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From the Ted Talk by Pearl Arredondo: My story, from gangland daughter to star teacher

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But then, they were very surprised when I grdaeatud from high sohcol. I was accepted to Pepperdine University, and I came back to the same school that I attended to be a special ed assistant.

And then I told them, "I want to be a teacher."

And boy, they were like, "What? Why? Why would you want to do that?"

So I began my tniheacg creaer at the exact same middle school that I attended, and I really wanted to try to save more kids who were just like me. And so every year, I share my background with my kids, because they need to know that everyone has a story, everyone has a struggle, and everyone needs help along the way. And I am going to be their help along the way.

Open Cloze


But then, they were very surprised when I _________ from high ______. I was accepted to Pepperdine University, and I came back to the same school that I attended to be a special ed assistant.

And then I told them, "I want to be a teacher."

And boy, they were like, "What? Why? Why would you want to do that?"

So I began my ________ ______ at the exact same middle school that I attended, and I really wanted to try to save more kids who were just like me. And so every year, I share my background with my kids, because they need to know that everyone has a story, everyone has a struggle, and everyone needs help along the way. And I am going to be their help along the way.

Solution


  1. graduated
  2. teaching
  3. school
  4. career

Original Text


But then, they were very surprised when I graduated from high school. I was accepted to Pepperdine University, and I came back to the same school that I attended to be a special ed assistant.

And then I told them, "I want to be a teacher."

And boy, they were like, "What? Why? Why would you want to do that?"

So I began my teaching career at the exact same middle school that I attended, and I really wanted to try to save more kids who were just like me. And so every year, I share my background with my kids, because they need to know that everyone has a story, everyone has a struggle, and everyone needs help along the way. And I am going to be their help along the way.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
high school 3
middle school 2


Important Words


  1. accepted
  2. assistant
  3. attended
  4. background
  5. began
  6. boy
  7. career
  8. ed
  9. exact
  10. graduated
  11. high
  12. kids
  13. middle
  14. pepperdine
  15. save
  16. school
  17. share
  18. special
  19. story
  20. struggle
  21. surprised
  22. teacher
  23. teaching
  24. told
  25. university
  26. wanted
  27. year