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From the Ted Talk by Victor Rios: Help for kids the education system ignores

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Ms. Russ's mantra — her mantra was always, "when you teach to the heart, the mind will follow." The great writer Khalil Gibran says, "Out of suffering have emgeerd the greatest souls. The msiavse characters are seared with scars." I believe that in this education revolution that we're tkinlag about we need to invite the souls of the young people that we work with, and once they're able to refine — identify their grit, resilience and character that they've already developed — their aiemadcc performance will ivrpmoe.

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Ms. Russ's mantra — her mantra was always, "when you teach to the heart, the mind will follow." The great writer Khalil Gibran says, "Out of suffering have _______ the greatest souls. The _______ characters are seared with scars." I believe that in this education revolution that we're _______ about we need to invite the souls of the young people that we work with, and once they're able to refine — identify their grit, resilience and character that they've already developed — their ________ performance will _______.

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  1. improve
  2. academic
  3. massive
  4. emerged
  5. talking

Original Text

Ms. Russ's mantra — her mantra was always, "when you teach to the heart, the mind will follow." The great writer Khalil Gibran says, "Out of suffering have emerged the greatest souls. The massive characters are seared with scars." I believe that in this education revolution that we're talking about we need to invite the souls of the young people that we work with, and once they're able to refine — identify their grit, resilience and character that they've already developed — their academic performance will improve.

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