My Journal Entry - The Journey of a Social Movement (Malala Yousafzai) Malala’s journey of her social movement is not only significant to me, but also to millions of other people and more specifically, to females all over the world. The way she composes herself and her impactful speeches are ingenious. She has taught me many significant values of principals such as the right of education and speech. Anyways, I think I got the most inspired by her when she won the Nobel Peace Prize and when she survived an attempted assassination. Anyone who wins the Nobel Peace Prize must have done something that everybody, no matter the race, gender, and ethnicity, can stand and/or cheer for. The fact that Malala won the prize when she was only seventeen, makes it all more inspiring, as I am seventeen myself, yet one can easily compare our lives and …show more content…
For any example, I start to change the way I think/approach things. To be more specific, when talking about public riots/protests, I always thought that they were dumb, as they never achieve anything other than violence. However, now I start to think more about the initial & positive reasons why people are having a protest, to fight for what they believe is right. I also believe that everybody should be given an equal fair opportunity to also fight for what they believe in. Although I grew up with my father always trying to push me into the “right direction” (become a doctor or leave the house), I understand him differently then back when I was younger. This is because I can now view his stance, from his point of view. Moreover, I think that my position in the stages of continuum further increased due to the amount of learning, to the point where I am motivated to change. Malala’s empowering speeches on the rights of education for young females across the world pumps motivation straight into me and as a reward, I start to unconsciously think before I