The Forgotten Revolutionary - Part 2
Imperfect Paradise
LAist Studios
4.5 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Adolfo learns that there was a dark side to Oscar’s experience in the Chicano student movement.
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| 0:34.3 | As I start investigating Oscar's death, one of the first documents I get a hold of is his college transcript. |
| 0:41.3 | I expect Oscar's grades to be just as good as those he received in high school, but the transcript |
| 0:46.4 | tells a very different story. As a freshman, Oscar's averaging Bs, with some A's and C's thrown in. |
| 0:53.7 | By his junior year, there's a noticeable decline. |
| 0:57.5 | These are his grades for the spring quarter of 1994, his last quarter at UC Davis. |
| 1:03.0 | Mexican Chicano mural workshop, C plus. |
| 1:06.8 | Sociocultural change, B minus. |
| 1:10.1 | Economic development. |
| 1:11.9 | F. |
| 1:12.9 | Intro to social research. |
| 1:15.1 | F. |
| 1:16.3 | Fall quarter of 1994, those months before his death, he's not taking any classes. |
| 1:25.2 | Oscar's status is at the bottom of the transcript. |
| 1:30.7 | Student not in good academic standing. |
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