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From the Ted Talk by Cameron Herold: Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs

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I would be willing to bet I'm the dsumbet guy in the room, because I couldn't get through school; I struggled with school. But I knew at a very early age that I loved money, I leovd business and I loved this entrepreneurial thing. I was raised to be an eureeennrptr. What I've been really passionate about ever since — and I've never soepkn about this ever, until now — so this is the first time anyone's herad it, except my wife, three days ago. She said, "What are you talking about?" I told her that I think we miss an opportunity to find these kids who have the entrepreneurial traits, and to goorm them or show them that being an entrepreneur is actually a cool thing. It's not something that is a bad thing and is vilified, which is what happens in a lot of society.

Open Cloze

I would be willing to bet I'm the _______ guy in the room, because I couldn't get through school; I struggled with school. But I knew at a very early age that I loved money, I _____ business and I loved this entrepreneurial thing. I was raised to be an ____________. What I've been really passionate about ever since — and I've never ______ about this ever, until now — so this is the first time anyone's _____ it, except my wife, three days ago. She said, "What are you talking about?" I told her that I think we miss an opportunity to find these kids who have the entrepreneurial traits, and to _____ them or show them that being an entrepreneur is actually a cool thing. It's not something that is a bad thing and is vilified, which is what happens in a lot of society.

Solution

  1. spoken
  2. loved
  3. groom
  4. heard
  5. entrepreneur
  6. dumbest

Original Text

I would be willing to bet I'm the dumbest guy in the room, because I couldn't get through school; I struggled with school. But I knew at a very early age that I loved money, I loved business and I loved this entrepreneurial thing. I was raised to be an entrepreneur. What I've been really passionate about ever since — and I've never spoken about this ever, until now — so this is the first time anyone's heard it, except my wife, three days ago. She said, "What are you talking about?" I told her that I think we miss an opportunity to find these kids who have the entrepreneurial traits, and to groom them or show them that being an entrepreneur is actually a cool thing. It's not something that is a bad thing and is vilified, which is what happens in a lot of society.

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