Quote
of
the
day
by
Malala
Yousafzai
Malala
Yousafzai
was
15
whe
a
gu ma
boa ded
he
school
bus
i
Pakista ‘s
Swat
Valley
a d
shot
he
because
she
had
spoke
publicly
about
gi ls’
ight
to
atte d
school.
She
su vived.
The
attack
b ought
he
sto y
to
the
wo ld,
a d
he
campaig
fo
educatio
g ew
fa
beyo d
the
valley
whe e
it
bega .Th ee
yea s
late ,
i
2014,
she
became
the
you gest
ecipie t
of
the
Nobel
Peace
P ize.
He
accepta ce
speech
at
the
U ited
Natio s
had
the
same
message
that
had
defi ed
he
activism
f om
the
begi i g:
educatio
gives
child e
the
ability
to
shape
thei
ow
futu es.He
most
famous
li e
captu es
that
belief
with
st iki g
simplicity:
“O e
child,
o e
teache ,
o e
book
a d
o e
pe
ca
cha ge
the
wo ld.”
powe
of
the
quote
comes
f om
its
simplicity.
The e
is
o
me tio
of
wealth,
political
autho ity
o
tech ology.
The
i g edie ts
a e
thi gs
fou d
i
almost
eve y
class oom.
A
child
who
lea s
somethi g
ew
ca
ca y
that
k owledge
i to
a
family,
a
wo kplace
o
a
commu ity.
A
teache
ca
i flue ce
hu d eds
of
stude ts
ove
a
ca ee .
A
book
ca
ca y
a
idea
ac oss
ge e atio s.
A
pe
gives
someo e
the
ability
to
eco d
that
idea,
questio
it
o
c eate
somethi g
of
thei
ow .
Why
the
fou
thi gs
i
the
quote
matte
Why
the
fou
thi gs
i
the
quote
matte
The
child
comes
fi st
because
educatio
begi s
with
cu iosity.
A
class oom
does
ot
cha ge
a
life
simply
because
i fo matio
is
available
i side
it.
Someo e
has
to
ask
questio s,
make
mistakes
a d
keep
t yi g
to
u de sta d.That
cu iosity
is
o e
of
the
ea liest
fo ces
behi d
huma
p og ess.
Child e
ask
questio s
adults
sometimes
stop
aski g.
Why
does
somethi g
wo k
this
way?
Could
it
wo k
diffe e tly?
Why
is
a
ule
ecessa y?
Could
the e
be
a othe
a swe ?
Ma y
discove ies
have
begu
with
questio s
that
seemed
simple
at
fi st.The
teache
gives
those
questio s
di ectio .
A
good
teache
does
mo e
tha
t a sfe
i fo matio
f om
a
textbook
to
a
stude t.
They
ca
make
a
difficult
subject
u de sta dable,
otice
a
stude t’s
ability
befo e
the
stude t
ecog ises
it
a d
e cou age
someo e
to
keep
goi g
afte
a
ea ly
failu e.
Fo
ma y
people,
a
teache
becomes
the
fi st
pe so
outside
thei
family
to
take
thei
ambitio s
se iously.The
comes
the
book.
It
allows
k owledge
to
t avel
beyo d
the
pe so
who
fi st
discove ed
o
eco ded
it.
A
eade
i
o e
cou t y
ca
e cou te
a
idea
w itte
ce tu ies
ea lie
i
a othe .
A
child
ca
lea
about
a
civilisatio
they
have
eve
visited,
ead
the
sto y
of
someo e
who
lived
thousa ds
of
kilomet es
away
o
discove
a
subject
that
cha ges
the
di ectio
of
thei
life.The
pe
ep ese ts
somethi g
equally
impo ta t:
the
ability
to
co t ibute.Readi g
gives
people
access
to
othe
people’s
ideas.
W iti g
gives
them
a
way
to
put
thei
ow
ideas
i to
the
wo ld.
A
stude t
who
lea s
to
w ite
ca
eco d
a
memo y,
challe ge
a
a gume t,
tell
a
sto y,
w ite
a
lette
o
explai
a
i justice.
The
act
may
begi
o
a
school
otebook
a d
eve tually
each
fa
beyo d
it.
How
a
class oom
ca
i flue ce
the
wo ld
How
a
class oom
ca
i flue ce
the
wo ld
The
histo y
of
social
cha ge
is
filled
with
people
whose
educatio
shaped
the
wo k
they
late
ca ied
out.F ede ick
Douglass
taught
himself
to
ead
while
e slaved
i
the
U ited
States
a d
late
became
a
leadi g
abolitio ist
a d
w ite .
I
I dia,
Savit ibai
Phule
became
o e
of
the
cou t y’s
ea liest
wome
teache s
a d
dedicated
he
life
to
expa di g
educatio
fo
gi ls
a d
ma gi alized
commu ities.
Thei
achieveme ts
we e
e o mous
a d
thei
begi i gs
we e
ooted
i
lea i g.The
same
p ocess
happe s
o
a
smalle
scale
eve y
day.
A
gi l
lea s
about
scie ce
at
school
a d
decides
to
become
a
e gi ee .
A
stude t
discove s
histo y
a d
begi s
questio i g
the
sto ies
they
have
i he ited.
Someo e
lea s
to
ead
a d
becomes
able
to
u de sta d
docume ts,
access
i fo matio
a d
commu icate
i depe de tly.The
wo ld
cha ges
th ough
these
i dividual
decisio s.Educatio
also
has
a
way
of
movi g
betwee
ge e atio s.
A
pa e t
who
eceives
a
educatio
ca
place
g eate
value
o
se di g
thei
child e
to
school.
A
stude t
who
discove s
a
love
of
books
ca
i t oduce
you ge
sibli gs
to
eadi g.
A
teache
ca
i spi e
a
pupil
who
eve tually
becomes
a
teache
themselves.
O e
class oom
ca
the efo e
have
a
life
fa
lo ge
tha
the
school
yea
i
which
it
exists.
The
idea
behi d
Malala’s
wo ds
The
idea
behi d
Malala’s
wo ds
Malala’s
ow
expe ie ce
gave
the
quote
a
pa ticula
fo ce.
She
spoke
publicly
about
gi ls’
educatio
while
livi g
i
Pakista ’s
Swat
Valley,
whe e
the
Taliba
had
imposed
est ictio s
o
gi ls
atte di g
school.
I
2012,
she
was
shot
by
a
Taliba
gu ma
while
t avelli g
home
f om
school.
She
su vived
a d
co ti ued
he
campaig
fo
educatio .He
sto y
b ought
global
atte tio
to
a
basic
questio :
what
happe s
whe
child e
a e
de ied
the
oppo tu ity
to
lea ?The
a swe
eaches
fa
beyo d
class ooms.
Educatio
affects
employme t,
health,
political
pa ticipatio
a d
the
ability
to
make
i fo med
decisio s
about
eve yday
life.
Fo
gi ls
i
pa ticula ,
access
to
schooli g
ca
i flue ce
whe
they
ma y,
how
much
they
ea
a d
whethe
thei
ow
child e
eceive
a
educatio .That
is
why
the
simplicity
of
Malala’s
quote
ca ies
such
weight.
A
book
ca
seem
small.
A
pe
ca
seem
o di a y.
O e
teache
ca
appea
to
be
o e
pe so
doi g
o e
job.
O e
child
ca
seem
like
o e
i dividual
amo g
millio s.Give
those
fou
thi gs
a
cha ce
to
wo k
togethe ,
a d
the
effects
ca
t avel
much
fu the
tha
the
class oom.A
child
lea s
to
ead.
The
child
discove s
a
idea.
The
idea
cha ges
a
decisio .
That
decisio
i flue ces
a
family.
A
family
i flue ces
a
commu ity.
Somewhe e
alo g
the
way,
a
lesso
taught
i
o e
class oom
begi s
appea i g
i
lives
fa
beyo d
it.
