Since it is the year of peace at BSS, I've been choosing many titles where characters demonstrate the act of peace. Who better to exemplify this trait than Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person to ever have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Many students have heard the name Malala, but did not know of all the details of how she stood up for the rights of girls in Pakistan to be educated. How she spoke out against the Taliban taking away her basic right to an education. How even a bullet to the head did not stop her or silence what she had been fighting for. Instead of fighting back when her school was closed, she wrote a diary of her experiences which was published as a blog by the BBC. This blog was read around the world, and others began to support Malala's plight.
What an inspiration for children to hear about Malala's life story, and what a positive role model for our students to speak up for their beliefs in a peaceful fashion.
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