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From the Ted Talk by Malcolm London: "High School Training Ground"

Unscramble the Blue Letters


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Open Cloze


At 7:45 a.m., I open the _____ to a building _________ to ________, yet only breaks me down. I _____ down hallways _______ up after me every day by regular ________, but I never have the decency to honor their _____. Lockers left open like teenage boys' mouths when teenage girls wear clothes that covers their insecurities but exposes everything else. Masculinity mimicked by men who grew up with no fathers, camouflage worn by bullies who are dangerously _____ but need hugs. Teachers paid less than what it costs them to be here. Oceans of adolescents come here to receive lessons but never learn to swim, part like the Red Sea when the bell rings.

Solution


  1. cleaned
  2. armed
  3. building
  4. janitors
  5. names
  6. march
  7. dedicated
  8. doors

Original Text


At 7:45 a.m., I open the doors to a building dedicated to building, yet only breaks me down. I march down hallways cleaned up after me every day by regular janitors, but I never have the decency to honor their names. Lockers left open like teenage boys' mouths when teenage girls wear clothes that covers their insecurities but exposes everything else. Masculinity mimicked by men who grew up with no fathers, camouflage worn by bullies who are dangerously armed but need hugs. Teachers paid less than what it costs them to be here. Oceans of adolescents come here to receive lessons but never learn to swim, part like the Red Sea when the bell rings.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
training ground 3


Important Words


  1. adolescents
  2. armed
  3. bell
  4. breaks
  5. building
  6. bullies
  7. camouflage
  8. cleaned
  9. clothes
  10. costs
  11. covers
  12. dangerously
  13. day
  14. decency
  15. dedicated
  16. doors
  17. exposes
  18. fathers
  19. girls
  20. grew
  21. hallways
  22. honor
  23. hugs
  24. insecurities
  25. janitors
  26. learn
  27. left
  28. lessons
  29. lockers
  30. march
  31. masculinity
  32. men
  33. mimicked
  34. mouths
  35. names
  36. oceans
  37. open
  38. paid
  39. part
  40. receive
  41. red
  42. regular
  43. rings
  44. sea
  45. swim
  46. teachers
  47. teenage
  48. wear
  49. worn