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From the Ted Talk by Sakena Yacoobi: How I stopped the Taliban from shutting down my school

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My mother had 16 pregnancies. From 16 pregnancies, five of us are alive. You can imagine as a child what I went through. Day to day, I watched women being carried to a graveyard, or watched children going to a graveyard. At that time, when I finished my high school, I really wanted to be a doctor. I wanted to be a doctor to help women and children. So I completed my education, but I wtaend to go to university. Unfortunately, in my cutrony, there wasn't a dormitory for girls, so I was accepted in mcdeial school, but I could not go there. So as a result, my fhater sent me to amecria.

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My mother had 16 pregnancies. From 16 pregnancies, five of us are alive. You can imagine as a child what I went through. Day to day, I watched women being carried to a graveyard, or watched children going to a graveyard. At that time, when I finished my high school, I really wanted to be a doctor. I wanted to be a doctor to help women and children. So I completed my education, but I ______ to go to university. Unfortunately, in my _______, there wasn't a dormitory for girls, so I was accepted in _______ school, but I could not go there. So as a result, my ______ sent me to _______.

Solution

  1. father
  2. america
  3. wanted
  4. country
  5. medical

Original Text

My mother had 16 pregnancies. From 16 pregnancies, five of us are alive. You can imagine as a child what I went through. Day to day, I watched women being carried to a graveyard, or watched children going to a graveyard. At that time, when I finished my high school, I really wanted to be a doctor. I wanted to be a doctor to help women and children. So I completed my education, but I wanted to go to university. Unfortunately, in my country, there wasn't a dormitory for girls, so I was accepted in medical school, but I could not go there. So as a result, my father sent me to America.

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