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From the Ted Talk by Victor Rios: Help for kids the education system ignores

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The reason I'm here taody is because a teacher that cared raeehcd out and managed to tap into my soul. This teacher, Ms. Russ ... she was the kind of teacher that was always in your business.

(Laughter)

She was the kind of teechar that was like, "Victor, I'm here for you whenever you're ready."

(Laughter)

I wasn't rdeay. But she usdoronted one biasc principle about young people like me. We're like oysters. We're only going to open up when we're ready, and if you're not there when we're ready, we're going to clam back up. Ms. Russ was there for me. She was clrltauuly relevant, she respected my commnutiy, my people, my family. I told her a story about my Uncle Ruben. He would take me to work with him because I was broke, and he knew I needed some money. He collected glass bottles for a living. Four in the morning on a school day, we'd throw the glass bttleos in the back of his van, and the bottles would baerk. And my hands and arms would start to bleed and my tennis shoes and pants would get all bloody. And I was terrified and in pain, and I would stop working. And my uclne, he would look me in the eyes and he would say to me, "Mijo, estamos bucdnsao vida." "We're searching for a better life, we're trying to make something out of nothing."

Open Cloze


The reason I'm here _____ is because a teacher that cared _______ out and managed to tap into my soul. This teacher, Ms. Russ ... she was the kind of teacher that was always in your business.

(Laughter)

She was the kind of _______ that was like, "Victor, I'm here for you whenever you're ready."

(Laughter)

I wasn't _____. But she __________ one _____ principle about young people like me. We're like oysters. We're only going to open up when we're ready, and if you're not there when we're ready, we're going to clam back up. Ms. Russ was there for me. She was __________ relevant, she respected my _________, my people, my family. I told her a story about my Uncle Ruben. He would take me to work with him because I was broke, and he knew I needed some money. He collected glass bottles for a living. Four in the morning on a school day, we'd throw the glass _______ in the back of his van, and the bottles would _____. And my hands and arms would start to bleed and my tennis shoes and pants would get all bloody. And I was terrified and in pain, and I would stop working. And my _____, he would look me in the eyes and he would say to me, "Mijo, estamos ________ vida." "We're searching for a better life, we're trying to make something out of nothing."

Solution


  1. buscando
  2. community
  3. understood
  4. uncle
  5. basic
  6. today
  7. ready
  8. break
  9. reached
  10. culturally
  11. teacher
  12. bottles

Original Text


The reason I'm here today is because a teacher that cared reached out and managed to tap into my soul. This teacher, Ms. Russ ... she was the kind of teacher that was always in your business.

(Laughter)

She was the kind of teacher that was like, "Victor, I'm here for you whenever you're ready."

(Laughter)

I wasn't ready. But she understood one basic principle about young people like me. We're like oysters. We're only going to open up when we're ready, and if you're not there when we're ready, we're going to clam back up. Ms. Russ was there for me. She was culturally relevant, she respected my community, my people, my family. I told her a story about my Uncle Ruben. He would take me to work with him because I was broke, and he knew I needed some money. He collected glass bottles for a living. Four in the morning on a school day, we'd throw the glass bottles in the back of his van, and the bottles would break. And my hands and arms would start to bleed and my tennis shoes and pants would get all bloody. And I was terrified and in pain, and I would stop working. And my uncle, he would look me in the eyes and he would say to me, "Mijo, estamos buscando vida." "We're searching for a better life, we're trying to make something out of nothing."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
young people 15
education system 2
glass bottles 2


Important Words


  1. arms
  2. basic
  3. bleed
  4. bloody
  5. bottles
  6. break
  7. broke
  8. buscando
  9. business
  10. cared
  11. clam
  12. collected
  13. community
  14. culturally
  15. day
  16. estamos
  17. eyes
  18. family
  19. glass
  20. hands
  21. kind
  22. knew
  23. laughter
  24. life
  25. living
  26. managed
  27. money
  28. morning
  29. ms
  30. needed
  31. open
  32. oysters
  33. pain
  34. pants
  35. people
  36. principle
  37. reached
  38. ready
  39. reason
  40. relevant
  41. respected
  42. ruben
  43. russ
  44. school
  45. searching
  46. shoes
  47. soul
  48. start
  49. stop
  50. story
  51. tap
  52. teacher
  53. tennis
  54. terrified
  55. throw
  56. today
  57. told
  58. uncle
  59. understood
  60. van
  61. vida
  62. work
  63. working
  64. young