In the Forward to Yousafzai’s autobiography, Let Her Fly, Malala writes about her father:
His love for me made him my shield from all things bad and evil around me. I grew up to be a happy, confident child, even in a society that was not offering the happiest outlook for my future as a woman. A deep respect for women and girls filled the home I grew up in, when it was not mirrored in the world beyond our walls. But my father provided me with the shield of love. He was my defense in a society that did not treat me as equal. From the beginning, he stood against everything that threatened my future. Equality was my right, and he made sure I got it.
This year our forum assemblies will explore the theme, “What it means to be educated.” In asking this question we celebrate content mastery, but also hope to probe the distinctions between education and training, while seeking to understand the privileges of education and their attendant ethical, economic and spiritual obligations.
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