Danny Walker a Rafe McCawley sú priateľmi od detstva, keď po prvý raz naštartovali práškovacie lietadlo a vzlietli s ním. V januári 1941 prijmú Rafea ako dobrovoľníka do elitnej britskej Orlej perute. Danny považuje jeho nadšený odchod za zradu. Zdravotná sestra Evelyn Johnsonová sa s Raefeom zoznámila pri zdravotnej prehliadke a pomohla mu získať dôležitú pečiatku, pretože mladík je dyslektik. Čoskoro začnú spolu chodiť a tesne pred odchodom z New Yorku spolu strávia romantický večer. Prezident Franklin D. Roosevelt požaduje schválenie väčšej pomoci pre bojujúcich spojencov. Japonský admirál Jamamoto pre zmenu presviedča svoju vládu, aby zasadili Američanom prekvapujúci úder - treba zničiť americkú námornú flotilu v Pearl Harbor na Pahu v Havajskom súostroví. V japonskom štábe prebiehajú prípravy na útok...
Dospievajúci Percy si myslí, že nie je niečím výnimočný, skôr naopak, pre dyslexiu a hyperaktivitu už musel vystriedať viacero škôl pre problémové deti. Netuší, že tieto vlastnosti vôbec nie sú hendikepom, ale dôkazom jeho božského pôvodu. Keď najvyšší z bohov, samotný Zeus, na bájnom Olympe obviní Poseidona, že jeho pozemský syn Percy mu ukradol magickú palicu ukrývajúcu blesky, o ktorej sa dá povedať, že je to najstaršia zbraň hromadného ničenia, antickí bohovia musia zostúpiť zo svojich trónov, aby na Zemi urobili poriadok. Ak Percy, teda vlastne Perseus, ukradnutý blesk nenájde a Diovi neodovzdá, vládca bohov urobí s ľudstvom krátky proces. Percy, ktorý sa ocitol v hre bohov celkom nevinne, sa musí pripraviť na najnáročnejšie dobrodružstvo v svojom živote, pričom osud mu nerozdal priaznivé karty. Našťastie, Percymu pomôže aj jeho stredoškolský učiteľ Brunner, ktorý všetko chápe, pretože on sám je bohom Cheirónom, ktorý sa zriekol nesmrteľnosti a žije medzi ľuďmi.
Sestry Maggie a Rose Fellerové sú ako oheň a voda. Kým mladšia Maggie, ktorá ledva skončila strednú školu, vymetá jeden večierok za druhým a jej prístup k životu i vzťahom je nanajvýš ľahkovážny, staršia Rose je úspešná právnička, veľmi zodpovedná a uzavretá. Zdá sa, že jediné, čo majú spoločné, je veľkosť topánok. Napriek tomu sú obe kamarátky, ale raz sa pohádajú do takej miery, že už jedna druhú nechce vidieť. Našťastie, je tu babička Ella, ktorá môže vnučky dať dokopy.
Skupina svojráznych životných skrachovancov bez stredoškolského vzdelania sa ocitne vo večernej škole, aby získala aspoň maturitu. Lenže ako sa dá vtesnať štvorročné učivo strednej školy do dvoch semestrov večerných kurzov? Klasické učebné metódy nikam nevedú a preto učitelia praktizujú špeciálne metódy – hoci aj v zápasníckej klietke. Vo voľnom súboji s učiteľom aj nechápaví žiaci naberú pomerne rýchlo vzácne vedomosti. Lenže ako urobiť záverečné testy, bez ktorých študenti nezmaturujú? Jednoducho, stačí ich ukradnúť.
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.
Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.
Mostly on account of a pride struggle, Mike Dunmore has lived his whole life keeping a secret which he believed would only cause shame if it came to light. Personal relationships with his son Patrick have been strained as a result. The only ones who ever knew anything about it were his deceased wife and his best friend, Thurgood who he works with, who both agreed to help keep it covered up for him as long as they could. However, when his treasured grandson begins experiencing the same problems, Mike realizes that he can't hide his secret any longer, or if he tried to, it would be most difficult. Even more so when he is endorsed and volunteers to run as a candidate for local election.
In May 1998, a year before the massacre at Columbine High, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his mother and father, and then opened fire at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, killing two fellow students and wounding 25 others. In this first in-depth television examination of a school shooter, FRONTLINE reveals the intimate inside story of how the “shy and likeable” Kip Kinkel from a solid middle-class family became the boy police call “a cold-hearted killer.”
A young dyslexic and artistic woman is overcome with despair as she finds herself defined, not by her talents, but by her disabilities.
How far would a mother go to reverse her child’s fate? Based on writer/director Ann Hu’s story, that’s the question facing Lan (Zhu Zhu), who travels with her 9-year-old daughter Meimei (Harmonie He) from their small town in China to New York City.
Nobody's perfect. We've all got our strengths and weaknesses. Kristi knew her weakness and discovered Brad's -- dyslexia, a learning disability. She learned what a learning disability is, and about handicaps -- those you see and those you don't.
A teen, who is always in trouble in school and has been sent to reform school, turns her life around when a counselor discovers she is dyslexic.
Jimmy Arnaud eulogizes his mother.
Does having a learning disability mean that you can’t learn? Eight children prove that the answer is a definitive 'No' in this documentary. Interviews with kids are intercut with scenes of the children engaged in activities that reflect their talents to form a compelling portrait of the ways in which these young people use their strengths to overcome their challenges.
Inspirational tale set in the late 1940s involving an elderly blind woman with a unique collection of bells in her home and a dyslexic 12-year-old boy who form an offbeat friendship to help each other overcome a disability.
What is at the bottom of this dark hole, which a child's tear has dug in the sheet of paper? What are these strange hieroglyphs written on this board? It's not easy to be a schoolboy when letters and words get mixed up! It's not easy to make people recognise your different... Underneath it all, there are these assessments! Below fifty, you don't pass! So you have to hang on to stay in the race.
This film puts you inside the head of a dyslexic child trying to get through the 5th grade in the 1970's.
Inspired by a true story, A Mind of Her Own tells the poignant and moving story of Sophie, a determined young girl whose ambition to become a doctor is obstructed by the fact that she is severely dyslexic. But Sophie, encouraged by her closest friend, Becky, has never been one to give up and, despite being advised by parents and school teachers to be realistic and pursue something less academic, she puts herself through college and university, in the process achieving a first class degree in biomedical science and a PhD conducting research into post trauma regeneration of the spinal column which ultimately leads to her achieving worldwide recognition for her work and helping to develop a cure for paralysis. Written by Owen Carey Jones
A young woman works to overcome her dyslexia with the help of a good-hearted cab driver.
Arlo, a dyslexic actor, seems to be auditioning well. That is until he’s asked to perform a new monologue.