"Why Your Worst Deeds Don't Define You" Ted Talk

This bingo card has a free space and 58 words: At age 19, he shot and killed a man, He grew up in Chicago, He was a young drug dealer with a quick temper, He dreamed of being a professional basketball player, He was shot three times at age 17, He was shot once at age 15, His parents separated and divorced, His friend rushed him to the hospital, Doctors patched him up and sent him back to his neighborhood, No one counseled him or told him he would be okay, He became paranoid after being shot, He later became deeply religious in prison, Fourteen months later, he fired the shots that killed a man, He entered prison bitter and angry, He blamed his parents and the system, He rationalized his decision to shoot, The warden called him “the worst of the worst”, The warden called him “the model prisoner”, He ran black market stores in prison, He spent seven and a half years in solitary confinement, He spent one month in solitary confinement, He got a letter from his son with squiggly handwriting, His son wrote, “My mama told me why you was in prison: murder.”, His son wrote, “Dad, one day you’ll be president.”, His son told him, “Don’t kill. Jesus watches what you do.”, The letter made him reflect on his life, He remembered a quote from Socrates in Plato’s Apology, He had mentors in prison, Some of his mentors were serving life sentences, His mentors were famous athletes who visited the prison, He discovered black poets, authors, and philosophers, He read Malcolm X’s autobiography, He read Harry Potter and said it changed his life, His father stood by him for 19 years, He met an amazing woman who taught him to love himself, He started keeping a journal, He received a letter of forgiveness from a victim’s relative, That letter made him feel open to forgiving himself, He realized many incarcerated men came from abusive backgrounds, He wanted to help others turn their lives around, He was released from prison in 2010, He was released from prison in 2005, He compared release to Fred Flintstone walking into The Jetsons, He was amazed by new phone technology, He thought “K” in texting meant something bad, He thought “LOL” meant “lots of love”, He accidentally texted “FU” as a joke, He got a fellowship at MIT Media Lab, He worked for a company called BMe, He taught at the University of Michigan, He later became a professional chef, His friend Calvin Evans served 24 years for a crime he didn’t commit, Calvin Evans enrolled in college at age 45, He stressed acknowledgment, apology, and atonement, He said most incarcerated people are redeemable, He said 90% of incarcerated people will return to the community, He wants society to move away from “lock them up and throw away the key” and He asked people to imagine a world where mistakes don’t define you forever.

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