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From the Ted Talk by Angela Lee Duckworth: Grit The power of passion and perseverance

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So I left the classroom, and I went to graduate scoohl to become a psychologist. I started studying kids and adults in all kinds of super challenging settings, and in every study my question was, who is successful here and why? My recaserh team and I went to West Point Military acmdaey. We tried to predict which cadets would stay in military training and which would drop out. We went to the National Spelling Bee and tried to predict which cderlihn would advance frehatst in competition. We sedtiud rookie treacehs working in really tough nhoerodoghibs, asking which teachers are still going to be here in teaching by the end of the school year, and of those, who will be the most etivcffee at improving learning otucomes for their students? We partnered with private companies, asking, which of these salespeople is going to keep their jobs? And who's going to earn the most money? In all those very different contexts, one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. And it wasn't social ilniencltege. It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't IQ. It was grit.

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So I left the classroom, and I went to graduate ______ to become a psychologist. I started studying kids and adults in all kinds of super challenging settings, and in every study my question was, who is successful here and why? My ________ team and I went to West Point Military _______. We tried to predict which cadets would stay in military training and which would drop out. We went to the National Spelling Bee and tried to predict which ________ would advance ________ in competition. We _______ rookie ________ working in really tough _____________, asking which teachers are still going to be here in teaching by the end of the school year, and of those, who will be the most _________ at improving learning ________ for their students? We partnered with private companies, asking, which of these salespeople is going to keep their jobs? And who's going to earn the most money? In all those very different contexts, one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. And it wasn't social ____________. It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't IQ. It was grit.

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  2. children
  3. neighborhoods
  4. teachers
  5. outcomes
  6. school
  7. farthest
  8. effective
  9. academy
  10. intelligence
  11. studied

Original Text

So I left the classroom, and I went to graduate school to become a psychologist. I started studying kids and adults in all kinds of super challenging settings, and in every study my question was, who is successful here and why? My research team and I went to West Point Military Academy. We tried to predict which cadets would stay in military training and which would drop out. We went to the National Spelling Bee and tried to predict which children would advance farthest in competition. We studied rookie teachers working in really tough neighborhoods, asking which teachers are still going to be here in teaching by the end of the school year, and of those, who will be the most effective at improving learning outcomes for their students? We partnered with private companies, asking, which of these salespeople is going to keep their jobs? And who's going to earn the most money? In all those very different contexts, one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. And it wasn't social intelligence. It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't IQ. It was grit.

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