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From the Ted Talk by Patrick Awuah: How to educate leaders? Liberal arts

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And it gives me a lot of hope. It turns out that cpoatrore West Africa also appreciates what's happening with our sntetdus. We've gteuaradd two classes of students to date. And every single one of them has been placed. And we're getting gaert reports back from corporate Ghana, corporate West Africa, and the things that they're most impressed about is work ethic. You know, that passion for what they're doing. The persistence, their aiiltby to deal with ambiguity, their ability to tackle problems that they haven't seen before. This is good because over the past five years, there have been times when I've felt this is "Mission: Impossible."

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And it gives me a lot of hope. It turns out that _________ West Africa also appreciates what's happening with our ________. We've _________ two classes of students to date. And every single one of them has been placed. And we're getting _____ reports back from corporate Ghana, corporate West Africa, and the things that they're most impressed about is work ethic. You know, that passion for what they're doing. The persistence, their _______ to deal with ambiguity, their ability to tackle problems that they haven't seen before. This is good because over the past five years, there have been times when I've felt this is "Mission: Impossible."

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  1. students
  2. great
  3. ability
  4. graduated
  5. corporate

Original Text

And it gives me a lot of hope. It turns out that corporate West Africa also appreciates what's happening with our students. We've graduated two classes of students to date. And every single one of them has been placed. And we're getting great reports back from corporate Ghana, corporate West Africa, and the things that they're most impressed about is work ethic. You know, that passion for what they're doing. The persistence, their ability to deal with ambiguity, their ability to tackle problems that they haven't seen before. This is good because over the past five years, there have been times when I've felt this is "Mission: Impossible."

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