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From the Ted Talk by Charles Leadbeater: Education innovation in the slums
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It's recognizably 19th century in its roots. And of course it's a huge achievement. And of course it will bring great things. It will bring skills and learning and reading. But it will also lay waste to iamgitoinan. It will lay waste to appetite. It will lay waste to social cficnnoede. It will stratify society as much as it ltaeiebrs it. And we are beqaiuetnhg to the developing world school systems that they will now spend a ctrnuey trying to rfroem. That is why we need really radical thinking, and why radical thinking is now more possible and more needed than ever in how we learn.
Open Cloze
It's recognizably 19th century in its roots. And of course it's a huge achievement. And of course it will bring great things. It will bring skills and learning and reading. But it will also lay waste to ___________. It will lay waste to appetite. It will lay waste to social __________. It will stratify society as much as it _________ it. And we are ___________ to the developing world school systems that they will now spend a _______ trying to ______. That is why we need really radical thinking, and why radical thinking is now more possible and more needed than ever in how we learn.
Solution
- bequeathing
- confidence
- imagination
- reform
- liberates
- century
Original Text
It's recognizably 19th century in its roots. And of course it's a huge achievement. And of course it will bring great things. It will bring skills and learning and reading. But it will also lay waste to imagination. It will lay waste to appetite. It will lay waste to social confidence. It will stratify society as much as it liberates it. And we are bequeathing to the developing world school systems that they will now spend a century trying to reform. That is why we need really radical thinking, and why radical thinking is now more possible and more needed than ever in how we learn.
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