hoop dreams

In the film hoop dreams displays two teenage black basketball players that lived in the inner city of Chicago. The boys were Arthur and William who there dream was to became pro in the  NBA. When Arthur was ready to go to high school in 8th grade his parents gad enrolled him in a all white school called Saint Josephs high school in Westchester . So Arthur started his first year at his new high school. As he started his year he was reading and learning at a fifth grade level.He was having a hard time in school. He was put on the freshman basketball team at st. Joe high school. Then once we went on to his sophomore year he had to leave his high school due to not being able to pay. So we had to go to his old high school named Marshall high school. Were we ended up failing and had to go to summer school. But the basketball team was better at Marshall high then St Joes was. That Arthur led his team to the city finals and they won. But his whole life was all about basketball. Soon ti became a job instead of a sport. That you had to win all the time. That was what Arthur was used to at St Joes. But at Marshall high they worked with him and they won as a team instead of because Arthur did  not play well.But it got very bad once junior year came around for Arthur because he was trying to do well in school pass SAT test to be able to play basketball in college to get to the NBA one day.As that was his dream ever since he was little boy. That even this brother wanted that for himself to go to college but he wasn't good enough for a college. Arthur ended up going to summer school and taking the SAT's and passed Both and was able to graduate and go to college to play basketball. This brother nearly cried when he found out and was so proud like if he didn't them I made it to. Arthur in his later years kinda made it pro but had a baby and ended up not dropping out of college is sophomore year and didn't go back.

William who was a star at basketball just like Arthur was he when to St Joes as well as well. He started basketball and he was able to go all 4 years to get to have the education that Arthur did not have.But the coach was very tough on him when it came to basketball and we expected a lot out of William. That everyday he would try to be good enough for his coach but nothing was good enough for him. To see William struggle to get by was hard enough for him. Also that basketball was the only time that we could get away from his tough life at home and be a normal teenager.That William was the best player on the basketball was everyone depended  on William to win every game. That if he did not play well or not win the coach would blame it on him that they lost the game instead of every team member and the coach himself. At practice he was the only one getting yelled at by the coach and not the rest of the team. Because the coach only cared about William. After college William got his score on the SAT a 1800 and he was allowed to go to Marquette college to study and play basketball and improve on the sport.That as he was choosing a school everyone and every coach was on him about going to their college. As his parents said to go to the college he wants to go to and to not worry about the money. That they will pay whatever they had to. William never ended up really going to the NBA. That he went on with his life with his girlfriend and daughter he had his junior year in high school.