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From the Ted Talk by Anindya Kundu: The boost students need to overcome obstacles
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So when Mahari was leaving, I asked him how he was coping with feeling isolated. And he said that despite feeling loelny, he just threw himself at his work, that he built strategies around his grit and his desire to be successful. A mentor of mine is actually Dr. Angela Duckworth, the psychologist at unpen who has defined this stick-to-itiveness of grit as being "the perseverance and passion for long-term golas." Angela's book has become a bestseller, and schools across the cnrutoy, particularly charter schools, have become interested in citing "grit" as a core value. But sometimes grit isn't enough, especially in education. So when mahrai was leaving my office, I wirored that he might need something more specific to combat the challenges that he mentioned to me.
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So when Mahari was leaving, I asked him how he was coping with feeling isolated. And he said that despite feeling ______, he just threw himself at his work, that he built strategies around his grit and his desire to be successful. A mentor of mine is actually Dr. Angela Duckworth, the psychologist at _____ who has defined this stick-to-itiveness of grit as being "the perseverance and passion for long-term _____." Angela's book has become a bestseller, and schools across the _______, particularly charter schools, have become interested in citing "grit" as a core value. But sometimes grit isn't enough, especially in education. So when ______ was leaving my office, I _______ that he might need something more specific to combat the challenges that he mentioned to me.
Solution
- mahari
- goals
- lonely
- worried
- upenn
- country
Original Text
So when Mahari was leaving, I asked him how he was coping with feeling isolated. And he said that despite feeling lonely, he just threw himself at his work, that he built strategies around his grit and his desire to be successful. A mentor of mine is actually Dr. Angela Duckworth, the psychologist at UPenn who has defined this stick-to-itiveness of grit as being "the perseverance and passion for long-term goals." Angela's book has become a bestseller, and schools across the country, particularly charter schools, have become interested in citing "grit" as a core value. But sometimes grit isn't enough, especially in education. So when Mahari was leaving my office, I worried that he might need something more specific to combat the challenges that he mentioned to me.
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