Malala Yousafzai: A Teen Activist

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Have you ever felt what it is like to be a hero? Three teen activists with the names of Malala Yousafzai, Alex Libby, and Faye Carey do. A teen activist is someone making a difference in the world. All it takes is picking up some trash on the side of the road or helping out in your local animal shelter. Although only named 3, the list goes on and on with teen activists. I think that teen activists all make a difference in the world. Although you might think that teen activism goes easy, but they do face many obstacles. This is why teen activists all make a difference in the world.

Malala Yousafzai is a teen activist from Pakistan. She fights for education for not only girls but boys, too. When she was in her teens, the Taliban shut down her school. Of course, this was a school for only girls. The Taliban believed that education for girls is not important. But Malala claims that “If a boy gets education, only him will be educated. If a woman gets education, the whole family is educated.” Today, Malala has written a book called ‘I Am Malala’ and is still fighting for girls rights. …show more content…

Alex was bullied for years in his old school, and, according to www.dailymail.com, “Alex Libby’s life has changed since he featured in the hit anti-bullying novel, Bully.” Alex states that he was “regularly strangled and punched.” All this and he was only in sixth grade at the time! Today, he has helped over 95,000 kids not commit suicide from bullying. He still is standing up for kids being hurt and bullied. Alex now attends a school in Oklahoma; Edmond Memorial School He still wears a t-shirt that states ‘I stand for the

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