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fandomhigh2018-09-16 08:50 pm
gobrookeyourself) wrote in fandomhigh2018-09-16 08:50 pm
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Badass Women You Should Know- Monday- 2nd period
It was back to the classroom today, where the TV was out. You know what that means!
"Okay, the thing about this class is that when we have a movie day, it's because it was actually the best way I could figure to help you learn about the woman in question," Brooke greeted them. "Today we're going to learn about Malala Yousafzai. Malala isn't that much older than you guys, actually. She was born in 1997 in Pakistan. For those of you who aren't from here, that's over east from here, across the ocean, in an area we call the Middle East." She was learning! Though she was still letting the movie explain some things. "Her father is a school owner and education activist, so she followed in his footsteps, speaking on education rights publicly when she was only eleven years old. See, there are areas there that are controlled by the Taliban, which is a terrorist group, and the movie will get more into it, but among other things they put a lot of restrictions on women. In 2008, the BBC wanted to shed some light on what it was like living under growing Taliban influence, and contacted Malala's father. He suggested she write for them, and she became a blogger under a pseudonym so she wouldn't be targeted for what she was saying.
"While her school was sometimes closed and sometimes not, and there was fighting all the time and some schools were being destroyed, Malala ended up going public. She and her father were approached to make a documentary, which led to articles and interviews, and in 2011 she started being nominated for peace prizes, one of which she won. She was even going to get a school named after her and started the Malala Education Foundation, which would let poor girls go to school. And then in 2012, when she was fifteen, Taliban members boarded a bus she was on and shot her in the head. She survived, and had to undergo a lot of surgery to fix the damage, but the world rallied around her, denouncing the Taliban especially when they said they'd try another assassination attempt. And in July of the next year, she was addressing the United Nations. She's continued her activism, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, wrote a memoir along with some other stuff... And when asked about her attackers, she said she forgives them because it's the best revenge she can have. So yeah, she's amazing.
"So settle in, because we're going to watch the 2015 documentary about her and you can get way more information on her. It might be a little upsetting in places, so... be warned?"
"Okay, the thing about this class is that when we have a movie day, it's because it was actually the best way I could figure to help you learn about the woman in question," Brooke greeted them. "Today we're going to learn about Malala Yousafzai. Malala isn't that much older than you guys, actually. She was born in 1997 in Pakistan. For those of you who aren't from here, that's over east from here, across the ocean, in an area we call the Middle East." She was learning! Though she was still letting the movie explain some things. "Her father is a school owner and education activist, so she followed in his footsteps, speaking on education rights publicly when she was only eleven years old. See, there are areas there that are controlled by the Taliban, which is a terrorist group, and the movie will get more into it, but among other things they put a lot of restrictions on women. In 2008, the BBC wanted to shed some light on what it was like living under growing Taliban influence, and contacted Malala's father. He suggested she write for them, and she became a blogger under a pseudonym so she wouldn't be targeted for what she was saying.
"While her school was sometimes closed and sometimes not, and there was fighting all the time and some schools were being destroyed, Malala ended up going public. She and her father were approached to make a documentary, which led to articles and interviews, and in 2011 she started being nominated for peace prizes, one of which she won. She was even going to get a school named after her and started the Malala Education Foundation, which would let poor girls go to school. And then in 2012, when she was fifteen, Taliban members boarded a bus she was on and shot her in the head. She survived, and had to undergo a lot of surgery to fix the damage, but the world rallied around her, denouncing the Taliban especially when they said they'd try another assassination attempt. And in July of the next year, she was addressing the United Nations. She's continued her activism, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, wrote a memoir along with some other stuff... And when asked about her attackers, she said she forgives them because it's the best revenge she can have. So yeah, she's amazing.
"So settle in, because we're going to watch the 2015 documentary about her and you can get way more information on her. It might be a little upsetting in places, so... be warned?"
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On the other hand, she wasn't completely sold on "forgiveness as revenge", either.
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Second, she was going to stew over that phrasing all week.
"Thank you, Paris, I'll be sure to read it over a few times so I know I've really grasped everything," she said.