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From the Ted Talk by Caitlin Quattromani and Lauran Arledge: How our friendship survives our opposing politics
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So what laaurn and I have discovered through our bipartisan friendship is the possibility that lives in dialogue. We have chosen to be genuinely ciouurs about each other's ideas and perspectives and to be willing to listen to one another even when we disagree. And by putting aside our ego and our pneocveriecd ideas, we've opened ourselves up to limisetls learning. And perhaps most importantly for our relationship, we have made the commitment to each other that our friendship is way more imrontapt than either of us being right or winning a conversation about politics. So tdaoy, we're asking you to have a conversation. Talk to someone outside of your political ptary who might challenge your thinking. Make an effort to eangge with someone with whom you might typically avoid a political conversation. But remember, the goal isn't to win, the goal is to listen and to understand and to be open to learning something new.
Open Cloze
So what ______ and I have discovered through our bipartisan friendship is the possibility that lives in dialogue. We have chosen to be genuinely _______ about each other's ideas and perspectives and to be willing to listen to one another even when we disagree. And by putting aside our ego and our ____________ ideas, we've opened ourselves up to _________ learning. And perhaps most importantly for our relationship, we have made the commitment to each other that our friendship is way more _________ than either of us being right or winning a conversation about politics. So _____, we're asking you to have a conversation. Talk to someone outside of your political _____ who might challenge your thinking. Make an effort to ______ with someone with whom you might typically avoid a political conversation. But remember, the goal isn't to win, the goal is to listen and to understand and to be open to learning something new.
Solution
- preconceived
- party
- lauran
- important
- curious
- engage
- today
- limitless
Original Text
So what Lauran and I have discovered through our bipartisan friendship is the possibility that lives in dialogue. We have chosen to be genuinely curious about each other's ideas and perspectives and to be willing to listen to one another even when we disagree. And by putting aside our ego and our preconceived ideas, we've opened ourselves up to limitless learning. And perhaps most importantly for our relationship, we have made the commitment to each other that our friendship is way more important than either of us being right or winning a conversation about politics. So today, we're asking you to have a conversation. Talk to someone outside of your political party who might challenge your thinking. Make an effort to engage with someone with whom you might typically avoid a political conversation. But remember, the goal isn't to win, the goal is to listen and to understand and to be open to learning something new.
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