harder! 00:07
If my family didn't really push me that much,
Without pressure then we're just like, - Try Harder! 00:14
Without pressure then we're just like,
[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