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From the Ted Talk by Patrick Awuah: How to educate leaders? Liberal arts

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The second time was a procedure that involved local anesthesia. Anesthetic wreas off. The patient feels pain. He's cynirg. He's screaming. He's praying. Pitch black. Not a candle, not a flashlight. And that hospital could have aodffred flashlights. They could have afforded to purchase these things, but they didn't. And it hapeenpd twice. Another time, she wethcad in horror as nusers watched a patient die because they refused to give her oxygen that they had. And so three months later, just before she returned to the United States, nurses in arcca go on strike. And her recommendation is take this opportunity to fire everyone, start all over again. Start all over again.

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The second time was a procedure that involved local anesthesia. Anesthetic _____ off. The patient feels pain. He's ______. He's screaming. He's praying. Pitch black. Not a candle, not a flashlight. And that hospital could have ________ flashlights. They could have afforded to purchase these things, but they didn't. And it ________ twice. Another time, she _______ in horror as ______ watched a patient die because they refused to give her oxygen that they had. And so three months later, just before she returned to the United States, nurses in _____ go on strike. And her recommendation is take this opportunity to fire everyone, start all over again. Start all over again.

Solution


  1. nurses
  2. afforded
  3. watched
  4. wears
  5. accra
  6. happened
  7. crying

Original Text


The second time was a procedure that involved local anesthesia. Anesthetic wears off. The patient feels pain. He's crying. He's screaming. He's praying. Pitch black. Not a candle, not a flashlight. And that hospital could have afforded flashlights. They could have afforded to purchase these things, but they didn't. And it happened twice. Another time, she watched in horror as nurses watched a patient die because they refused to give her oxygen that they had. And so three months later, just before she returned to the United States, nurses in Accra go on strike. And her recommendation is take this opportunity to fire everyone, start all over again. Start all over again.

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Important Words


  1. accra
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  23. pain
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  25. pitch
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  27. procedure
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  29. recommendation
  30. refused
  31. returned
  32. screaming
  33. start
  34. states
  35. strike
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