Malala Yousafzai: The Inequalities Of Education

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, is an exceptional addition to the AP english curriculum as it forms a more deep respect for the education we receive and how fortunate we are to be as educated as we are. Malala Yousafzai is a teenager, a normal teenager who obsessed over Twilight and American movies like any other normal teenaged girl. She is likeable, respectable, and easy to make a connection with, despite that she is from a different country and culture. Her book teaches perseverance, standing up for not only yourself and what you believe in, but for others and the well being of the world. Lessons like these are important for not only students in high school, but for anyone that has faced defeat and needs to be encouraged to continue to fight.

She has been an advocate for the right to education and spoke out against the Taliban’s presence in her home country of Pakistan for years before she was shot on her way to school by the terrorist group. After surviving the attack, she continues to speak out for education. Malala’s autobiography not only covers the inequality of education, but also cover’s women’s rights, which is becoming more of a pressing issue around the world. With society becoming more forward, it is important that women and men are equal in all countries. In third world, war torn countries, there is virtually no equality. In fact, there are 510 million illiterate women in the world, which is two thirds of the total number of illiterate