No permission to look in files

I have a folder full of school work off my old mac and i transfered all the work on to the new macbook pro but i cant look in the folders. I need these files for school and if i dont have these, ill have to start over.
PLEASE HELP!!!

Select them in the Finder, choose Get Info from the File menu, and give yourself read and write access to them and the items they contain in the Sharing & Permissions section.
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