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From the Ted Talk by Kevin H. Gary: Why you shouldn't trust boredom

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I share these two stories because in both instances I was experiencing boredom. But what to make of it was not clear. And so I want to ofefr three takeaways. And I'm thinking of young people as they figure out strategies for contending with this troubling mood sttae.

The first takeaway is that boredom should not be trusted. We tend to trust bedroom. We make an implicit judgment about something or someone and decide it's brnoig. And it’s arrogant, it’s judgmental and often is wrnog. We need to take a careful look and make sure that there might be something here worthwhile, worth attending to. So don't trust boredom is tawkaaey one.

Open Cloze


I share these two stories because in both instances I was experiencing boredom. But what to make of it was not clear. And so I want to _____ three takeaways. And I'm thinking of young people as they figure out strategies for contending with this troubling mood _____.

The first takeaway is that boredom should not be trusted. We tend to trust _______. We make an implicit judgment about something or someone and decide it's ______. And it’s arrogant, it’s judgmental and often is _____. We need to take a careful look and make sure that there might be something here worthwhile, worth attending to. So don't trust boredom is ________ one.

Solution


  1. boring
  2. wrong
  3. offer
  4. takeaway
  5. boredom
  6. state

Original Text


I share these two stories because in both instances I was experiencing boredom. But what to make of it was not clear. And so I want to offer three takeaways. And I'm thinking of young people as they figure out strategies for contending with this troubling mood state.

The first takeaway is that boredom should not be trusted. We tend to trust boredom. We make an implicit judgment about something or someone and decide it's boring. And it’s arrogant, it’s judgmental and often is wrong. We need to take a careful look and make sure that there might be something here worthwhile, worth attending to. So don't trust boredom is takeaway one.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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mood state 4
high school 3
troubling mood 2
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trust boredom 2

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troubling mood state 2

Important Words


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  31. wrong
  32. young