I Am Malala

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The book I am Malala was a big eye-opener for me. I’ve always known that in other countries everybody wasn’t treated as equal as in the U.S., but I never knew that it was this bad. In our country, when you think about how women are treated unfairly, you think of sexist comments, lower paychecks, and even leadership inequality. It might seem like a problem here, until you take a look at how unfairly women are treated in other countries; for example, Pakistan, where Malala lived. All Malala wants to do is get a good education, but her country made it very hard for her. This made me really realize how lucky I am to be able to get an education at a good and safe school. The lesson I learned from I am Malala is to be thankful for what you have and treat everyone equally. I got this towards the end of the book when Malala was shot just trying to go to school. Her day started off just like any other. She woke up, ate breakfast, helped her mother around her house, and then went to school. This day at school was stressful for her because they had a final, but she got through it. After the school day, she had the chance to walk home with her brother, Katal, but she decided to ride the bus with her best friend Moniba. She was feeling pretty confident about her final and was talking with her best friend Moniba, …show more content…

I especially need to work on this because I tend to take things for granted very often. Going off of this book, I definitely take my right to an education for granted. I dread going to school and would rather sit and do nothing than go, but this book really made me realize how lucky I am to be able to get a good education. I feel so badly for those people whose countries won’t allow them to get an education or they can’t afford it and I’m definitely going to try and be more thankful of my

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