Hoop Dreams

                  After watching Hoop Dreams a few parts really struck me.One part that really stood out to me was when Arthur had to leave his school St.Josephs because of financial problems, because I am a basketball player as well. Usually now and days if a school such as a catholic school that has tuition fees want you to play for them and scouts you to play for them they would pay your full tuition to attend the school. Obviously it was a different story in Arthur's case, which I thought was really sad. Not only was he scouted by a person to play for the school team but he made a three hour commute each day. I feel like he was treated very unfair in this situation, because they asked him to come to their school basically for no reason  at all. After leaving St. Josephs you also saw a change in his attitude as well. One can argue that he felt more comfortable around "black people", but you also saw how immature being in a normal public school made him. Another part that stood out was when Arthur was at the park playing basketball, and he sees his dad that was no longer with the family. Shortly after hanging out with his father he sees his father go and buy drugs in the same park that he was playing in. This part was very sad as well, because it showed you just how challenging things were for Arthur as a kid. I also think that Arthur's fathers actions around him impacted him so much that it made it hard for Arthur to focus on his school work or his basketball dreams as well. The last part that stood out to me was the change in Williams Gates behavior over the years of being at St. Joseph. I think that going away to a nice school like St.Josephs, allowed William to get away from his rough neighborhood for a while and kind of showed him that things could be better than what went on in his house or out in his neighborhood. I also saw how mature he was because he played for a strict coach that was hard on him. I think Williams coach and the family that paid for him to go to school left a huge impact on Williams life, because it stood out to me that his father was not in his life to be a male role model which every teenage boy needs growing up. None the less William was still able to become a much better student at st. Josephs and was also able to play basketball and get a good job as well. Which I think was because of the extra support that William had around him that wasn't apart of his family such as his coach, girlfriend, and the family that paid his tuition. This was extra support that Arthur needed but didn't have. This documentary is very interesting to me and I enjoy watching it and look forward to continue watching it.