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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.65,0:00:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to start my story
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.91,0:00:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my second year of college\N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.49,0:00:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I signed up for chemistry.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.34,0:00:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I love starting here\N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.42,0:00:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was in this class\N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.08,0:00:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the most incredible things
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.38,0:00:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started to happen to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.51,0:00:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember my attempts \Nat studying chemistry,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.27,0:00:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mostly because they were \Nextremely painful.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.50,0:00:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember reading these words \Nover and over again,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.04,0:00:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for some reason,\Nwhen I was putting them together,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.26,0:00:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no new meaning was happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.06,0:00:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was as if I had an inability to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.50,0:00:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from reading this textbook.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.52,0:00:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as fate would have it,\Nthis triggered in me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.26,0:00:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that happens \Nto a lot of my students.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.78,0:01:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to wonder,\N"What's wrong with me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.76,0:01:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this triggered my interest\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.63,0:01:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in educational psychology.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.26,0:01:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, as any good psychologist does \N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.04,0:01:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when wondering "what's wrong with me?",
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.70,0:01:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to analyze my parents.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.74,0:01:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.04,0:01:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is my father.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.26,0:01:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father can be described\Nin a lot of ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.32,0:01:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dyslexic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.25,0:01:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trouble-maker.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.01,0:01:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,High school dropout.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.47,0:01:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He also can be described\Nas an outside of the box thinker.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.65,0:01:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mathematical engineer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.70,0:01:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inventor.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.92,0:01:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self-made millionaire.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.02,0:01:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember as a child \N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.44,0:01:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really important people coming to our home
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.10,0:01:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ask my father if their ideas would work.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.53,0:01:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, one day when I was struggling along\Nwith chemistry,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.57,0:02:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to ask my dad,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.75,0:02:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How do you know\Nif something is going to work?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.25,0:02:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you know when you know something?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.92,0:02:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said to me the most profound thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.02,0:02:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said to me, \N"I can picture it in my mind."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.87,0:02:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was as if something \Ncracked open inside of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.01,0:02:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.27,0:02:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These chemistry words \Nwere not making pictures in my mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.48,0:02:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I also understood \NI've got to figure out
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.83,0:02:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a way to make pictures,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.12,0:02:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or I'm never going to be able to read
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.75,0:02:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learn from this textbook.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.59,0:02:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now today, neuroscience \Nhas a very good understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.83,0:02:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what was happening to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.24,0:02:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you comprehend a word,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.00,0:02:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your brain triggers a simulation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.75,0:03:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you comprehend the word "jump",
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.75,0:03:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your brain fires off \Na neurological pattern
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.08,0:03:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is very similar \Nto the same pattern you use
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.93,0:03:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to physically propel your body.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.24,0:03:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your brain experiences words.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.24,0:03:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're very good \Nat thinking with words,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.77,0:03:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have a lot of words that move over
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.53,0:03:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into that simulation process.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.35,0:03:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I am a picture thinker.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.76,0:03:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for me, words \Ncan actually block my comprehension.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.27,0:03:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I might be able to read a word,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.49,0:03:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,write a word,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.03,0:03:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,memorize a long hairy definition \Nfor that word,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.68,0:03:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all of these things
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.43,0:03:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are actually quite separate from learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.94,0:03:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Years later, I started my career\Nby working in school districts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.28,0:04:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,testing and diagnosing children\Nwith learning disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.76,0:04:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I started to see \Na lot of common themes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.06,0:04:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Sarah.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.27,0:04:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Sarah can be described\Nin a lot of ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.26,0:04:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's highly distractible.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.21,0:04:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She makes a lot of careless errors.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.77,0:04:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's not a good test taker.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.76,0:04:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jackson hates to read.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.06,0:04:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has low reading comprehension,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.26,0:04:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be honest, most of his teachers\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.24,0:04:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just think he has average ability.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.49,0:04:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joy appears unable to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.26,0:04:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She has a diagnosed learning disability,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.26,0:04:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and experiences school failure\Nin many academic ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.27,0:04:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the more I started\Nto get to know my students,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.26,0:04:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more I really started \Nto see my father.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.99,0:04:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the more I really started to see me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.02,0:04:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I began to wonder,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.32,0:05:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What if your child
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.50,0:05:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not being measured \Nby their ability to learn?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.75,0:05:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if school performance\Nis actually measuring
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.76,0:05:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your child's inability \Nto think with words?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.76,0:05:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I left working with schools\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.30,0:05:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went into private practice
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.84,0:05:21.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I was researching and designing \N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.100,0:05:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some approaches to learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.12,0:05:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I ran across\Nthree powerful statistics.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.24,0:05:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50 to 60% of all students \Nwill be perceived by school
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.76,0:05:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as having average\Nto bellow average learning potential.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.50,0:05:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50 to 60% of all students,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.01,0:05:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will test as being very strong \Nat picture thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.01,0:05:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with weaknesses in word thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.72,0:05:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50 to 60% of all words
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.53,0:05:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a kindergarten child
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.77,0:06:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs to learn how to read
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.77,0:06:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is taught to them \Nusing rote memorization only.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.50,0:06:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I decided, "You know what?\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.57,0:06:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am going to take my students back \Nto kindergarten, so to speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.28,0:06:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look at where \Ntheir learning inability really began."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.50,0:06:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've honed in on the first 40 words
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.05,0:06:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their brain had been forced\Nto memorize,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.12,0:06:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, this time, we engaged \Ntheir creative thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.24,0:06:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we activated\Ntheir problem solving skills,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.49,0:06:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we moved those words from memorization
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.04,0:06:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over to experience and meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.13,0:06:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we started to see some amazing things.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.73,0:06:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Sarah today.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.58,0:06:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's an 11th grade.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.51,0:06:58.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's an A student,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.51,0:07:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she's actually\Nactively looking for ways
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.65,0:07:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to capitalize \Non her social networking skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.25,0:07:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jackson is above average in all areas,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.76,0:07:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's an avid water polo player.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.10,0:07:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joy has defeated all the odds.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.74,0:07:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She now loves to read,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.99,0:07:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she's an elegant writer.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.02,0:07:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the last ten years,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.25,0:07:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my students have been showing me\N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.91,0:07:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the crippling effect rote memorization
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.59,0:07:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\Ncan have on a developing brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.05,0:07:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they've also been showing me\N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.77,0:07:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there is nothing average \Nabout the human mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.49,0:07:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, as it turns out,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.07,0:07:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all our children really need from us,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.76,0:08:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to be given the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.18,0:08:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.76,0:08:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)