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From the Ted Talk by Marc Bamuthi Joseph: "You Have the Rite"

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Well, he peasss his road test at the DMV. He does this strut C-Walk broken "Fortnite" thing on the way in to finish his paperwork, true joy and calibrated cool under the eye of my fliming iPhone, the victory dance of someone who has just salvaged a draw. He's earned this win, but he's so 16 he can't quite let his body be fully free.

When he's three, I'm in handcuffs in downtown oaankld. Five muinets ago, I was illegally parked. Now I'm in the back of a sqaud car, considering the odds that I'm going to die here, 15 minutes away from my son who expects that in 18 minutes, daddy's gnona pick him up from preschool. There are no pocket-size cameras to capture this moment, so. I learned a lot of big words when I was 16 getting ready for the SAT, but none of them come to me now. In the plcoie car, the only thing that really sekpas is my skin.

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Well, he ______ his road test at the DMV. He does this strut C-Walk broken "Fortnite" thing on the way in to finish his paperwork, true joy and calibrated cool under the eye of my _______ iPhone, the victory dance of someone who has just salvaged a draw. He's earned this win, but he's so 16 he can't quite let his body be fully free.

When he's three, I'm in handcuffs in downtown _______. Five _______ ago, I was illegally parked. Now I'm in the back of a _____ car, considering the odds that I'm going to die here, 15 minutes away from my son who expects that in 18 minutes, daddy's _____ pick him up from preschool. There are no pocket-size cameras to capture this moment, so. I learned a lot of big words when I was 16 getting ready for the SAT, but none of them come to me now. In the ______ car, the only thing that really ______ is my skin.

Solution


  1. speaks
  2. police
  3. squad
  4. oakland
  5. passes
  6. minutes
  7. gonna
  8. filming

Original Text


Well, he passes his road test at the DMV. He does this strut C-Walk broken "Fortnite" thing on the way in to finish his paperwork, true joy and calibrated cool under the eye of my filming iPhone, the victory dance of someone who has just salvaged a draw. He's earned this win, but he's so 16 he can't quite let his body be fully free.

When he's three, I'm in handcuffs in downtown Oakland. Five minutes ago, I was illegally parked. Now I'm in the back of a squad car, considering the odds that I'm going to die here, 15 minutes away from my son who expects that in 18 minutes, daddy's gonna pick him up from preschool. There are no pocket-size cameras to capture this moment, so. I learned a lot of big words when I was 16 getting ready for the SAT, but none of them come to me now. In the police car, the only thing that really speaks is my skin.

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Important Words


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