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Speaker 1: When it comes to adult life for most Americans, Author

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Speaker 1: David Brooks gave BC High students a reality checks.

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Speaker 2: Sixty eight percent of Americans say they do not believe

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Speaker 2: in the American dream. They've lost faith in the future.

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Speaker 1: Brooks was the first speaker for the Edmund D. Vellani

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Speaker 1: Institute for Civil Discourse. Director Charles Shaw says they want

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Speaker 1: students to learn how to discuss, not just debate.

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Speaker 3: Doing this not trying to convince anybody of anything, but

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Speaker 3: to really dig into issues in a meaningful and civil way.

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Speaker 1: He says it's important for students to know how to

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Speaker 1: engage in discourses they leave the all boys' school bubble.

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Speaker 3: So we want our students to have a really meaningful

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Speaker 3: experience at college and university and not just silo themselves,

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Speaker 3: like speak to people who believe what they believe, but

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Speaker 3: to be really open in classes and in activities so

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Speaker 3: that they're engaged in their challenge to think about what

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Speaker 3: they believe and why they believe

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Speaker 1: In From Dorchester, I'm Jared bros And the WBZ, Boston's

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