From the Ted Talk by Linda Cliatt-Wayman: How to fix a broken school? Lead fearlessly, love hard
Unscramble the Blue Letters
I do not know all the answers, but what I do know is for those of us who are privileged and have the responsibility of leading a school that serves children in poverty, we must truly lead, and when we are faced with unbelievable cagehlenls, we must stop and ask ourselves, "So what. Now what? What are we going to do about it?" And as we lead, we must never forget that every sgline one of our students is just a child, often scared by what the world tlles them they should be, and no matter what the rest of the world tells them they should be, we should always provide them with hope, our undivided attention, unwavering bleief in their paoetintl, cistseonnt expectations, and we must tell them often, if nobody told them they loved them today, remember we do, and we always will.
Open Cloze
I do not know all the answers, but what I do know is for those of us who are privileged and have the responsibility of leading a school that serves children in poverty, we must truly lead, and when we are faced with unbelievable __________, we must stop and ask ourselves, "So what. Now what? What are we going to do about it?" And as we lead, we must never forget that every ______ one of our students is just a child, often scared by what the world _____ them they should be, and no matter what the rest of the world tells them they should be, we should always provide them with hope, our undivided attention, unwavering ______ in their _________, __________ expectations, and we must tell them often, if nobody told them they loved them today, remember we do, and we always will.
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Original Text
I do not know all the answers, but what I do know is for those of us who are privileged and have the responsibility of leading a school that serves children in poverty, we must truly lead, and when we are faced with unbelievable challenges, we must stop and ask ourselves, "So what. Now what? What are we going to do about it?" And as we lead, we must never forget that every single one of our students is just a child, often scared by what the world tells them they should be, and no matter what the rest of the world tells them they should be, we should always provide them with hope, our undivided attention, unwavering belief in their potential, consistent expectations, and we must tell them often, if nobody told them they loved them today, remember we do, and we always will.