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From the Ted Talk by Shaka Senghor: Why your worst deeds don’t define you

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Open Cloze


And so fast forward three years, I'm doing relatively good. I have a fellowship at MIT Media Lab, I work for an amazing company called BMe, I teach at the __________ of Michigan, but it's been a ________ because I _______ that there are more men and women coming home who are not going to be afforded those _____________. I've been blessed to work with some amazing men and women, helping others reenter _______, and one of them is my friend named Calvin _____. He served 24 years for a crime he didn't commit. He's 45 years old. He's currently enrolled in college. And one of the things that we talked about is the three things that I found important in my ________ transformation, the first being acknowledgment. I had to acknowledge that I had hurt others. I also had to ___________ that I had been hurt. The second thing was apologizing. I had to apologize to the ______ I had hurt. Even though I had no expectations of them accepting it, it was important to do because it was the right thing. But I also had to apologize to myself. The third thing was atoning. For me, _______ meant going back into my community and working with at-risk youth who were on the same path, but also becoming at one with myself.

Solution


  1. evans
  2. people
  3. opportunities
  4. personal
  5. society
  6. atoning
  7. acknowledge
  8. struggle
  9. university
  10. realize

Original Text


And so fast forward three years, I'm doing relatively good. I have a fellowship at MIT Media Lab, I work for an amazing company called BMe, I teach at the University of Michigan, but it's been a struggle because I realize that there are more men and women coming home who are not going to be afforded those opportunities. I've been blessed to work with some amazing men and women, helping others reenter society, and one of them is my friend named Calvin Evans. He served 24 years for a crime he didn't commit. He's 45 years old. He's currently enrolled in college. And one of the things that we talked about is the three things that I found important in my personal transformation, the first being acknowledgment. I had to acknowledge that I had hurt others. I also had to acknowledge that I had been hurt. The second thing was apologizing. I had to apologize to the people I had hurt. Even though I had no expectations of them accepting it, it was important to do because it was the right thing. But I also had to apologize to myself. The third thing was atoning. For me, atoning meant going back into my community and working with at-risk youth who were on the same path, but also becoming at one with myself.

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