Hoop Dreams
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Um-
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You could almost forget
about his being there.

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That's how quiet he really was.
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I think the transition
had something to do with it.

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In comparing
Marshall high School to St. Joseph...

:36:22
I don't think
that there is any comparison.

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People can afford
to send their children there.

:36:28
They can afford to put money
into the school.

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Once they walk in those doors...
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they walk in there to get that diploma
and to go on to college.

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Whereas our students,
if they get out ofhigh school...

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a lot of them,
it's an accomplishment.

:36:47
Trinomial. What's this gonna be?
Both of these are what?

:36:51
Ifhe wanna go back next year...
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he gonna go back, if I have to beg.
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Because, uh, I wanna help him
with his little dream.

:37:12
Arthur's mother, Sheila,
has lost her minimum-wagejob...

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as a nurse's assistant...
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because of chronic back pain.
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It's just a real hard area
to live in, period.

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And as far as raising kids -
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kids don't even have a playground
or play area...

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anything constructive to do
in the neighborhood.

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But you see why half of them
become gangbangers, you know.

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Because it's nothing constructive
in the neighborhood for 'em.

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So now it's, like, you more or less
got to keep your kids close to you...

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and watch 'em at all times.

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