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From the Ted Talk by Shabana Basij-Rasikh: The dream of educating Afghan girls lives on

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I remember one father in particular, from a rraul pciovnre, and one of his daughters was already a snedtut with us. This was back in 2019, and I remember him coming to campus and sitting in my office. He was trying to cvocnine me to admit another one of his daughters. On his way out, he stopped in the doorway, turned around and looked at me, and completely calmly, he said, "When the Taliban come back, please promise that you will burn my daughter's rdceors. If the Taliban know my daughter studies here, they will kill my family." Remember, this was 2019. Two years ago. He didn't say "if the Taliban come back." He said "when." I promised him that I would do what he asked. And this summer ... I did.

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I remember one father in particular, from a _____ ________, and one of his daughters was already a _______ with us. This was back in 2019, and I remember him coming to campus and sitting in my office. He was trying to ________ me to admit another one of his daughters. On his way out, he stopped in the doorway, turned around and looked at me, and completely calmly, he said, "When the Taliban come back, please promise that you will burn my daughter's _______. If the Taliban know my daughter studies here, they will kill my family." Remember, this was 2019. Two years ago. He didn't say "if the Taliban come back." He said "when." I promised him that I would do what he asked. And this summer ... I did.

Solution

  1. rural
  2. province
  3. student
  4. convince
  5. records

Original Text

I remember one father in particular, from a rural province, and one of his daughters was already a student with us. This was back in 2019, and I remember him coming to campus and sitting in my office. He was trying to convince me to admit another one of his daughters. On his way out, he stopped in the doorway, turned around and looked at me, and completely calmly, he said, "When the Taliban come back, please promise that you will burn my daughter's records. If the Taliban know my daughter studies here, they will kill my family." Remember, this was 2019. Two years ago. He didn't say "if the Taliban come back." He said "when." I promised him that I would do what he asked. And this summer ... I did.

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