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From the Ted Talk by Melati Wijsen: A roadmap for young changemakers

Unscramble the Blue Letters


But you know what? Cute wasn't really what I was going for. I slowly learned to build a team, to gather edncieve, create campaigns, develop a movement, to stage beach caeupnls collect signatures, speak in pulibc and meet politicians. The more I learned, the more I wanted things to change. Passion quickly turned into obsession, and when change didn't hppaen as quickly as I expected, at 14 yreas old, frustration settled deep in my soul. And soon after that, in my first years of high school, I experienced my first burnout.

But having said that, I wouldn't have changed a thing, especially because in 2019, Bali fiallny did ban single-use pialtsc bags. My peers and I created our own learning joreuny outside of the traditional curriculum and classroom. Building our own guidance and frameworks that could share with us what the next step should be, how to continue building the momentum we needed to achieve the cgnahe we wanted to see.

Open Cloze


But you know what? Cute wasn't really what I was going for. I slowly learned to build a team, to gather ________, create campaigns, develop a movement, to stage beach ________ collect signatures, speak in ______ and meet politicians. The more I learned, the more I wanted things to change. Passion quickly turned into obsession, and when change didn't ______ as quickly as I expected, at 14 _____ old, frustration settled deep in my soul. And soon after that, in my first years of high school, I experienced my first burnout.

But having said that, I wouldn't have changed a thing, especially because in 2019, Bali _______ did ban single-use _______ bags. My peers and I created our own learning _______ outside of the traditional curriculum and classroom. Building our own guidance and frameworks that could share with us what the next step should be, how to continue building the momentum we needed to achieve the ______ we wanted to see.

Solution


  1. happen
  2. change
  3. journey
  4. years
  5. cleanups
  6. evidence
  7. finally
  8. public
  9. plastic

Original Text


But you know what? Cute wasn't really what I was going for. I slowly learned to build a team, to gather evidence, create campaigns, develop a movement, to stage beach cleanups collect signatures, speak in public and meet politicians. The more I learned, the more I wanted things to change. Passion quickly turned into obsession, and when change didn't happen as quickly as I expected, at 14 years old, frustration settled deep in my soul. And soon after that, in my first years of high school, I experienced my first burnout.

But having said that, I wouldn't have changed a thing, especially because in 2019, Bali finally did ban single-use plastic bags. My peers and I created our own learning journey outside of the traditional curriculum and classroom. Building our own guidance and frameworks that could share with us what the next step should be, how to continue building the momentum we needed to achieve the change we wanted to see.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
learning journey 2


Important Words


  1. achieve
  2. bags
  3. bali
  4. ban
  5. beach
  6. build
  7. building
  8. burnout
  9. campaigns
  10. change
  11. changed
  12. classroom
  13. cleanups
  14. collect
  15. continue
  16. create
  17. created
  18. curriculum
  19. cute
  20. deep
  21. develop
  22. evidence
  23. expected
  24. experienced
  25. finally
  26. frameworks
  27. frustration
  28. gather
  29. guidance
  30. happen
  31. high
  32. journey
  33. learned
  34. learning
  35. meet
  36. momentum
  37. movement
  38. needed
  39. obsession
  40. passion
  41. peers
  42. plastic
  43. politicians
  44. public
  45. quickly
  46. school
  47. settled
  48. share
  49. signatures
  50. slowly
  51. soul
  52. speak
  53. stage
  54. step
  55. team
  56. traditional
  57. turned
  58. wanted
  59. years