“Today on my first day as an adult, on behalf of the world’s children, I demand of leaders we must invest in books instead of bullets.” This quote was said by Malala Yousafzai, a young woman who in her teenage years was an advocate for education and peace, and still continues to make a significant impact on the world. Malala and two other people, Easton LaChappelle and Louis Braille, are proof that teenagers can make a meaningful difference in this world. Malala Yousafzai was born July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan. Malala attended a school founded by her father that allowed girls to join. Even in her early years she became an advocate for girl’s education, and she in September 2008 even gave a speech condemning the Taliban’s attack on school girls. This is a very brave and daring thing to do; she spoke out against the Taliban. She inspired many people with her courage, and she continued her support for education. Because of her ongoing defiance of Taliban control and her passion for peace and education, in 2011, Malala got death threats from the Taliban. Then, on October 9, 2012, she was shot on the bus on her way home from school. She was shot in the left side of her head, and was left in critical condition. After recovering in March of 2013 in Birmingham, England, she attended school in Birmingham. Even after this, she persevered, and continued to be vocal about …show more content…
Teenagers are often seen as impulsive, easy to get in risky situations, and intellectually unstable. This is somewhat proven, “…the front cortex, the area of the brain that controls reasoning and helps us think before we act, develops later. This part of the brain is still changing and maturing well into adulthood.” So, teenagers are more likely to be bad decision makers. Regardless of this fact, teenagers can make a difference, and thanks to Malala, Easton, and Louis, this is
It began as an ordinary day in Mingora, Pakistan, for a young girl returning home from school on her school bus. Suddenly, a masked gunman rushed into the bus and shouted, “Who is Malala?” Her friends on the bus looked back at her, and in the blink of an eye she was shot on the left side of her face. This incident was the spark that ignited a call for change in education around the world. Malala Yousafzai was the face of this change. She made significant contributions to female education rights by being an education activist and urging children to speak out and fight for their rights. She forever changed the lives of Pakistani girls who today benefit from free education and resources with numerous schools around their country.
Malala was a special girl. She lived in Mingora, Pakistan, where it eventually was controlled by Taliban. She attended a school that her father founded which was taken away by the laws against education for girls that the Taliban was creating to destroy. In the year of 2009, she became a blogger for BBC to talk about the horror of the control that the Taliban were achieving. But on the same year, she was threatened was eventually shot in the head by a Taliban. It was an ordinary day and “Malala was sitting in her school bus when a man climbed on board and demanded to know “Which one of you is Malala?” When she answered, “I am Malala”, the man opened fire” (Kennedy- Macfoy). However she survived the bullet and actually gave one of the biggest messages ever, education for all girls. No one knew should would live and will make a change on the gender roles towards education, especially the Tailban who thought they have gotten away of the assassination. She gave a lot of speeches towards this powerful disapproval of women education and to create a stand that women deserve the right to education themselves. As her ideas and message became to spread, “she became one of the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize” (Kettler). She also got her own day called Malala day on July 12, 2015 where she continued to take action on women education and with Malala funds she was able to open a school in Lebanon. Malala became a symbol over the education for girls and the disagreement towards gender
Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for going to school, and on July 12, 2013, at the age of 16, she delivered a speech promoting education for girls. She has become a champion for
Malala Yousafzai was born July 12,1997 in Mingora, Pakistan located the Swat Valley. She was the first born of Ziauddin and Tor Pekai Yousafzai, but she also has two younger brothers. Malala had a "thirst for knowledge"2 early in her life since her father undoubtedly supported education and ran a school. Malala told stories, through her father, about how when she was little she would act as though she was
Malala Yousafzai loudly and boldly voiced her opinions on the subjects of equal rights for education and opportunities for women in Pakistan. She wrote a blog for BBC under a pseudonym and furthermore starred in a documentary on the life of girls in Pakistan and knowing the possible risks of angering the Taliban. She did this when no other girls, same age or older, were willing. Her bold opinions resulted in threats being made towards her and consequently her being shot by the Taliban whilst boarding a school bus when she was 12. This increased the attention that was to her; she was awarded the
One teen activist that changes the world is Malala Yousafzai. Malala is a young girl who believes that everyone should go to school even if they are a girl. She comes from a small town in Swat Valley in Mingora were girls can’t go to school like boys. Therefore, she started to take a stand and got the attention of a terrorist group call the Taliban they didn't want girls to go to school in the first place, they didn't like Malala’s stand. The Taliban thinks that it would be educating the whole family and the Taliban wouldn't have much control. According to the book “Malala Yousafzai,” the Taliban tried to assassinate her, they hoped on a bus and asked the bus driver who was Malala no one answered but they glared at Malala, they fired the gun 3 times, they shot her in the head right above her eyebrow, it went through her head and in the shoulder, the other bullets wounded her friends. She got paralyzed on the left side. Many people didn’t think that she wouldn’t survive. One day a miracle happened and she finally woke up. Her dad told her to stop but she didn’t keep quiet. This shows that Malala is brave because she didn't stop she tried all she can to keep going.
Malala is a Pakistani education advocate for girls'. The Taliban promulgates a death threat against her because of her actions to defy them. On October 9, 2012, a gunman shot Malala on her way home from school. She fought for her life and has since then continued to speak out on the significance of education. Malala spoke to the United Nations and published her first book about her experiences and continues to gather millions of peoples support from all over the world to continue the fight for education for
A Children’s Activist and Women’s Rights Activist. At the age of 15, Malala took a shot in the head for fighting for education for girls all around the world. Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan. Ever since she was a child, Yousafzai has been fighting the taliban to allow girls to receive education. The taliban was attacking all the girls school in her town and she knew something had to be done about it. She gave a speech in 2008 about the taliban taking away her education. After, that she continued blogging for BBC about her education and the taliban’s control. Her activities caused her to became a target of the taliban. They wanted her to stop fighting them and making everyone aware of what was going on in the
Malala yousafizai was born on July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan. As she grow up she would support girl’s right to go to school. But a group of people known as the Taliban would target Malala just because she didn’t agree with girls not going to school so then the Taliban would issue a death threat against Malala and her family knew about the death threat (Kettler, 2016). Soon on October 9, 2012 when she was 15 years old on her way back to school on a bus a Taliban gun man boarded the bus and asked “who is Malala?” her friends would directly look giving her location away at her the gun man would aim at parts of her body that would kill her. He shot 2 times at the left side of her head and 1 Malala would be critically injured time
Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora, Pakistan located in the country of Swat Valley on July 12, 1997. She was raised by her parents Pekai and Ziauddin. Also Malala had two younger brothers named Kushal and Atal Yousafzai. Her best friend Safina meant a lot to her. She went to school at Khushal school for girls, which her father founded. Malala loves school and the thrill of learning. She had aspirations and ambitions, which is the reason why Malala wants to go to school. Her dream her dream is to become a doctor. However, this dream came with it’s struggles as many people did not want girls going to school, making education for
Malala Yousafzai, born on July 12, 1997, grew up to become an advocate for girls’ education. She believed that girls demanded the right to be allowed to receive an education and with that she received a death threat from a Taliban. On October 9, 2012, Malala was traveling home from school and she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman. She was left in critical condition but she miraculously survived. After her recovery, she continued to be an advocate for women’s education and gave a speech at the United Kingdom. In October 2014, Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the youngest person to receive this award. In her speech, Malala uses many rhetorical strategies to get her message published. Some of the strategies include: apostrophe, anaphora, oxymoron, hyperbole, and antithesis.
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997 in Mingora, a town in the Swat district of northwest Pakistan, and was named after Malalai, a Pashtun heroine, which showed things for her future (Malala Fund). Malala developed a thirst for knowledge at a young age (Nobel Prize). Her father ran a learning institution in the city, and school was an important part of her family (Nobel Prize); she later wrote in one of her books that her father told her stories about how she would toddle into classrooms even before she could talk and acted as if
Education is the most important thing a person can have. Malala Yousafzai made history by becoming the youngest person to ever win the Nobel peace prize. She also made history by surviving a fatal gunshot. The Taliban targeted her because she started to speak out for women’s educational rights, and the Taliban are still against it. She gave a speech at the United Nations. She gave a speech that show the world how important education really is. Malala Yousafzai encourages people around the world to stand up for their rights under the Taliban by empowering women to have the rights of education. The impact she has on her country and on her fight against women’s rights and education is enormous. Malala Yousafzai shows her audience that education
Malala Yousafzai is a social activist who promotes women 's rights and women 's education worldwide. She has inspired many girls to never give up towards on their goals and to never let situations frighten them away from achieving their goals. Malala, described by Haider, is a young lady “Armed with a pen, enlightened with knowledge, and charged with the passion of fighting for the right to girls’ education”(Haider). In school, Malala was a good student and took part in many activities and clubs. She has seen the inequality of women since a young age and has advocated towards women’s right to an education (Malala). Malala was shot by the Taliban on the bus ride back home from school because the Taliban did not agree with her statements on women having rights
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan, in the Swat Valley. At the beginning of her life the place where she grew up remained a famous place of the tourists' interest that was known for its late spring celebrations. Be that as it may, the zone started to change as the Taliban attempted to take