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From the Ted Talk by Rebeca Hwang: El valor de nuestra diversidad interna

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So I decided not to focus on having 100 percent in common with people I met, Instead, I realized that I was frequently the only irtniteoecsn between groups of people that didn't have much in common and that were even, at temis, in conflict among themselves. So with this new perspective, I proudly accepted the different vionerss of myself and even, at times, allowed me to reievnnt myself.

For example, I have to cosfens that in high school I was what we call a bookworm -- I had thick glasses, had no fashion sense whatsoever. What's more, I think the only reason I had friends was because I let them copy my homework every morning. That's true. Once I went to college, I was able to find a new identity, and the "worm" became a plpoaur girl. OK, granted, it was MIT, so I don't think the bar was very high -- (Laughter) but at least I could maintain that identity. I changed majors so many times that my advisor told me that instead of cecmahil engineering, I should get a degree in random stdueis.

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So I decided not to focus on having 100 percent in common with people I met, Instead, I realized that I was frequently the only ____________ between groups of people that didn't have much in common and that were even, at _____, in conflict among themselves. So with this new perspective, I proudly accepted the different ________ of myself and even, at times, allowed me to ________ myself.

For example, I have to _______ that in high school I was what we call a bookworm -- I had thick glasses, had no fashion sense whatsoever. What's more, I think the only reason I had friends was because I let them copy my homework every morning. That's true. Once I went to college, I was able to find a new identity, and the "worm" became a _______ girl. OK, granted, it was MIT, so I don't think the bar was very high -- (Laughter) but at least I could maintain that identity. I changed majors so many times that my advisor told me that instead of ________ engineering, I should get a degree in random _______.

Solution


  1. confess
  2. intersection
  3. chemical
  4. times
  5. reinvent
  6. versions
  7. popular
  8. studies

Original Text


So I decided not to focus on having 100 percent in common with people I met, Instead, I realized that I was frequently the only intersection between groups of people that didn't have much in common and that were even, at times, in conflict among themselves. So with this new perspective, I proudly accepted the different versions of myself and even, at times, allowed me to reinvent myself.

For example, I have to confess that in high school I was what we call a bookworm -- I had thick glasses, had no fashion sense whatsoever. What's more, I think the only reason I had friends was because I let them copy my homework every morning. That's true. Once I went to college, I was able to find a new identity, and the "worm" became a popular girl. OK, granted, it was MIT, so I don't think the bar was very high -- (Laughter) but at least I could maintain that identity. I changed majors so many times that my advisor told me that instead of chemical engineering, I should get a degree in random studies.

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