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Hoop Dreams - College Essay

Hoop Dreams

"" by Ben Joravsky, is about two kids Arthur Agee and William Gates who are just starting high-school and playing high-school basketball. These two kids from the projects of Chicago's West Side are chasing their dreams of playing basketball in the NBA, and making it through life. Both of their lives are playing basketball, but they both face problems with their families, school and basketball. Throughout the entire book troubles and joys of both the player's life and basketball career from selecting a high-school to the end of their senior year at high-school.
At the beginning of the book both Arthur and William are scouted playing basketball on the courts in their neiborhood to ...

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like St. Joseph would want two kids from the ghetto to play basketball for them. Mrs. Agee said, "I have heard of stories like this before where the school would suck the family in and when they could not keep up with tuition they were kicked out of the school." (p. 43) St. Joseph said that they could not promise that this would not happen, but they could give scholarships if their sons were willing to work for them and keep passing grades. Both families said that they were willing to give up a lot of time, effort and money to have their sons go to a good school.
When they both started school they had a hard time getting used to it. It was a lot harder than their old schools. They both worked very hard at first, but then Arthur started to slip and was falling behind in school. William was doing very good and got a full scholarship sponsored by a company. Since Arthurs grades were dropping, he lost some money given by the school. One of his teachers said, "Saint Joes ...

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Added: 5/9/2008 12:12:26 PM
Category: English
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