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A Boy Who Lived On The SCHOOL ROOF 🤯 transcript
onca · @onca_yt
Published August 27, 20260:4811.3M views
Transcript analysisComputed from the caption text
Words
199
Runtime
0:48
Speaking pace
249wpm
Reading time
1min
249 words per minute, above the 201 75th percentile of 349 measured videos. That distribution comes from the 349-video hook study.
Opening (first 30 seconds)
Every night this 17-year-old boy secretly climbed onto the roof of his own school and slept [music] up there. And for 2 whole months, nobody had any idea. It all started one night after a huge fight with his mom. They were screaming back and forth until finally, she looked at her own son and yelled, "Get out!" It was already 10:00 at night when he stepped outside with nowhere to sleep, nobody to turn to, and no idea where he was supposed to go. So, he walked alone through the dark streets until he reached the only place he could think of, his own school. He climbed onto the roof above the gym, curled up alone in the dark, and somehow made it through
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Sentence shape
| Measure | This transcript |
|---|---|
| Sentences | 12 |
| Average words per sentence | 16.6 |
| Longest sentence | 27 words |
| Questions asked | 0 |
| Sentences containing a number | 4 |
Most used terms
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- nobody3
- school3
- alone2
- boy2
- climbed2
- dark2
- finally2
- idea2
- months2
- music2
- nowhere2
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Transcript
Every night this 17-year-old boy secretly climbed onto the roof of his own school and slept [music] up there. And for 2 whole months, nobody had any idea. It all started one night after a huge fight with his mom. They were screaming back and forth until finally, she looked at her own son and yelled, "Get out!" It was already 10:00 at night when he stepped outside with nowhere to sleep, nobody to turn to, and no idea where he was supposed to go.
So, he walked alone through the dark streets until he reached the only place he could think of, his own school. He climbed onto the roof above the gym, curled up alone in the dark, and somehow made it through the night. Then before anyone arrived the next morning, he'd climb back down, wash himself up, and walk straight into class pretending everything was completely normal. And [music] somehow nobody noticed. He managed to hide it for 2 entire months.
But one day, the school finally caught him up there. And instead of helping this boy who had nowhere else to go, they suspended him and called the police to arrest him for trespassing.
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