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Im completely okay with that. because, as long as i have my friends who support me and all my decisions, chesswise and my family, who are proud of me for what ive done, thats all i could ask for. >> i love the sense that in a certain way, an accomplishment in a field thats nontraditional in certain ways, nontraditional around gender and race, pro he vids a litt provides a little swagger about what you could accomplish. >> when you walk through the school building, all the tro hefys are not hidde...

Accomplished, how important was girls for gender equy important as part of that? >> so important. it gave me a place where i knew i would be safe and where i could take what i learned in school and apply it to my real lei life. a place where i was meeting kids from all overbrook lynn and the burroughs. >> emily is one of our favorite ta teenage nerds. if you are socially awkward or not the most popular girl in school, thats fine. what we want to celebrate and love are the accomplishments. you sa...

Master, the first african-american female master when i was in eighth grade. i thought, i can really do this. it is realistic. i know i can do it but its harder now. i believe in my dream less now. >> yet, her dream is becoming more of a reality now. richelle joins me now with her assistant principle and chess coach, john calvin. welcome to both of you. >> you could beat me in three moves so we are not going to play. listen, richelle, you have won four national championships. you are at this mom...

Not the best chess player but im on my way to being there. now, as a high school senior, chess has taught me to strategize and its taught me comprehension and its taught me -- chess resolves around my life. so my success stems from chess, whether academic or after school. >> so accomplishment, humility, strategy, all of those things. that sounds like what a school should be doing and yet i was pulling moo i hair out last night watching the documentary. you kept having to manage with budget cuts ...

Bit, because i like beating boys. >> you find it a particular accomplishment to beat the boys. >> especially the docky ones that think they are ought matt click better than me because im a girl. i guess it sort of gives me a confidence boost. in general, they are all people. so beating them just proves that im a good chess player. >> there is a little bit of the language of proving that i hear from both of you, about proving what you could do and the team can do and what the school can do. there...

This. also, the fact that what chess can give you as a young woman. so as im trying to get into college, what chess has given me throughout the years. >> very good. we are going to get back on this topic as soon as we come back. we are going to bring a couple more voices back to the table. we are going to bring athea back to the table. she is a professor at the university that you hope most to get an acceptance letter from. dont go anywhere. if you think running a restaurant is hard, try running...

Strongeou increase attendance in class and better benefits associated with quality after-school programs. students that participaten after-school programs are 50% less likely to initiate drug use than their peers. we are back with two of the stars of brooklyn castle, junior high school brooklyn is-318 assistant principle, john gal vin and chess time. emily gender equity. this question of young people like richelle and others needing to go rae the money to do the work they are doing, on the one h...

Next week or so for early acceptance letters from ivy league universities. would you have thought of applying to an ivy league university in fifth grade or fourth grade when you first started thinking about it. was this part of chess for you. >> when i was in elementary school, i wanted to be a lawyer. ever since then, my mom has been putting me in legal programs. ivy leagues, they were there but i didnt think i would get in. part of what chess did is help me boost my confidence. my mom would al...

See this film and understand the struggles that people go through are real. public schools can be successful in this great country. >> richelle, one of the great things that struck me about the film was the team nature of chess, on the one hand, it is you, you in that competition and you all as a team. what aspect of the team part of chess has been important for you. >> chess. my chess team in 318 is sort of like my second family, probably because we did chess so much. we chess as a class, chess...