... people are lazy and lack motivation for success to get themselves out of poverty. This may be true in some cases, but not all. The true reason why so many girls in East St. Louis get pregnant and drop out of high school is not because they are incompetent to ... better out there for them. As they get older, one student realizes that her community and school, are "a terrible joke on history"; and because of the social structures and the acceptance of their place in society, "maybe 10 to 15 percent of students are in truly academic programs", and ... class we are born into is where we shou...

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... references in the film, there is what looks like accidental almost sexual symbolism. For example when the parents where having a talk with one of the Administrators about the grades of their daughter there is a close up, mid conversation, on the hand of the wife stroking the phallic arm of the chair. This shot was consciously put in by Wiseman which could of meant nothing, maybe a joke Wiseman was ... playing with the audience, getting the audience to raise an eyebrow at ... this potentially sexual symbolism. When I watched it, it made no sense in the relation to the content of the situ...

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