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South L.A. student finds a different world at Cal (UC Berkeley)
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theworldismine13
God Emperor of SOHH
nah, thanks
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Superstar
Such a good article.
Fillerguy
Veteran
Did the same damn thing
That's why I went to a school with no liberal arts programs. fukk opinionated shyt. Straight stem.
aren't you still required to take English 101...
even MIT has history majors breh..
Nope. No Eng 101 bruh.
what alma mater
Georgia Tech
ogc163
Superstar
A doc dealing with Black students trying to get into college, follows them for 13 years. Now these kids are middle class so it's obviously a different set of circumstances...
I think back to how much reading was done in my home, if it wasn't for my love of newspapers from an early age I wouldv'e been messed up in the game.
@theworldismine13
Saw it last night, pretty good doc. There was a messed up part where the kids are talking about how life would be easier if they were white, and how they wished they were white. They unfortunately took out all the parts with Ferguson and the other experts. Young lightskin dude's father was by far my favorite person in the movie, every time he came on screen he was spitting knowledge. It's crazy seeing these Black middle class kids underachieve, I'm dealing with more than a couple here at my law school and it is interesting seeing it on a daily basis. You would think because of all the advantages they have they would be ahead of the curve, but that is definitely not the case.
theworldismine13
God Emperor of SOHH
Where did you see it? Online?
This is exactly what happened to me, with the exception of me getting no second year...
I began by immediately declaring pre-med at OU, and then taking an 18 hour courseload my 1st semester. (both of which I was encouraged to do by people that knew NOTHING of what was best for me)
I realized when I hit Chemistry class\lab\recitation I didn't learn shyt in HS.
Also, I didn't understand why the prof in lecture didn't talk about anything that I could find in the book(s) we had for that class.
Once that depression\lack of confidence set in, the only person I still really trusted (mom) started a strict regimen of read the bible, and start looking at the Army.
Believe it or not, this did not help.
Went to the worst HS, in the shyttiest district in OKC.
Gang fights at school, prostitution on H-hall, and 22 year old seniors when I transferred there in 9th grade.
I graduated HS with a 3.8 GPA, and I had all AP classes.
I shoulda known when I got the results of my AP exams, I was fukked.....
My grades apparently meant nothing; we were not being taught nearly enough to be ready for college.
My parents were completely ignorant and not very interested in learning to actually help me get into school.
My counselors told me If I didn't wanna go to Langston U (a small HBCU), they would help me get into the military.
They apparently had no connections with OU, so I filled out all my loan forms\applications without any help.
It ended with me flunking out (but not before racking up 11,000 worth of student loan debt), doing 4 years in the Army, and moving on from there....
I began by immediately declaring pre-med at OU, and then taking an 18 hour courseload my 1st semester. (both of which I was encouraged to do by people that knew NOTHING of what was best for me)
I realized when I hit Chemistry class\lab\recitation I didn't learn shyt in HS.
Also, I didn't understand why the prof in lecture didn't talk about anything that I could find in the book(s) we had for that class.
Once that depression\lack of confidence set in, the only person I still really trusted (mom) started a strict regimen of read the bible, and start looking at the Army.
Believe it or not, this did not help.
Went to the worst HS, in the shyttiest district in OKC.
Gang fights at school, prostitution on H-hall, and 22 year old seniors when I transferred there in 9th grade.
I graduated HS with a 3.8 GPA, and I had all AP classes.
I shoulda known when I got the results of my AP exams, I was fukked.....
My grades apparently meant nothing; we were not being taught nearly enough to be ready for college.
My parents were completely ignorant and not very interested in learning to actually help me get into school.
My counselors told me If I didn't wanna go to Langston U (a small HBCU), they would help me get into the military.
They apparently had no connections with OU, so I filled out all my loan forms\applications without any help.
It ended with me flunking out (but not before racking up 11,000 worth of student loan debt), doing 4 years in the Army, and moving on from there....
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ogc163
Superstar
Saw it in the theater,you can go to the website to find out when it is playing in your city.
this can't be possible
Looks like it premieres on PBS in two weeks and will be available for stream all throughout the month of Feb...http://www.pbs.org/pov/americanpromise/