Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Fay's Challenge 20/20 team kicked off the year with a discussion of the recent shooting of Pakistani student activist, Malala Yousufzai.  Using Malala's case, we sought to learn what her case means in the context of 'education for all.' We followed our discussion with a viewing of a video from United Nations Education Envoy, Gordon Brown, and working to establish an understanding of UNESCO's Education for All goals.      

13 comments:

  1. It's sad how Malala got shot for standing up for what she thought, and what it right. It's also shaming to think that the Taliban would wish to shoot a person for standing up for education, just to keep power. It's upsetting to think that there are millions of kids out there that got cheated out of their futures, for next to nothing. There needs to be a change in this, because it's just not right.

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  3. After seeing how Malala was shot because she was standing up for her, along with other girls' right to education, it made me realize how in America, we take education for granted, especially after learning that people drop out of school because they think that it isn't interesting.

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  4. There were many difficulties dealing with my peers during the Malala Day. I faced some issues such as lack of honesty and courage. However, I thought this Malala Day was a good implement because I believe that this event gives my peers a first impression about what real education is about. It seems like gradual change will occur, and I believe that the best is yet to come.

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  5. Malala Day was a day where everyone was able to express their thankfulness for education that they had, though not everyone was able to strongly admit it. Malala is now one of the faces of education, not for only girls, but for everyone. When peers heard about this, it was a hard thing to think about because a girl around our age was shot for fighting for her belief. Malala day was a success at school though because people were able to appreciate education!

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  6. After we showed this video to the Upper School students during morning meeting, I saw people who were talking about Malala Day, and praying for Malala Yousufzai. However, some weren't taking this problem seriously. In my opinion, I think this Malala Day is a great event to help students to remind and teach them about Malala Day, which is very interesting! Also, it taught us how we are lucky to go to school, and learn new things everyday.

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  7. Malala day was very important to commemorate Malala and her bravery. Celebrating this day was vital to educating our community about this young woman's efforts. I felt like it was a little difficult to relay my respect for Malala to my peers, but I know that they were informed about Malala, which is what is important.

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  8. I think Malala Day does tell more people Malala's stories, and make them know that it's lucky for them to have good education. People around me talk about it at that day. They not only learned Malala's story, but also learned the meaning of what she's doing, and the importance of education. I think we should continue to spread this kind of good spirit to everyone.

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  9. I find what Malala did so powerful, that she would risk her life for her dream of getting an education. It's awful to think a tragedy like this could come from just a little girl who wanted to go to school. It also made me value the privilege of an education more. Many American people take school for granted, or drop out of school. I think they don't realize how lucky they have it. People like Malala need to be heard, because every child deserves the chance to learn.

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  10. Although we have presented the virtues of espousing a cause such as Malala's, some people still seem to scoff at the idea, dismissing it as "just another service thing." We need to raise more awareness on why this is important, why we should care, and somehow make a connection between our sheltered world and the world seen in this video so that it doesn't feel so distant. A way we can do this are to introduce students to ways we are privileged and what we specifically have that people in Malala's world don't, more pointedly and specifically.

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  11. I defiantly think the Malala Day went well at our school. We really got the other students to take a walk in another person's shoes and really think about how we take education for granted. I think we all had very good discussions about our thoughts on the issue and other topics, like the fact that someone our age could start a global phenomenon. It got everybody more aware that, even though they may lay in bed in the morning Monday through Friday, wishing that they didn't have to go to school, when elsewhere someone almost died for the opportunity to get an education.

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  12. I believe that Malala day was very successful in educating Fay students about Malala. However many kids weren't taking it seriously and just passing it along as one of those school events. That can really be shown during lunch where we were asked to discuss Malala and only one sentence would be spoken before we returned to our normal conversations. Advisory though was a lot more intimate and many good ideas flowed out.

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  13. I believe that Malala day went very well. At lunch my table had very thoughtful discussions about Malala and what she stands for. WE talked about what we would do if we were in her place; would we have been as brave as her? She stood up for what she believed in and never turned away even when the Taliban were threatening her. She fought hard for what she believed in and she brought a lot of awareness to her cause.

    Gabby

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