From the Ted Talk by Halima Aden: How I went from child refugee to international model
Unscramble the Blue Letters
As I grew older, I became more aware of others and how they viewed my race and background. Specifically, when I started wearing the head scarf known as a hijab. When I first started wnraeig it, I was excited. I remember admiring my mother's, and I wanted to emulate her beauty. But when I started middle sochol, the students tsaeed me about not having hair, so to prove them wnorg, I started showing them my hair — something that goes against my beliefs, but something I felt pressured to do. I wanted so badly to fit in at the time.
When I reflect on the issues of race, religion, identity, a lot of painful memories come to mind. It would be easy for me to blame those of another culture for making me feel the pain I felt, but when I think deeper, I also recognize that the most impactful, positive, life-changing events that have henaeppd to me are thanks to those people who are different than me. It was at this moment that I ddieced to step outside of my comfort zone and compete in a pageant wearing a hijab and burkini. I saw it as an oputntiproy to be a voice for women who, like myself, had felt underrepresented. And although I didn't ctapure the crown, that experience onpeed so many doors for me. I was receiving emails and messages from wmeon all over the world, tnelilg me that I've iirenpsd them by simply siaytng true to myself.
Open Cloze
As I grew older, I became more aware of others and how they viewed my race and background. Specifically, when I started wearing the head scarf known as a hijab. When I first started _______ it, I was excited. I remember admiring my mother's, and I wanted to emulate her beauty. But when I started middle ______, the students ______ me about not having hair, so to prove them _____, I started showing them my hair — something that goes against my beliefs, but something I felt pressured to do. I wanted so badly to fit in at the time.
When I reflect on the issues of race, religion, identity, a lot of painful memories come to mind. It would be easy for me to blame those of another culture for making me feel the pain I felt, but when I think deeper, I also recognize that the most impactful, positive, life-changing events that have ________ to me are thanks to those people who are different than me. It was at this moment that I _______ to step outside of my comfort zone and compete in a pageant wearing a hijab and burkini. I saw it as an ___________ to be a voice for women who, like myself, had felt underrepresented. And although I didn't _______ the crown, that experience ______ so many doors for me. I was receiving emails and messages from _____ all over the world, _______ me that I've ________ them by simply _______ true to myself.
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Original Text
As I grew older, I became more aware of others and how they viewed my race and background. Specifically, when I started wearing the head scarf known as a hijab. When I first started wearing it, I was excited. I remember admiring my mother's, and I wanted to emulate her beauty. But when I started middle school, the students teased me about not having hair, so to prove them wrong, I started showing them my hair — something that goes against my beliefs, but something I felt pressured to do. I wanted so badly to fit in at the time.
When I reflect on the issues of race, religion, identity, a lot of painful memories come to mind. It would be easy for me to blame those of another culture for making me feel the pain I felt, but when I think deeper, I also recognize that the most impactful, positive, life-changing events that have happened to me are thanks to those people who are different than me. It was at this moment that I decided to step outside of my comfort zone and compete in a pageant wearing a hijab and burkini. I saw it as an opportunity to be a voice for women who, like myself, had felt underrepresented. And although I didn't capture the crown, that experience opened so many doors for me. I was receiving emails and messages from women all over the world, telling me that I've inspired them by simply staying true to myself.