Examples Of Teen Activism

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Teen Activism Essay

Would you like to be a teen activist? There are many different ways that you can become an activist. The regular way that you can become an activist is to fight for something that you believe is not right and try to spread your word to many people and to make them think as you do.
It also depends the way that you are saying your opinion to somebody. The better you explain your believe it might make difference to the others opinions. People will probably understand that you want to change something in the world but, if you don’t show them what you really want they won’t really listen to you Here is an example of three teen activist that wanted to change something in the world.
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Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora, a town in the Swat District of north-west Pakistan. As Malala grew up her mind was set on education. Her father was a teacher and thought Malala how to love education even though women at the time where Malala lived weren’t allowed to go to school. Malala thought that this was not right she wanted the girls have an education. She decided to fight and created her own school for girls. One day after school a Taliban gun shooter barged into the bus that Malala was taking back home and shot her in the head, two of her other friends were injured when they shot her. Malala survived the bullet but had to have a five hour surgery. Even though she had to go through all of these hard things she never gave up. She gave speeches, kept fighting for women's rights and wrote a book named I am Malala. Malala always said: “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” ,“Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow." - Malala
At the end I would like to talk about another teen activist his name is Christopher …show more content…

To change this defect he needed very painful and expensive surgery. Fortunately for him, his doctor was able to fix the problem without the surgery. By then Christopher understood that in the world many other children with worse dental problems than his that can not afford the surgery and a good doctor. Some of these children can not eat, or drink properly. Some will never get a job or get married. Christopher started a Smile Train Read-A-Thon program. The program that helps kids with dental problems to receive a cleft surgery with no cost. The program already funded more than 60 clefts surgeries for people with dental problems in developing countries. After having a the great success with dental surgeries Christopher didn’t stop. He understand how much power the youth have. He wanted to inspire other teens. He open an online program Kids Changed The World. Today this program is one of the world’s leading youth non profit organizations that also helps students to start their own new charitable organizations. “My biggest inspiration is the impact I see being made .... Once you see one person’s life being changed, you can’t just stop there. They’re thankful forever and they’ll remember you forever ... and you know that there are other people waiting for your help and you just can’t stop.” - Christopher

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