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From the Ted Talk by Colin Powell: Kids need structure

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But it begins with the gift of a good srtat. If we don't give that gift to each and every one of our kids, if we don't invest at the eeialsrt age, we're going to be running into difficulties. It's why we have a dropout rate of rloughy 25 percent overall and almost 50 perncet of our minority population living in low-income areas, because they're not getting the gift of a good start.

My gift of a good start was not only being in a nice family, a good family, but having a family that said to me, "Now lesitn, we came to this country in banana boats in 1920 and 1924. We wkoerd like dogs down in the garment industry every single day. We're not doing it so that you can stick something up your nose or get in trouble. And don't even think about dropping out." If I had ever gone home and told those immigrant people that, "You know, I'm teird of school and I'm dropping out," they'd said, "We're dropping you out. We'll get another kid." (Laughter)

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But it begins with the gift of a good _____. If we don't give that gift to each and every one of our kids, if we don't invest at the ________ age, we're going to be running into difficulties. It's why we have a dropout rate of _______ 25 percent overall and almost 50 _______ of our minority population living in low-income areas, because they're not getting the gift of a good start.

My gift of a good start was not only being in a nice family, a good family, but having a family that said to me, "Now ______, we came to this country in banana boats in 1920 and 1924. We ______ like dogs down in the garment industry every single day. We're not doing it so that you can stick something up your nose or get in trouble. And don't even think about dropping out." If I had ever gone home and told those immigrant people that, "You know, I'm _____ of school and I'm dropping out," they'd said, "We're dropping you out. We'll get another kid." (Laughter)

Solution


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  2. tired
  3. earliest
  4. percent
  5. worked
  6. listen
  7. start

Original Text


But it begins with the gift of a good start. If we don't give that gift to each and every one of our kids, if we don't invest at the earliest age, we're going to be running into difficulties. It's why we have a dropout rate of roughly 25 percent overall and almost 50 percent of our minority population living in low-income areas, because they're not getting the gift of a good start.

My gift of a good start was not only being in a nice family, a good family, but having a family that said to me, "Now listen, we came to this country in banana boats in 1920 and 1924. We worked like dogs down in the garment industry every single day. We're not doing it so that you can stick something up your nose or get in trouble. And don't even think about dropping out." If I had ever gone home and told those immigrant people that, "You know, I'm tired of school and I'm dropping out," they'd said, "We're dropping you out. We'll get another kid." (Laughter)

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