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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.26,0:00:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At 7:45 a.m., I open the doors to a building
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.61,0:00:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dedicated to building, yet only breaks me down.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.52,0:00:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I march down hallways cleaned up after me every day
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.72,0:00:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by regular janitors,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.92,0:00:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I never have the decency to honor their names.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.09,0:00:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lockers left open like teenage boys' mouths
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.26,0:00:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when teenage girls wear clothes that covers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.81,0:00:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their insecurities but exposes everything else.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.65,0:00:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Masculinity mimicked by men who grew up with no fathers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.47,0:00:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,camouflage worn by bullies who are dangerously armed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.31,0:00:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but need hugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.67,0:00:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teachers paid less than what it costs them to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.94,0:00:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oceans of adolescents come here to receive lessons
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.60,0:00:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but never learn to swim,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.87,0:00:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part like the Red Sea when the bell rings.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.02,0:00:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a training ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.79,0:01:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My high school is Chicago,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.10,0:01:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,diverse and segregated on purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.36,0:01:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Social lines are barbed wire.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.88,0:01:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Labels like "Regulars" and "Honors" resonate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.13,0:01:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am an Honors but go home with Regular students
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.52,0:01:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are soldiers in territory that owns them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.88,0:01:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a training ground to sort out the Regulars
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.54,0:01:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Honors, a reoccurring cycle
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.80,0:01:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,built to recycle the trash of this system.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.58,0:01:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trained at a young age to capitalize,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.58,0:01:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,letters taught now that capitalism raises you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.58,0:01:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you have to step on someone else to get there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.43,0:01:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a training ground where one group
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.62,0:01:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is taught to lead and the other is made to follow.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.53,0:01:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No wonder so many of my people spit bars,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.16,0:01:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the truth is hard to swallow.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.03,0:01:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The need for degrees has left so many people frozen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.30,0:01:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homework is stressful,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.44,0:01:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when you go home every day and your home is work,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.04,0:02:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't want to pick up any assignments.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.01,0:02:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reading textbooks is stressful,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.99,0:02:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but reading does not matter when you feel
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.24,0:02:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your story is already written,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.30,0:02:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either dead or getting booked.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.38,0:02:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taking tests is stressful,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.20,0:02:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but bubbling in a Scantron does not stop
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.79,0:02:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bullets from bursting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.98,0:02:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hear education systems are failing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.56,0:02:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I believe they're succeeding at what they're built to do --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.11,0:02:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to train you, to keep you on track,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.24,0:02:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to track down an American dream that has failed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.55,0:02:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many of us all.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.51,0:02:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)