announcer: funding for the kcet fine cut festival of films is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at arts.gov. [woman breathing heavily] mama? [baby fussing] [indistinct chatter] [person coughing] [man speaking on tv] [phone chiming] [engine sputtering] [men speaking indistinctly] shh. [zhao coughing] [birds chirping] [brake screeches] [brake screeches] [coughing] [both exhale] [zhao coughing] [coughs] [zhao coughing] [engine sputters, stops] [zhao coughing] [zhao coughing] [breathing heavily] [secret blows] [baby fussing] [girl vocalizing on radio] snowie: hey. [girl vocalizing] [clattering] girl: there. [indistinct]. there we go. oh. you probably want some tea, huh? this cup for you. this means we have to leave, doesn't it? [door closes] [indistinct chatter] man: next. name? name? i see you're a little slow, huh? well, no worries. we got work for people like you, too. i'll just need to get some form of identification. unfortunately, that's just not gonna cut it. man 2: come on, feller. some of us ain't got all day. is this some kind of joke? beat it. moron. [bird caw

announcer: funding for the kcet "fine cut festival of films" is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at arts.gov. [woman shuddering] [faucet drips] [drip] [drip] [drip] [rapid footsteps] [silence] [faucet drips] [drip] [indistinct p.a. announcements] [door shuts] doctor: you ok? woman: mm-hmm. doctor: ok. open. [woman exhales] doctor: mm-hmm. remove. woman: mm-mm. this one. uh, please? doctor: ok, good. ahh. i'll see you next week. woman: that's it? doctor: there's not much-- woman: it's getting worse. i keep forgetting things, even my son's name, and i have my-- i have my company retreat this weekend, and i need it to stop. doctor: ok. let's try this. i want you to, every night, read a page of this book. [clears throat] and copy down what you remember. think of it as exercise but for brain. it might help. you're young. it's strange. perhaps if you gave me more details of your medical history. woman: thank you, doctor. i'll--i'll be leaving now. [siren sounds in distance] [operatic singing on soundtrack] [clank, click] [singing continues] [singing stops] [machine clacking

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announcer: funding for the kcet "fine cut festival of films" is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at arts.gov. teacher: by the end of this week, i want you all to choose one thing unique about you and write one paragraph about it. on friday, everybody will share with the class. so who can tell me what it means to be unique? amelia? amelia: being unique means being different from everyone else. teacher: very good. other ideas, anyone? girls: ♪ let's go swing a rope again, up and up and down again swing it out and swing it in down and up and down again let's go swing a rope again up and up and down again down and up and up and down 'cause everyone can find-- ♪ boy: let me guess. amelia and jane. both: nope. jane: got any ideas? amelia: we've been to new york. jane: so has sunny. amelia: we've been on the drop of death. jane: lots of people have been on the drop of death. both: we like to sing. amelia: wait, jane, i don't think we can put that. jane: why not? amelia: because we both like to sing. jane: so? amelia: so it's not unique. jane: you like to draw. amelia: so do

announcer: funding for the kcet "fine cut festival of films" is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at arts.gov. woman: so i can go ahead and, um, dive into what we found in the report. so we did find that you have dyslexia and that that is pointing to a lot of the difficulties you have when it comes to reading, and we also found that you have difficulties with attention, so we did find adhd, so we would say that that is also contributing to a lot of the difficulties that you're likely having. is there anything that you wanted to add, dr. nulty, before i move on? nulty: one thing that's important to recognize is the fatiguing factor of add. it's like your brain is having to work harder than other people's to block out the dogs barking and the cars going by and just whatever noises there are, and you're capable of blocking them out but at a cost, and that's cognitive fatigue. woman two: right. mm-hmm. this is 16 pages of things about my brain. ok. so the reason i'm here is because "afton is currently struggling to meet her foreign language requirement in her undergraduate

announcer: funding for the kcet fine cut festival of films is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at arts.gov.

announcer: funding for the kcet fine cut festival of films is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at arts.gov.