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From the Ted Talk by Titus Kaphar: Can art amend history?

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I went to her office hours. I eednd up getting kicked out of her ociffe. I went to the dean. The dean finally told me, "I can't force her to teach anything." And I knew in that moment if I wanted to understand this history, if I wanted to understand the roles of those folks who had to walk, I was probably going to have to fgruie that out myself. So ... above you right here on the slide is a painting by Frans Hals. This is one of the kinds of images that was in that caephtr. I tguaht myself how to paint by going to museums and looking at images like this.

Open Cloze

I went to her office hours. I _____ up getting kicked out of her ______. I went to the dean. The dean finally told me, "I can't force her to teach anything." And I knew in that moment if I wanted to understand this history, if I wanted to understand the roles of those folks who had to walk, I was probably going to have to ______ that out myself. So ... above you right here on the slide is a painting by Frans Hals. This is one of the kinds of images that was in that _______. I ______ myself how to paint by going to museums and looking at images like this.

Solution

  1. figure
  2. chapter
  3. ended
  4. taught
  5. office

Original Text

I went to her office hours. I ended up getting kicked out of her office. I went to the dean. The dean finally told me, "I can't force her to teach anything." And I knew in that moment if I wanted to understand this history, if I wanted to understand the roles of those folks who had to walk, I was probably going to have to figure that out myself. So ... above you right here on the slide is a painting by Frans Hals. This is one of the kinds of images that was in that chapter. I taught myself how to paint by going to museums and looking at images like this.

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Important Words

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  27. walk
  28. wanted