Try Harder! | Inside Look | Independent Lens On PBS
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At Lowell High School, the top-ranked public high school in San Francisco, the seniors are stressed out. As they prepare for the emotionally draining college application process, students are keenly aware of the intense competition for the few open spots in their dream schools. They scrutinize how every element of their application, from their classes to their extracurricular activities to their racial identities, might be read by admission officers. At Lowell-where cool kids are nerds, nearly everyone has an amazing talent, and the majority of the student body is Asian American-the things that usually make a person stand out can feel not good enough, even commonplace.
With humor and heart, director Debbie Lum takes us to the reality of the American college application process and the intersection of class, race, and educational opportunity as experienced by high school seniors living through it. Try Harder! is a portrait of young adults in the most diverse American generation ever as they navigate a quintessential rite of passage and make it their own. Premieres May 2, 2022 on PBS.
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I would like follow-up on Shealand Fairchild whose elation at the end of the presentation provided a very welcomed element of redemption for the collective angst. Is he doing well at Stanford? Does he have the financial support to pursue his ambitions? As a post-doc., my own professor was Chinese. He had gone from being an unknown immigrant with a family in tow to the very pinnacle of our field. He didn't expect less from us. I taught and I hope led post-doctoral students for many years.