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From the Ted Talk by Dan Dennett: Let's teach religion -- all religion -- in schools

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Now, why do I say that? Because democracy depends on an informed citizenship. Informed consent is the very bedrock of our understanding of democracy. Misinformed consent is not worth it. It's like a coin flip; it doesn't cnuot, really. Democracy depends on informed consent. This is the way we treat pepole as ropeslbnsie adults. Now, children below the age of consent are a special case. ptanres — I'm going to use a word that Pastor Rick just used — parents are stewards of their children. They don't own them. You can't own your children. You have a responsibility to the wrlod, to the state, to them, to take care of them right. You may teach them whatever creed you think is most important, but I say you have a responsibility to let them be ifomenrd about all the other creeds in the world, too.

Open Cloze


Now, why do I say that? Because democracy depends on an informed citizenship. Informed consent is the very bedrock of our understanding of democracy. Misinformed consent is not worth it. It's like a coin flip; it doesn't _____, really. Democracy depends on informed consent. This is the way we treat ______ as ___________ adults. Now, children below the age of consent are a special case. _______ — I'm going to use a word that Pastor Rick just used — parents are stewards of their children. They don't own them. You can't own your children. You have a responsibility to the _____, to the state, to them, to take care of them right. You may teach them whatever creed you think is most important, but I say you have a responsibility to let them be ________ about all the other creeds in the world, too.

Solution


  1. parents
  2. count
  3. people
  4. world
  5. responsible
  6. informed

Original Text


Now, why do I say that? Because democracy depends on an informed citizenship. Informed consent is the very bedrock of our understanding of democracy. Misinformed consent is not worth it. It's like a coin flip; it doesn't count, really. Democracy depends on informed consent. This is the way we treat people as responsible adults. Now, children below the age of consent are a special case. Parents — I'm going to use a word that Pastor Rick just used — parents are stewards of their children. They don't own them. You can't own your children. You have a responsibility to the world, to the state, to them, to take care of them right. You may teach them whatever creed you think is most important, but I say you have a responsibility to let them be informed about all the other creeds in the world, too.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
human beings 4
natural selection 4
intelligent design 4
clever move 4
reverse engineering 3
rick warren 3
important natural 2
al gore 2
brilliantly designed 2
democracy depends 2
informed consent 2
pastor rick 2
lancet fluke 2
genetic fitness 2
people obey 2
purpose driven 2
wonderful goal 2


Important Words


  1. adults
  2. age
  3. bedrock
  4. care
  5. case
  6. children
  7. citizenship
  8. coin
  9. consent
  10. count
  11. creed
  12. creeds
  13. democracy
  14. depends
  15. important
  16. informed
  17. misinformed
  18. parents
  19. pastor
  20. people
  21. responsibility
  22. responsible
  23. rick
  24. special
  25. state
  26. stewards
  27. teach
  28. treat
  29. understanding
  30. word
  31. world
  32. worth