@stefanocantos3823 Wealth is shifting constantly. All of my immigrant friends came here in their 20s, had to learn language, and go to school. 10 years, and they all own houses. You spoiled, privileged assholes.
@Stefano Cantos it’s called capitalism. What do you want, a system where the govt forces the rich to pay the poor? Yeah look where those types of taxes in history got nations. Let’s just say those nations didn’t do too well. Go learn your history before u start making remarks abt the system. Even if it is corrupt, it is unfair for the govt to tax the rich just bc they are rich. You might say “oh, but the rich can buy anything they want and buy out of any situation.” Yes they can, but does that mean we should place higher taxes for being rich? Nothing abt the American constitution says we need to tax them more and nothing says we need to pay the poor so they aren’t poor. As unfortunate as it is, this system of capitalism is by far one of the most successful systems. It beat communism, it beat its own self (civil war), capitalism is what led America to become the #1 powerhouse in the entire world. If u think I’m being some degenerate “AMERICA IS THE BEST COUNTRY EVER,” do your history. Moreover, America has contributed some of the most social reform compared to any nation in the past. We weren’t the first to abolish slavery of all the nations but the American revolution sure was a key factor that inspired the Haitian revolution, which was the first revolution to abolish slavery and directly lead to the abolishment of slavery. They revolution was inspired by the success of the American revolution, which no nation in history had ever seen. Some nations were overthrown, but never were a nation to separate from its own mother country and gain independence. This led to immigrant rights, women’s rights, counterculture, acceptance of gay people or anyone that was queer. America was the realization of more social reform over 200 years than almost every century that came prior to ours. America IS a great nation. Would u have the same freedoms u have in America in any other nation? There is so much privilege u gain just from living in America compared to literally any other nation? Do we have have our bad spots? Yeah, ofc we do, we aren’t perfect. Are those spots pretty large a lot of times? Yes, but that’s the foundation of the American system, which is in enlightenment ideals. When we are truly unhappy with smth, we have the RIGHT to protest and the govt WILL take action to accommodate every side as much as possible. If you think the govt won’t, look at history. The problems that were truly extreme social problems were reformed. Slavery was abolished, women gained their rights, good living conditions were maintained federally, the list goes on and on. No system is perfect and to complain abt one singular spot that u don’t even understand fully is just stupid and plain ignorance. Why do u think there is such a gap betw the rich and poor? You think we haven’t been protesting the gap for a century? Because we have. When industrialization arose, people were treated horribly. Child labor was a huge problem, most kids never went to school and many lost limbs or even their lives. So why do u think we haven’t tried to reduce the gap? Have u ever thought abt the repercussions of such an action? Every time I see someone say “THE PAY GAP IS UNFAIR AND THE AMERICAN SYSTEM IS SO CORRUPT, AMERICA IS THE WORST SYSTEM EVER,” you really think any other country is better? You think federal control of all companies is better? Because that’s exactly why I are asking for when u want to get rid of this gap betw the rich and poor. Despite the fact that I say all this though, constant social pushes for reforms is always better, no matter how ignorant the group is. America is America BECAUSE the people are allowed to rebel against the govt abt areas they feel are unfair. Whether change is made is irrelevant, just the action keeps the American hope, spirit, and system going. If the public went silent, THATS when you know America is done for. It would not last a decade longer.
I love this movie! It sends a strong message to the world. I showed this movie to my Best Friend, neither him or I big Basketball Fans, but he fell in love with the movie too!
I'm a big baseball, hockey, and football person and never really cared for basketball. I couldn't even tell you who the current NBA champions are. I still love this movie. One of the best sports movies made that's about so much more than sports.
I can never wrap my mind around why Ken Carter got so much shit for benching the team because of their academic performances. As a parent myself, I would’ve backed him 100%. They were lucky to have a coach that genuinely cared about them and pushed them to do better academically because the school board sure as hell wasn’t.
Here's another Stat for you: out of 10,000 high school ballers in the US 3 will make it to the NBA, that's a 0.03% chance of going pro, and those three won't be the ones sitting on the bleachers talking about the big houses and flashy cars and all the bling they're going to own, they're the ones who'll be up and running before the sun comes out and on the court practicing drills after the sun goes down, busting their asses to make their dream a reality. And that dream depends entirely on if they stay healthy, one busted knee, one torn hamstring or shoulder, and the dream is over. Those are Statistical Facts. Now I'm not saying don't go for the dream, if you think you got what it takes then by all means go for it, but understand the reality, don't make it your only shot at success, and don't fool yourself into thinking that the world is just going to hand you the dream on a silver platter.
In middle and high school back in the late 90s and 2000s, one of my sporting dreams was to attend the University of Texas at Austin and be their Placekicker (PK). As a 3rd-string on the FB team behind two DI-recruits (Football and Soccer, respectively) and a "modestly good" GPA, that dream did not happen. I don't own 3 houses and 5 BMW's with a $30,000,000, 5-year contract and such. However, I AM one month away from completing my Master's in Clinical Psychology-Applied Research with a potential 4.0 GPA, with ambitions to achieve a PhD in Neuropsychology. Dreams change as quickly as decisions and outcomes do; these days, I'd prefer to have academic and career dreams than sporting-athletic ones. "Jus sayin', y'all"...
@@FerretJohn You’d be surprised bro. When COVID broke out initially, I had to regularly correct people on the mortality rate because they don’t know basic mathematics. Lol.
Just because you’re a pro athlete in high school does not guarantee you a spot in the NBA. I mean the chances of getting into the NBA Young age are 50-50 or better yet slim to none
High school athletes have about a 7% chance of playing sports in College & that's only if you rank among the best. College athletes have about a 3% chance of making it to the pros & that's only if you rank among the best. If you don't rank among the best. Then you have a better shot at winning the lottery 3 times in a row then making it to the pros. & most of them who do make it to the pros get there & find out their not as good as they thought they we're & that they don't have what it takes to perform at the pro level.
I remember I was only white guy in the theater the day this released. guy next to me asked did I feel weird for being there. I said no, I grew up in Richmond and any teacher/couch that wanted to go against the grind stone deserved the respect they were due. If they were more poeple like couch then our education system would be a hell of of a lot better this day and age.
I understand the system is messed up but college is not necessarily the answer either. Not everyone is fit for education, especially the way it currently is. The system is designed for them to fail, yet he wants them to rise up through that same system. College will probably saddle most of these lot with debts.
It's not as impactful as the contract he had them sign in the beginning of the season. To play basketball they must maintain a 2.3 GPA, when asked why, he responded with with a 2.0 GPA they must score 1K on the SATs to qualify for a scholarship. With a 2.3 GPA, they would just need 900. So he was finding ways to make it easier for them. Schools can always give extra credit and more tutoring to boost their GPA, but the SATs can be detrimental to inner city kids.
@@00_rei90 most liberal art degrees in general, such as gender studies, art history, philosophy etc. In theory, they are supposed to teach students how to think independently. In practice, all it does is give its graduates an overinflated opinion of their own beliefs and a useless piece of paper. If we are lucky, they end up couch surfing for jobs or homeless. If they are not, they become activists.
@@00_rei90 most liberal art degrees in general, such as gender studies, art history, philosophy, black studies etc Imagine being one of the minority to graduate Richmond, defying the odds and making it to college, and then taking student loans to study picking gender studies of all things
College isn't a scam people get useless degrees while taking on tons of debt. Than you have people taking on debt and not paying it back expecting the government to do it.
Maybe you should have stayed to see the end credits, six of the students went to college, three on Full Ride Scholarships and the other on partials. Somebody should've sold you on the idea of not being a Jackass.
Go to an in-state school by default, only go private / out-of-state if you get a hefty academic, need-based or athletic scholarship. Follow that approach, and 95% of the time you'll 1) be better off in the long run. 2) not end up "buried in student loan debt"
