Percy's learning difficulties become strengths in a different context. what seem to be attention problems enable him to be aware of all sides of attack during a battle. while he struggles to read english, he masters ancient greek almost effortlessly. what skills are valued most in today's society? how might students who struggle today have been successful in a different moment in history?

there are treatment options for depression (mdd) that may work for you. one way of treating depression may be to affect the levels of certain chemicals that brain cells use to communicate, called neurotransmitters. scientists believe that certain neurotransmitters may be out of balance in depression.

although the exact way depression medications shown to ease overall depression symptoms in some people work is unknown, scientists think that some medications work by affecting the levels of a neurotransmitter called serotonin in the brain. other treatments work by affecting the levels of other neurotransmitters like norepinephrine or dopamine.