From the Ted Talk by Monique W. Morris: Why black girls are targeted for punishment at school -- and how to change that
Unscramble the Blue Letters
When I was in the sixth grdae, I got into a fight at scohol. It wasn't the first time I'd been in a fhigt, but it was the first time one happened at school. It was with a boy who was about a foot taller than me, who was physically stronger than me and who'd been taunting me for weeks. One day in PE, he sppteed on my shoe and refused to apologize. So, filled with anger, I grabbed him and I threw him to the ground. I'd had some previous judo training.
(Laughter)
Our fight leatsd less than two minutes, but it was a perfect relfteicon of the hurricane that was blidnuig inside of me as a young survivor of sexual assault and as a girl who was grappling with abandonment and exposure to violence in other spaces in my life. I was fighting him, but I was also fighting the men and boys that had assaulted my body and the culture that told me I had to be slient about it. A teacher bokre up the fight and my principal called me in her oicffe. But she didn't say, "Monique, what's wrong with you?" She gave me a moment to collect my breath and asked, "What hneeppad?"
Open Cloze
When I was in the sixth _____, I got into a fight at ______. It wasn't the first time I'd been in a _____, but it was the first time one happened at school. It was with a boy who was about a foot taller than me, who was physically stronger than me and who'd been taunting me for weeks. One day in PE, he _______ on my shoe and refused to apologize. So, filled with anger, I grabbed him and I threw him to the ground. I'd had some previous judo training.
(Laughter)
Our fight ______ less than two minutes, but it was a perfect __________ of the hurricane that was ________ inside of me as a young survivor of sexual assault and as a girl who was grappling with abandonment and exposure to violence in other spaces in my life. I was fighting him, but I was also fighting the men and boys that had assaulted my body and the culture that told me I had to be ______ about it. A teacher _____ up the fight and my principal called me in her ______. But she didn't say, "Monique, what's wrong with you?" She gave me a moment to collect my breath and asked, "What ________?"
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Original Text
When I was in the sixth grade, I got into a fight at school. It wasn't the first time I'd been in a fight, but it was the first time one happened at school. It was with a boy who was about a foot taller than me, who was physically stronger than me and who'd been taunting me for weeks. One day in PE, he stepped on my shoe and refused to apologize. So, filled with anger, I grabbed him and I threw him to the ground. I'd had some previous judo training.
(Laughter)
Our fight lasted less than two minutes, but it was a perfect reflection of the hurricane that was building inside of me as a young survivor of sexual assault and as a girl who was grappling with abandonment and exposure to violence in other spaces in my life. I was fighting him, but I was also fighting the men and boys that had assaulted my body and the culture that told me I had to be silent about it. A teacher broke up the fight and my principal called me in her office. But she didn't say, "Monique, what's wrong with you?" She gave me a moment to collect my breath and asked, "What happened?"