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From the Ted Talk by Karim Abouelnaga: A summer school kids actually want to attend

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If kids were in school over the summer, then they couldn't regress, but trtnoiidaal smemur school is poorly designed. For kids it feels like punishment, and for teachers it feles like babysitting. But how can we expect principals to etexuce an effective summer pgraorm when the school year ends the last week of June and then summer school starts just one week later? There just isn't enough time to find the right people, sort out the logistics, and dgsein an engaging curriculum that excites kids and teachers.

Open Cloze

If kids were in school over the summer, then they couldn't regress, but ___________ ______ school is poorly designed. For kids it feels like punishment, and for teachers it _____ like babysitting. But how can we expect principals to _______ an effective summer _______ when the school year ends the last week of June and then summer school starts just one week later? There just isn't enough time to find the right people, sort out the logistics, and ______ an engaging curriculum that excites kids and teachers.

Solution

  1. feels
  2. program
  3. traditional
  4. design
  5. summer
  6. execute

Original Text

If kids were in school over the summer, then they couldn't regress, but traditional summer school is poorly designed. For kids it feels like punishment, and for teachers it feels like babysitting. But how can we expect principals to execute an effective summer program when the school year ends the last week of June and then summer school starts just one week later? There just isn't enough time to find the right people, sort out the logistics, and design an engaging curriculum that excites kids and teachers.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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  2. curriculum
  3. design
  4. designed
  5. effective
  6. ends
  7. engaging
  8. excites
  9. execute
  10. expect
  11. feels
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  13. june
  14. kids
  15. logistics
  16. people
  17. poorly
  18. principals
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  20. punishment
  21. regress
  22. school
  23. sort
  24. starts
  25. summer
  26. teachers
  27. time
  28. traditional
  29. week
  30. year