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From the Ted Talk by Steve Keil: A manifesto for play, for Bulgaria and beyond

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What happens then? It goes into education where we have an antiquated education sysetm that has little cgenahd for 100 years, that values rote learning, memorization and standardization, and dluveeas self-expression, self-exploration, questioning, ceiitrvaty and play. It's a crap system. True story: I went looking for a school for my kid. We went to this prestigious little shocol and they say they're going to study math 10 times a week and science eight tiems a week and radenig five times a day and all this sftuf. And we said, "Well what about play and recess?" And they said, "Ha. There won't be a single moment in the schedule." (lugahetr) And we said, "He's five." What a crime. What a crime. And it's a crime that our education system is so serious because ecioutdan is serious that we're creating mindless, robotic wokrres to put bolts in pre-drilled holes. But I'm sorry, the problems of today are not the problems of the Industrial Revolution. We need adaptability, the ability to learn how to be creative and innovative. We don't need mechanized workers. But no, now our meme goes into work where we don't value play. We create robotic workers that we treat like assets, to lever and just throw away.

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What happens then? It goes into education where we have an antiquated education ______ that has little _______ for 100 years, that values rote learning, memorization and standardization, and ________ self-expression, self-exploration, questioning, __________ and play. It's a crap system. True story: I went looking for a school for my kid. We went to this prestigious little ______ and they say they're going to study math 10 times a week and science eight _____ a week and _______ five times a day and all this _____. And we said, "Well what about play and recess?" And they said, "Ha. There won't be a single moment in the schedule." (________) And we said, "He's five." What a crime. What a crime. And it's a crime that our education system is so serious because _________ is serious that we're creating mindless, robotic _______ to put bolts in pre-drilled holes. But I'm sorry, the problems of today are not the problems of the Industrial Revolution. We need adaptability, the ability to learn how to be creative and innovative. We don't need mechanized workers. But no, now our meme goes into work where we don't value play. We create robotic workers that we treat like assets, to lever and just throw away.

Solution

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  3. education
  4. times
  5. workers
  6. school
  7. laughter
  8. stuff
  9. changed
  10. devalues
  11. creativity

Original Text

What happens then? It goes into education where we have an antiquated education system that has little changed for 100 years, that values rote learning, memorization and standardization, and devalues self-expression, self-exploration, questioning, creativity and play. It's a crap system. True story: I went looking for a school for my kid. We went to this prestigious little school and they say they're going to study math 10 times a week and science eight times a week and reading five times a day and all this stuff. And we said, "Well what about play and recess?" And they said, "Ha. There won't be a single moment in the schedule." (Laughter) And we said, "He's five." What a crime. What a crime. And it's a crime that our education system is so serious because education is serious that we're creating mindless, robotic workers to put bolts in pre-drilled holes. But I'm sorry, the problems of today are not the problems of the Industrial Revolution. We need adaptability, the ability to learn how to be creative and innovative. We don't need mechanized workers. But no, now our meme goes into work where we don't value play. We create robotic workers that we treat like assets, to lever and just throw away.

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