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From the Ted Talk by Diane Wolk-Rogers: A Parkland teacher's homework for us all

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(aapuplse)

At the end of the day, perhaps people won't feel the need to buy and use a gun when they all ellquay feel safe, healthy, respected and cared for.

All right, discussion time is over. It's now time to awsenr the qsoetuin. How do we stop this senseless violence? Is it Choice A, Choice B, Choice C? Now, I know what you're all thinking. You remember that multiple-choice questions almost never end with just three possibilities. There's always that fourth, Choice D: all of the above. Maybe that's the answer here. Or maybe "all of the above" is too easy, and this is not an easy problem. It reierqus deep analytical tiihnnkg by all of us. So instead, I'm asking you to do your homework, write your own Choice D using supporting daitel. And if you're not sure where to sartt, look to my students as role models. They are armed with incredible communication skills and a sense of citizenship that I find so inspiring.

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At the end of the day, perhaps people won't feel the need to buy and use a gun when they all _______ feel safe, healthy, respected and cared for.

All right, discussion time is over. It's now time to ______ the ________. How do we stop this senseless violence? Is it Choice A, Choice B, Choice C? Now, I know what you're all thinking. You remember that multiple-choice questions almost never end with just three possibilities. There's always that fourth, Choice D: all of the above. Maybe that's the answer here. Or maybe "all of the above" is too easy, and this is not an easy problem. It ________ deep analytical ________ by all of us. So instead, I'm asking you to do your homework, write your own Choice D using supporting ______. And if you're not sure where to _____, look to my students as role models. They are armed with incredible communication skills and a sense of citizenship that I find so inspiring.

Solution


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  8. start

Original Text


(Applause)

At the end of the day, perhaps people won't feel the need to buy and use a gun when they all equally feel safe, healthy, respected and cared for.

All right, discussion time is over. It's now time to answer the question. How do we stop this senseless violence? Is it Choice A, Choice B, Choice C? Now, I know what you're all thinking. You remember that multiple-choice questions almost never end with just three possibilities. There's always that fourth, Choice D: all of the above. Maybe that's the answer here. Or maybe "all of the above" is too easy, and this is not an easy problem. It requires deep analytical thinking by all of us. So instead, I'm asking you to do your homework, write your own Choice D using supporting detail. And if you're not sure where to start, look to my students as role models. They are armed with incredible communication skills and a sense of citizenship that I find so inspiring.

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