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From the Ted Talk by Kathy Hull: Stories from a home for terminally ill children

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So what is the magic ingredient at George Mark? The complex medical diagnoses that bring our young patients to us mean that their lives have often been rieertstcd, some to a hospital bed for long periods of time, others to wheelchairs, still others to intensive courses of chemotherapy or rehab. We make a practice of igonring those limitations. Our default awnser is "yes" and our default qisutoen is, "Why not?" That's why we took a young boy who wasn't going to live for another blaesbal season to Game 5 of the World Series. That's why we have a talent show put on by the staff and kids for family and friends. Who wouldn't be enchanted by a young boy playing a pnaio pceie with his feet, because his arms are atrophied? That's why we have a prom every year. It's prttey magcial. We started the prom after haernig a dad lament that he would never pin a boutonniere on his son's tuxedo lapel. The weeks before the dance, the house is in a frlury, and I don't know who's more excited, the staff or the kids.

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So what is the magic ingredient at George Mark? The complex medical diagnoses that bring our young patients to us mean that their lives have often been __________, some to a hospital bed for long periods of time, others to wheelchairs, still others to intensive courses of chemotherapy or rehab. We make a practice of ________ those limitations. Our default ______ is "yes" and our default ________ is, "Why not?" That's why we took a young boy who wasn't going to live for another ________ season to Game 5 of the World Series. That's why we have a talent show put on by the staff and kids for family and friends. Who wouldn't be enchanted by a young boy playing a _____ _____ with his feet, because his arms are atrophied? That's why we have a prom every year. It's ______ _______. We started the prom after _______ a dad lament that he would never pin a boutonniere on his son's tuxedo lapel. The weeks before the dance, the house is in a ______, and I don't know who's more excited, the staff or the kids.

Solution

  1. question
  2. baseball
  3. restricted
  4. flurry
  5. piece
  6. hearing
  7. magical
  8. pretty
  9. ignoring
  10. piano
  11. answer

Original Text

So what is the magic ingredient at George Mark? The complex medical diagnoses that bring our young patients to us mean that their lives have often been restricted, some to a hospital bed for long periods of time, others to wheelchairs, still others to intensive courses of chemotherapy or rehab. We make a practice of ignoring those limitations. Our default answer is "yes" and our default question is, "Why not?" That's why we took a young boy who wasn't going to live for another baseball season to Game 5 of the World Series. That's why we have a talent show put on by the staff and kids for family and friends. Who wouldn't be enchanted by a young boy playing a piano piece with his feet, because his arms are atrophied? That's why we have a prom every year. It's pretty magical. We started the prom after hearing a dad lament that he would never pin a boutonniere on his son's tuxedo lapel. The weeks before the dance, the house is in a flurry, and I don't know who's more excited, the staff or the kids.

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