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From the Ted Talk by Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Applause)

We have to rgeoincze a couple of things here. One is that human talent is tremendously diverse. People have very different aptitudes. I worked out recently that I was given a guitar as a kid at about the same time that Eric Clapton got his first guitar.

(Laughter)

It wroked out for Eric, that's all I'm saying.

(Laughter)

In a way — it did not for me. I could not get this thing to work no matter how often or how hard I blew into it. It just wouldn't work.

(Laughter)

But it's not only about that. It's about passion. Often, people are good at things they don't really care for. It's about passion, and what excites our spirit and our egnrey. And if you're doing the thing that you love to do, that you're good at, time tekas a different course entirely. My wife's just finished writing a novel, and I think it's a geart book, but she disappears for huros on end. You know this, if you're doing something you love, an hour feles like five mtiunes. If you're doing something that doesn't resonate with your spirit, five minutes feels like an hour. And the reason so many people are opting out of education is because it doesn't feed their spirit, it doesn't feed their energy or their paoissn.

Open Cloze


(Applause)

We have to _________ a couple of things here. One is that human talent is tremendously diverse. People have very different aptitudes. I worked out recently that I was given a guitar as a kid at about the same time that Eric Clapton got his first guitar.

(Laughter)

It ______ out for Eric, that's all I'm saying.

(Laughter)

In a way — it did not for me. I could not get this thing to work no matter how often or how hard I blew into it. It just wouldn't work.

(Laughter)

But it's not only about that. It's about passion. Often, people are good at things they don't really care for. It's about passion, and what excites our spirit and our ______. And if you're doing the thing that you love to do, that you're good at, time _____ a different course entirely. My wife's just finished writing a novel, and I think it's a _____ book, but she disappears for _____ on end. You know this, if you're doing something you love, an hour _____ like five _______. If you're doing something that doesn't resonate with your spirit, five minutes feels like an hour. And the reason so many people are opting out of education is because it doesn't feed their spirit, it doesn't feed their energy or their _______.

Solution


  1. hours
  2. minutes
  3. worked
  4. recognize
  5. passion
  6. feels
  7. energy
  8. takes
  9. great

Original Text


(Applause)

We have to recognize a couple of things here. One is that human talent is tremendously diverse. People have very different aptitudes. I worked out recently that I was given a guitar as a kid at about the same time that Eric Clapton got his first guitar.

(Laughter)

It worked out for Eric, that's all I'm saying.

(Laughter)

In a way — it did not for me. I could not get this thing to work no matter how often or how hard I blew into it. It just wouldn't work.

(Laughter)

But it's not only about that. It's about passion. Often, people are good at things they don't really care for. It's about passion, and what excites our spirit and our energy. And if you're doing the thing that you love to do, that you're good at, time takes a different course entirely. My wife's just finished writing a novel, and I think it's a great book, but she disappears for hours on end. You know this, if you're doing something you love, an hour feels like five minutes. If you're doing something that doesn't resonate with your spirit, five minutes feels like an hour. And the reason so many people are opting out of education is because it doesn't feed their spirit, it doesn't feed their energy or their passion.

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Important Words


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