who would like to solve this problem for the class how about uh Ryan uh uh well um using the formula when will the ball reach its maximum height uh so uh [Music] so if you don't know it just say you don't know it don't waste our time look I know you're new here Ryan and you may have been a top student in your old school but you're with the best of the best now so you need to step up your game this is actually a pretty easy equation and if you struggle with this you may
not be in the right place that's why they shouldn't let in these financial hardship charity cases he's not a charity case Ken all right does anyone know the answer at which point does the ball scene here be at its highest point how about Julie the height of the slope is-4 correct very nice Ken very nice all right everybody don't forget to pick up your homework assignments on the way out I expect you to have it done by the time you come back tomorrow there is a problem on the back and that is only for extra
credit now if you can solve it don't bother coming in at all cuz there's nothing for me to teach you it's that hard huh it's one of the hardest equations in the world took me and my professor in college like 2 years to solve it but hey give it a shot maybe he's staying behind to get some extra help he needs it no no he needs to leave so he doesn't drag down the rest of us with him I'm going ivy league or Bale and if they keep letting in these poor kids from the ghetto
it's going to drag down the reputation of the school stop give him a break no no no he's gotten enough breaks he got in here for the first place for free because he's poor what else could he want yeah he's only the second person they've ever given a financial hardship scholarship to it's experimental sure is and if I find out who the first one is I'm going to get him kicked out too this school is for the best of the best not a bunch of trash he's right you know you didn't earn this spot you
got here to fill out some quota so if you really want to get any respect around here you need to earn it I understand I don't I don't think it helps that you're telling everyone about my financial status at the school I didn't say that besides everybody already knows and the cats out the bag if you want them to talk about something other than your finances then give them something else to talk about maybe try doing well on a test for a change the students here take their academics very seriously and you are a threat
to Harnish the reputation of the school and based on your performance so far I'm inclined to agree with them [Music] [Applause] [Music] this this is impossible who who who can solve this hey there's my little boy how does it feel going to some big shot elite school huh uh uh shouldn't you be at work Mom I I thought you had a nice shift on Fridays yeah well I got my hours cut again but I'll be fine it's just temporary Ryan do you need any money or anything I could probably come up with something to send
you for snacks or books or whatever oh um no it's fine mom um just make sure you're taking care of your bills okay uh uh but but I do have a lot of work to do so on a Friday night look at my smart little guy I love you I love you too bye okay all right bye 10 more hours to breakfast jeez so this is where they put the financial hardship kids huh what a dump they probably didn't want to give him a culture shock he's used to living in filth what what do you
need Ken I thought you'd never ask we were hoping that you could go get us some snacks from the store up the block it's after curfew I I could get in trouble no you won't get in trouble the old agent guy guard in this place is uh probably asleep by now you know I go myself but uh I don't do my own shopping my peasants do that for me boop okay yeah I don't think so even if I don't get caught by the security guard a teacher or someone might see me okay you raise a
tough bargain all we want is a few bags of chips maybe a couple sodas ice cream bar yeah yeah cookies and cream and you can keep the change deal come on I know you need the money that's cute he actually thinks it's a lot of money later bum and uh 5731 is your change um don't you go to the school down the street it isn't it your curfew oh uh no I I I I don't go there uh this is for my brother thank you there's no way that all these snacks were just for Ryan
so I want to know who else was involved nothing huh they were all for me where did you get the money to pay for them cashier said you paid with a $100 bill yeah yeah it's mine so you acted alone and bought yourself an insane amount of snacks but yourself that's your story well since you you can't follow the dorm rules they're suspended from living in the dorms for one week wait where am I supposed to live then well go live with your family or get yourself a hotel you seem flushed with $100 bills it's
not the problem of this school hey I appreciate you not saying anything we all do this it's for you it's fine I don't want it in fact 's your change back uh-uh keep it you earned it well Gordon what are you doing here so early your shift doesn't start for a few hours just want to get an early start are you sure you're going to be here all night why don't you get yourself some rest before you start your shift H you know what um I think we're going to need to figure out a new
way to get our snacks because this new guard seems to be pretty on the [Music] ball hey since you aren't going to be in the dorms anyway could you go to the store for us again tonight and what get kicked out of the dorms permanently yeah no thanks I'm offering you a chance to be my friend I take care of my friends yeah fine if you don't like that then maybe you can go be friends with racop over there I'm sure you could hook you up with the janitor job since you won't be graduating [Music]
anyway for [Music] [Music] hey hey it was really nice to you not to R out Ken and his friends earlier here how did you know about that I know Ken I could tell that he felt guilty that takes a lot he should be proud I'm sure he would have done the same for me I doubt it so where you headed uh well I I can't stay at the dorms this week so um headed back to my mom's place are you waiting for the bus stop too obviously not only losers take the bus later Ryan have
fun at home with Mommy let's go babe [Music] Mom are you here [Music] I [Music] no no [Music] hey baby what are you doing here uh is everything okay at school yeah yeah I I just wanted to come home and see you that's all well if you want to clean up the place you can come home anytime you want um uh I I I did have something I wanted to tell you but first are we doing okay um MoneyWise oh we're fine honey you know me I just get behind sometimes on these things I always
figure it out I'm just so proud of you no one at my Diner can believe my son goes to that fancy pants school yeah uh well I'm not sure you should be so proud why those rich kids at school giving you problems don't worry about them one day that big brain of yours is going to get us out of this dump and into a real place I'm depending on you I'm I'm not sure that's such a good idea there you go doubting yourself again but let me tell you something you are one of the smartest
people I've ever met hey even if you're not now it doesn't matter because it's like I always tell you anyway it's it's not how smart you are it's how hard you [Music] work um what did you want to tell me oh um no it's it's nothing nothing at all I should probably get back to my school oh um do you need money for the bus I think I have a couple don't worry about it Mom it's fine um I'll figure it out okay okay love you hey I love you too kiddo be good okay don't
let those Rich Kids push you around [Music] who's there it's this private property you know you can't be over oh it's you what are you doing here you know you're supposed to be in your room at this hour I I've been suspended from the dorms for a week for violing curfew please don't tell anyone I I I don't have anywhere else to go can you stay at a hotel or with your parents or something I can't afford going to a hotel I can't even afford going here I'm on a financial hardship academic scholarship but if
I get in trouble again I'll lose it please come with me where you can sit in my office until a class starts go ahead and have a seat on the couch thank you I um I I appreciate it it's fine just have a seat and be quiet I have work to do okay [Music] I have to go on my patrol you can lay down if you want thank you [Music] [Music] okay everyone don't forget to turn in your homework assignments before you leave we have a test at the end of the week so start studying
now especially those of you that are struggling did anyone end up figuring out that bonus question you kidding me that was impossible I mean he said it himself and took him two years with him and his Professor to figure it out you know I showed it to my math tutor who graduated from MIT by the way even he didn't know how to do it I didn't even try it waste of time Ryan you figured it out you think he actually figured it out let me see yeah right how did you do this uh what do
you mean how did you solve this I just did okay yeah well this little stunt may have just saved your semester I mean uh this is real you may have not only earned yourself an A but a successful career in the mathematics field there's no way that he could have done this on his own make him prove it make him do the math right here in front of us you know that's not a bad idea yeah Ryan look care to show us how you did it no I I I wouldn't well what if I'm not
asking let's go you know what I don't have anything to prove to you okay if you don't want to give me the extra credit then then don't see I told you that he cheated there's no way that a dummy like him could know how to tie his own shoes let alone do advanced math Stop Ken let him go I'm I'm not dumb I I just you're just what you you you cheated you stole the answer you're what all right all right all right I'll tell you what I have an idea we have one seat left
on the math leetes team this year so why don't Ryan and Ken compete for that one seat and we'll see who's the best how does that sound great no except when I win I want this poor pathetic cheater out of the school for good whatever thanks by the way thanks for nothing are you trying to ruin my life what are you talking about I I know it was you that filled out the bonus question on my homework but now because of it I might get kicked out of school what wait I'm going to love watching
you wipe the floor with Ryan can't believe you actually agreed to take me on in a math competition he's good as gone I just don't understand why you guys hate him so much what has he ever done besides bail you out of trouble uh stay ah of this Julie and for one thing he definitely cheated on that bonus question no he could have done that on his [Music] own hey don't listen to them why not they're just telling the truth Ken's going to destroy me in that competition I saw the math you did last night
on your own those were hard problems and you did them correctly you should be very proud of yourself well that was one assignment okay he's I'm never going to beat him in a competition and he he's just he's way smarter than me Hey listen to me it's not about how smart you are it's about how hard you work so funny nothing that's just something my mom always says sounds like a smart lady I guess it runs in the family so let me ask you do you have the determination to keep going problem is I'm just
having trouble seeing the numbers on the paper it it looks like they're just dancing around and always moving and I can't concentrate okay plus can and all this friends have tutors to help them I'm on my own I have no tutor no money I don't even have a place to sleep how to to you free of charge and you can sleep in my office until you get your wom back really but I have two rules one no one can hear about this and two no questions about anything but math got it okay then let's get
to [Applause] [Music] work love was holding all the card and always kept me in the dark I never thought I could shake this heartache until I saw your light and it's got me feeling like Life Is Good Life Is [Music] Good Life Is Good Life Is Good again yeah in my darkest time you got me feeling like I've been walking on air left all my worries and cares I've got new burdens around [Applause] [Music] you Gordon is that you hello Gordon it's me Chen how have you been I haven't seen you since what the conference
in Beijing 10 12 years ago what have you been up to not much I really should be going wow is this your son I haven't seen him since he was a little guy just that tall amazing Gordon wait where are you going [Music] so uh who's the guy at the store nobody don't worry about him I he mentioned about your son is this your son do you remember the rules no questions about anything but math [Music] what's wrong it's these numbers I I just can't focus on them they keep moving around I used to have
the same problem do you know how to play the piano yeah I took lessons of in Old School just think of numbers like they were notes on a piece of sheet music and arrange it in your head so you can play the [Music] music see go ahead give it a try and bring your book [Music] [Music] I I think it's working I know you could do it where'd it go JN I'm so sorry I didn't mean to call you there is June your son sorry I know no questions um I'll give you a minute go
back to work yes doing this my son I haven't seen him in over 10 [Music] years what happened I don't like to talk about it but I guess I'll go ahead and tell you you see growing up in another country I was identified as gifted early on but as I got older I started developing a learning disability just like yours that made me hate school because my work was so hard to complete once I figured out the trick with a piano music everything changed for me and my grades went straight back up to the top
of my class I did so well in fact I was recruited by the government to join an elite group of scientists mathematicians and think ERS to create solutions for the government problems it was quite an honor so of course I said yes within a few years I was working on an important government project making a good living and was well respected by my friends and family I had a wife and son that I loved very much and my life was amazing but then it all came crashing down I came to realize that the government wasn't
using my math to create new projects to improve people's lives they were using it to create destructive new weapons and I instantly knew I couldn't be a part of it the bigger problem [Music] was they wouldn't let me leave so I actually applied IED for a refugee status to the US and was approved but my wife wasn't she worked for the ministry of Defense if they found out about me wanting to leave it would have ruined us or worse I needed to leave right away but my wife wanted to say so I had a choice
to make face the consequences from the government or leave my family behind I left everything I loved behind math my family family and my son I'm so sorry um did did you know if if he's all right after I left my ex-wife divorced me she raised him herself but she won't let me speak to him because of what I did he was a great source of shame in a little local community [Music] my son Loved These Things having them around makes me feel like I still have a little piece of him um I mean after
all these years uh I'm I'm sure you could still go back right they revoked my passport so I'm stuck besides that I couldn't even afford a plane ticket at my salary [Music] all right let's get back to this yeah you got a lot of work ahead of you if you want to beat kin this week wait Ryan the area of the triangle is 42 correct that brings our score to nine each meaning the boy who gets the next answer correct we filling the seat on our school's mathletes team which once again will be competing for
the national title this spring so getting a spot on this team be like a feather in your cap okay are you ready for the final question ready name the square root of two the contestant who can go to the highest number of decimals in 1 minute is the winner and go [Music] and time let's see what you have both of you have the same answers and you guys have the exact same decimals can anyone think of one more one 1.414 21 that's correct Ryan is our winner how could he have won no no no no
no no no he must have cheated no there's no way that he could have beat me okay no I'm smarter than him you may be right Ken but it's not about how smart you are it's about how hard you work congratulations Ryan looks like you've earned your place after all and I'll keep working at it every day sir glad to hear it welcome to the team come on Julie let's go you know what Ken I don't want to be with someone that treats people the way you do oh yeah who's better welfare boy do you
really want to be associated with the charity case you know why that wouldn't matter to me because I'm the other financial hardship scholarship winner what yeah it's true I'd rather be with someone that's good and poor than someone that treats people like dirt any day of the week good job Brian thank we I'm so proud of you thanks so much I couldn't have done this without you Gordon let's go celebrate sounds great um hey Julie would you like to join us sure I'd love [Music] to best day of the week hey Randy why is my
check lower than usual well you see how dead has been lately so I needed to start splitting the tips with everyone including the kitchen staff it's either that or start laying people off it's bad enough our hours are cut Now tips too I'm not even going to be able to pay my rent on this sounds like you need a new place to live hey YouTube come here what brings you home from your fancy jobs maybe one day you can actually explain to me what a think tank is it's just doing math to solve The World's
problems mom no big deal oh whatever you say did you actually get time off I wish we're only here for the day oh we'll be back soon but we do have some big news that we want to tell you in person you bought a house that's amazing well in a way yeah but we're not going to live in it you're going to rent it out that's smart I heard no not exactly just like I always promise when I got a good job I bought a house for you Mom if it wasn't for you believing in
me and working so hard when I was in school school I I never would have made it this far so it's the least I could do I I I can't believe it thank you baby oh Mom should we go see it are you kidding absolutely okay let's go hey Randy I'm off for the night come on dear Gordon it's been a while but I want to let you know that everything's going well at my job and I've even started making some pretty influential friends in the government I know you're a private person but I mentioned
your situation to them and they were able to help me get everything straighten out for you inside this envelope you find a voucher good for one first class plane ticket and a brand new passport I owe every everything I have to what you taught me and I don't know if I can ever pay you back but I hope this is a good start please say hello to your son D when you see him again thanks for everything Ryan [Applause] [Music] for [Music]