Hoop Dreams
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2:07:14
I haven't been workin'for about a year.
2:07:22
And if it wasn't for William
knowing Miss Wier...

2:07:26
I wouldn't even be here.
2:07:29
'Cause I walked in the door and that's
2:07:31
the first thing I see on the sign
- "No openings. "

2:07:34
It ain't much better than a person
without a college degree can get.

2:07:42
So I feel like I'll be here
for quite a while.

2:08:00
What you lookin' at?
2:08:03
I don't believe people
when they be sayin; "Wow, school's hard.!'"

2:08:08
The work weren't hard for me.
2:08:12
All right. I'm gonna do it.
I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it.

2:08:15
If I gotta do, like,
a report or somethin;..

2:08:18
I don't like none of the topics,
so I'll just pick somethin'that's simple.

2:08:27
So, what's the topic of your paper?
2:08:29
The life cycle of the butterfly.
2:08:32
- Gonna read it for us?
- Mm-mmm.

2:08:36
Aw, come on.!
2:08:38
No, man!
2:08:41
- I wanna hear it-
- I'm just doin' this stuff!.

2:08:44
I know, but I just wanna hear
how you write.

2:08:47
"Well, as the people bloom
into another year-"

2:08:50
You know, the year just changed,
January 1.

2:08:54
"The butterfly also blooms.
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The butterfly are very beautiful
flying objects. "

2:08:59
Then it say at the
beginning of the butterfly,


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