The Power Of Education: Superman And Me By Sherman Alexie And Mala Yousafzai

The power of education “We all know that education, more than anything else, improves our chances of building better lives” (Nelson Mandela). Education is the most powerful weapon which we can use to change the world and the most important factor for the expansion of human civilization. It provides people with manpower to cultivate national unity and uplifts public awareness. The best articles which discuss the importance of education is “Superman and me” by Sherman Alexie and “Malala Yousafzai”. They both start life in a poor family, and they both had an ordinary life. Alexie and Malala both changed their ordinary life’s into extraordinary life by the power of education. Considering the worlds today, similar to Alexie and Malalas background,

When Malala was ten years old, the situation in the Swat Valley rapidly changed for her family and community. The Taliban began to control the Swat Valley. Taliban changed the law which was: Girls were banned from attending school. By the end of 2008, the Taliban had destroyed some 400 schools, but Malala still continued to attend the school. One day when she was walking home from school, Taliban attacked her and shot her in the head. Malala was flown over to England to be treated in the hospital when she was healed she attended school in the same city. The more she learns in the United Kingdom the more she understands the importance of education. She understands that that illiterate people live in a darkness and walking in the wrong way; education is the light for their darkness education can show them the right path and the right way it will teach them the human rights and equality. Education gives Malala the opportunity to fight a louder voice, and it was the dreams of Malala to have the opportunity to raise her voice and talk about girls education rights. Education helped her to write her first book which called “I am Malala” and in 2014 malala won Nobel Peace Prize. And now almost all the

The future refers to what will happen or come in time. In so many speeches, we hear people tell us how we control our own futures and how what we do affects what our future will be. Without knowledge and education, we cannot hope to control our futures. When I get educated, I would have more control over my life. For instance, I would be regarded as an important and educated person in the society just like President Barack Obama. Finally, education will affect my future because I will be able to do well in college so that I can have a meaningful and fruitful career in medicine. I will have different opportunities to follow my path and learn more about the study of medicine and how it is applied. Having a meaningful career will be as a result of my education and it will make me soar high in my field of study because I acquire new knowledge every