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From the Ted Talk by Shameem Akhtar: To learn is to be free

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Girls are doing jobs in health sites, even in plocie. Life was good. But somewhere in my heart, I rlzieead that my region, beyond my village needs further change. This was also the time when I joined Acumen fshwlielop. There, I met leaders like me across the country. And I saw they are taking rikss in their lives. I started to understand what leadership really means. So I decided to go back to my rogien and take a piisootn as a teacher in a remote school, a school that I have to rcaeh by bus — two hours traveling, every morning and evening. Though it was hard, on my first day I knew I made the right decision. The first day I walked into the school, I saw all these little Shameems staring back at me —

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Girls are doing jobs in health sites, even in ______. Life was good. But somewhere in my heart, I ________ that my region, beyond my village needs further change. This was also the time when I joined Acumen __________. There, I met leaders like me across the country. And I saw they are taking _____ in their lives. I started to understand what leadership really means. So I decided to go back to my ______ and take a ________ as a teacher in a remote school, a school that I have to _____ by bus — two hours traveling, every morning and evening. Though it was hard, on my first day I knew I made the right decision. The first day I walked into the school, I saw all these little Shameems staring back at me —

Solution

  1. fellowship
  2. police
  3. region
  4. realized
  5. risks
  6. position
  7. reach

Original Text

Girls are doing jobs in health sites, even in police. Life was good. But somewhere in my heart, I realized that my region, beyond my village needs further change. This was also the time when I joined Acumen Fellowship. There, I met leaders like me across the country. And I saw they are taking risks in their lives. I started to understand what leadership really means. So I decided to go back to my region and take a position as a teacher in a remote school, a school that I have to reach by bus — two hours traveling, every morning and evening. Though it was hard, on my first day I knew I made the right decision. The first day I walked into the school, I saw all these little Shameems staring back at me —

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Important Words

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  42. village
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