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From the Ted Talk by Khadijah Tribble: How marijuana reform could repair, reclaim and restore communities

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I rmeeebmr hearing this question one summer at vacation blibe school. And if anybody is here from the South, you usnaenrdtd that vacation Bible school is not to be confused with BTU training school or Sunday-go-to-meeting school. it is vacation Bible school. I'm still trying to figure out who thought it was a good idea to put a vacation, Bible and sohcol all together ...

(Laughter)

But the first week of every summer, of every summer during my childhood, it was snept in vciotaan Bible school. And this one particular summer there was a teacher. She wasn't too much older than me and my middle school friends. She wanted to make sure that we understood scripture and was able to cnencot it to this real wolrd question of what you will be when you grow up. And so as my gaggle of girls sat around lunch that day, trying to figure out what we were going to say, tiinnkhg back now, it was a really impressive group of glirs because they wanted to be things like civil rights attorneys, educators and doctors. I didn't want any of that. I was going to do something different. You see, I was going to be ... wait for it ... A thinker.

Open Cloze


I ________ hearing this question one summer at vacation _____ school. And if anybody is here from the South, you __________ that vacation Bible school is not to be confused with BTU training school or Sunday-go-to-meeting school. it is vacation Bible school. I'm still trying to figure out who thought it was a good idea to put a vacation, Bible and ______ all together ...

(Laughter)

But the first week of every summer, of every summer during my childhood, it was _____ in ________ Bible school. And this one particular summer there was a teacher. She wasn't too much older than me and my middle school friends. She wanted to make sure that we understood scripture and was able to _______ it to this real _____ question of what you will be when you grow up. And so as my gaggle of girls sat around lunch that day, trying to figure out what we were going to say, ________ back now, it was a really impressive group of _____ because they wanted to be things like civil rights attorneys, educators and doctors. I didn't want any of that. I was going to do something different. You see, I was going to be ... wait for it ... A thinker.

Solution


  1. school
  2. connect
  3. remember
  4. spent
  5. understand
  6. world
  7. girls
  8. vacation
  9. bible
  10. thinking

Original Text


I remember hearing this question one summer at vacation Bible school. And if anybody is here from the South, you understand that vacation Bible school is not to be confused with BTU training school or Sunday-go-to-meeting school. it is vacation Bible school. I'm still trying to figure out who thought it was a good idea to put a vacation, Bible and school all together ...

(Laughter)

But the first week of every summer, of every summer during my childhood, it was spent in vacation Bible school. And this one particular summer there was a teacher. She wasn't too much older than me and my middle school friends. She wanted to make sure that we understood scripture and was able to connect it to this real world question of what you will be when you grow up. And so as my gaggle of girls sat around lunch that day, trying to figure out what we were going to say, thinking back now, it was a really impressive group of girls because they wanted to be things like civil rights attorneys, educators and doctors. I didn't want any of that. I was going to do something different. You see, I was going to be ... wait for it ... A thinker.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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vacation bible 5
bible school 4
civil rights 3
kennedy school 2
collateral consequences 2

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collocation frequency
vacation bible school 4

Important Words


  1. attorneys
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  7. connect
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  10. educators
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  14. girls
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  26. question
  27. real
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  29. rights
  30. sat
  31. school
  32. scripture
  33. south
  34. spent
  35. summer
  36. teacher
  37. thinker
  38. thinking
  39. thought
  40. training
  41. understand
  42. understood
  43. vacation
  44. wait
  45. wanted
  46. week
  47. world