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At age nine, Anicca Harriot plans to study both the heart and space, but as she gets older, that plan becomes more challenging than she expected.
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After moving to a brand-new school in the seventh grade, Edith Gonzalez struggles to maintain her straight-A status with a new, scary biology teacher.
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Inspired by her grandfather, Kitty Yang becomes a math teacher, but soon realizes she misses being a student.
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The only thing standing in the way of Jennifer Landa’s dreams of studying art in college is her grade in chemistry.
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Ted Olds fears he’ll fail to graduate after his parents sacrificed to send him to engineering school.
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In the ninth grade, Adam Ruben and his friends create a Rube Goldberg machine for a school project.
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As a child, psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman is told by a school psychologist that he's doomed by a low IQ score.
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In grade school, Angel Yau excels at science -- because her mom does all her work.
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Adam Andis was raised as a creationist, but grows up to become an evolutionary biologist.
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As a kid, comedian Gastor Almonte seeks answers about some of the scientific terms he hears around school.
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As a first-grader, Cassie Soliday finds her coveted spot in the gifted class is at risk.
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A teacher’s social experiment lands fifth-grade Ben Lillie in an ethical dilemma.
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After being discouraged from pursuing science, Katy Rodriguez Wimberly searches for her place in the military and as an actor.
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Inspired by his favorite novel, third-grade Danny Artese attempts to turn himself into a plant.
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As a child, psychologist Ali Mattu suffers from paralyzing social anxiety.
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Though Adam Becker loved science as a kid, he struggled in school -- until he met first-grade teacher Mrs. Brown.
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