Damn, watching all the kids go from being so hopeful, and seemingly making so much progress, to sitting there having an existential crisis, directionless, and scared hurt my soul, that feeling really sucks to have.

For people who didn't want to watch because it was too long and quite boring at parts I'll give a quick timeline.

Tldr: business man starts private school to take advantage of colleges blindly accepting black kids for the sake of diversity. Guy is allegedly abusive and falsified college letters to make the kids appear like they've done more than they have. Most kids get fucked over, only four graduate.

Black business man starts a private school with alternative teaching methods. That being, you aren't told to do much of anything, it's all up to you to succeed. Rather than be a teacher, the guy who runs the school is more of a motivational speaker, a life coach of sorts. Since colleges are hungry to accept black kids just for the sake of diversity, the college acceptance rates were 100% for any student who graduated. The school went viral after videos emerged of students celebrating being accepted into ivy league schools. The popularity of the school exploded, the new york times wrote an article which exposed things, turns out the "teaching" methods are incredibly questionable, he screamed at students a lot, gave lectures where he essentially out casted the underporming students which humiliated them, The stress levels were through the roof, some students even developed stress habits of pulling their hair out. We later learn the school owner orchestrated little events to make himself look good, such as telling students to call him and ask him questions about math, so he could provide advice and appear hard at work on his time off while the cameras are filming him. He also was accused of assault and abuse. One case went to court. Then we learn that he was having kids lie and completely fabricate their college letters so they'd have a better chance of being accepted. Such as starting clubs they never started, winning education awards they never won, and fabricating "started from the bottom" black hardship stories. Some Parents started realizing their kids were at a Lower education level than they were when they got in. the end of the documentary, nearly every single senior left the school, and only four students graduated. They were accepted into "top level" schools. The rest say they're directionless, having to go back to high school a grade behind, in debt, and unable to afford college.

Isn’t Accepted the movie where they go to Shit

This topic was the premier episode of The Weekly on Hulu and FX: “The Education of T.M. Landry” back in 2019. Some kids adjusted to college, many did not, but all were sold a bag of goods.

Trying to right the wrongs of past racism with more racism by favoring one race over the other.

I’m pretty sure it’s the same in Michigan

https://www.cnn.com/2014/04/22/justice/scotus-michigan-affirmative-actionable

Really? A sandwich? They're the SHIT Sandwiches?! They're really taking this way too far.

Ask me about my WEINERRRRRR

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Their mascot is a sandwich

Tell me you have no idea what affirmative action really is without telling me you have no idea what affirmative action really is.

Yes, I've read a couple of articles about this that discuss students who are still in ivy leagues.

No, I watched it. It's boring. Coulda made that 15 min long and compelling. It isn't bad. Sorry we don't agree. Love the program though, and stoked for those kids. I like the tone.

There is one student portrayed at the end who seems to have adjusted to Yale, but it is true that this school is part of a huge problem in America of kids being pushed into college when they're not ready, because they're sold the idea that that's the only correct way. For a lot of schools and districts it's all about graduation rates, regardless of readiness. It's awful what's being done to millions of kids.

Just wanted to make sure someone made this joke

I disagree.

And then all these kids fail out or end up as sociology majors because the academic rigor here is a fraction of what you get at a competitive high school.

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Boring

Life is a fight for a knife in the mud. Got to get it how you can.

California is the only state in the U.S where affirmative action is banned for public domain including college admissions (private colleges are exempt)

https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_209,Affirmative_Action_Initiative(1996)

Legal racism

Affirmative action is racist

Yep this is the true version, with the same guy that played in the critical hit - Waiting.

Welcome to South Harmon Institute of Technology

I liked the Original better.