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From the Ted Talk by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez: What's missing from the American immigrant narrative

Unscramble the Blue Letters


But you know what? I lied.

(Laughter)

And not because the things I said weren't true — I mean, my parents were talking about this stuff. But that's not really why I decided to jump into fanncie. I just really wanted to pay my rent.

(lueahtgr)

And here's the thing. The rlatiey of having to pay my rent and do real auldt things is something that we're rarely willing to admit to employers, to others and even to ourselves. I know I wasn't about to tell my recruiters that I was there for the money. And that's because for the most part, we want to see ourselves as idealists and as poplee who do what they believe in and pursue the things that they find the most exciting. But the reality is very few of us actually have the privilege to do that.

Open Cloze


But you know what? I lied.

(Laughter)

And not because the things I said weren't true — I mean, my parents were talking about this stuff. But that's not really why I decided to jump into _______. I just really wanted to pay my rent.

(________)

And here's the thing. The _______ of having to pay my rent and do real _____ things is something that we're rarely willing to admit to employers, to others and even to ourselves. I know I wasn't about to tell my recruiters that I was there for the money. And that's because for the most part, we want to see ourselves as idealists and as ______ who do what they believe in and pursue the things that they find the most exciting. But the reality is very few of us actually have the privilege to do that.

Solution


  1. reality
  2. adult
  3. people
  4. finance
  5. laughter

Original Text


But you know what? I lied.

(Laughter)

And not because the things I said weren't true — I mean, my parents were talking about this stuff. But that's not really why I decided to jump into finance. I just really wanted to pay my rent.

(Laughter)

And here's the thing. The reality of having to pay my rent and do real adult things is something that we're rarely willing to admit to employers, to others and even to ourselves. I know I wasn't about to tell my recruiters that I was there for the money. And that's because for the most part, we want to see ourselves as idealists and as people who do what they believe in and pursue the things that they find the most exciting. But the reality is very few of us actually have the privilege to do that.

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