As a former FG/LI student, this film really hits home for me every single time I see it. I Saw it in 2011 when it first debuted. I’ve been working with FG/LI students for over 15+ years now, and this is a film that never gets old. Each year I show our new students this film because its sooooo many rich lessons to gleam and wisdom and knowledge to gain from it. In fact, Im here today because I will be showing it on this Thursday so i want to take another opportunity to tell everyone involved in this seminal work, thank you for creating such a profound and much needed film. Also, the students in the film are well into their 30’s now. It would be so apropos to have a “where are they now reunion” with them all since it has now been 15 years since they graduated high school. I really hope they are all doing outstanding in their life’s journey
Honestly, this is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. It's been very helpful for my students, and the information shared hopefully makes college and scholarships seem within reach to kids from low-income families. Thank you for putting this up without charge on RUclips.
Timestamping some facts I think are important... 37:52 - Students from low-income families can often request for college application fees to be waived! 38:35 - Statistically speaking, taking out student loans is more than repaid by a higher salary ($1,000,000 more over a lifetime!) 52:18 - College "sticker prices" drop significantly for students in low-income families 50:00 - (Related, not from video) Did you know $2.6 BILLION of free college money went unclaimed in a recent year in the USA? Less than half of students in my home state filled out the FAFSA in a recent year. There is money for you. People want to see you successful. (The government wants to see you make more $ because then you'll pay higher taxes too. Everybody wins.) FirstGenFilm creators, I'm aware that these are statistics that are now several years old. Student loans in particular have been the subject of some scrutiny lately. Can you or someone else update us on the current numbers? Regardless, there are a lot of scholarships and grants out there that people would get if they would actually apply for them!
Our predictions about this play is that Adaisy's mom is going to accept Lavor as her boyfriend but it's just going to take some time for her to get used to him and what he does in life .
As a former FG/LI student, this film really hits home for me every single time I see it. I Saw it in 2011 when it first debuted. I’ve been working with FG/LI students for over 15+ years now, and this is a film that never gets old. Each year I show our new students this film because its sooooo many rich lessons to gleam and wisdom and knowledge to gain from it. In fact, Im here today because I will be showing it on this Thursday so i want to take another opportunity to tell everyone involved in this seminal work, thank you for creating such a profound and much needed film.
Also, the students in the film are well into their 30’s now. It would be so apropos to have a “where are they now reunion” with them all since it has now been 15 years since they graduated high school. I really hope they are all doing outstanding in their life’s journey
Honestly, this is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. It's been very helpful for my students, and the information shared hopefully makes college and scholarships seem within reach to kids from low-income families. Thank you for putting this up without charge on RUclips.
Chat we do not need to be assigned hour long videos as assignments 😔
Timestamping some facts I think are important...
37:52 - Students from low-income families can often request for college application fees to be waived!
38:35 - Statistically speaking, taking out student loans is more than repaid by a higher salary ($1,000,000 more over a lifetime!)
52:18 - College "sticker prices" drop significantly for students in low-income families
50:00 - (Related, not from video) Did you know
$2.6 BILLION of free college money went unclaimed in a recent year in the USA? Less than half of students in my home state filled out the FAFSA in a recent year. There is money for you. People want to see you successful. (The government wants to see you make more $ because then you'll pay higher taxes too. Everybody wins.)
FirstGenFilm creators, I'm aware that these are statistics that are now several years old. Student loans in particular have been the subject of some scrutiny lately. Can you or someone else update us on the current numbers? Regardless, there are a lot of scholarships and grants out there that people would get if they would actually apply for them!
An hour of my life I'm never getting back
Same
LMAOOOO
Lol my teacher made us watch this not bad tbh
same bruh
Same
SAME
Same. She told us not to fall asleep just for participation points and I even failed that. Unpopular opinion it is boring.
Making us watch this and its just too damn long
Actually using this for my class tonight! Awesome work!
does anyone have Dontays IG lmaooo
Dontay lookin fresh with that Durag 1:09
just curious.. how is the second person shown in poverty? I have to write a paper on this and this detail is kinda messing with me
Teacher here. Has anyone watched both the full-length version and this hour-long one? What does the shorter version cut out? Thanks in advance.
14:59 what the hell is up with the cat
😂lmao!
Our predictions about this play is that Adaisy's mom is going to accept Lavor as her boyfriend but it's just going to take some time for her to get used to him and what he does in life .
Was published on my b-day
Oh shit its Pete carrol
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i am hacker man