https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2016-07-05 15:46:59 UTC 2023-04-24 22:21:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png jm877944 https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116085627 2016-07-07 21:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116085627 cara_saraco https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116085631 2016-07-07 21:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116085631 cara_saraco https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116085715 2016-07-07 21:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116085715 jm877944 https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116085821 Women are not expected to have power or education at all. Men are only supposed to be educated in a certain interpretation of the Quran. ]]> 2016-07-07 21:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116085821 jm877944 https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116085826 - Threat of violence - from the Taliban
- Threat of power and domination - from the government
- Women in their expected role of domesticity
- Allegiance to culture/ethnicity vs. nation]]> 2016-07-07 21:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116085826 cara_saraco https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116086159 2016-07-07 22:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116086159 jm877944 https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116430587 Who has the power?
- The Taliban holds a great deal of the power - they use force and violence to maintain their stronghold
- Malala and her other schoolmates also hold power, essentially, because they are empowering themselves through education]]> 2016-07-14 21:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116430587 jm877944 https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116430629 Who are the allies?
-The American government should be an ally, but in order to defeat the Taliban they align themselves with oppressive Pakistani dictators.]]> 2016-07-14 22:00:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116430629 jm877944 https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116430931 Being an avid news reader, it is interesting to read Malala's vantage point regarding the resurgence of the Taliban. It's heart wrenching. As a school teacher, I think about the selflessness that Malala is undergoing as she thinks first of the rights of her people and then of her own life. I also think of the teachers who continue to teach, despite the threat of the Taliban. I love what I do, and reading Malala's story makes me consider how far I would go to fight for education. I don't have an answer to this.]]> 2016-07-14 22:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116430931 cara_saraco https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116430957 Cara's personal connection:
I went to an all-girls Catholic high school called St. Basil Academy. There, like Malala, I was encouraged to pursue academic success and gender equality. ]]> 2016-07-14 22:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116430957 cara_saraco https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116823295 Malala's father
As I delve further into this book, I am realizing how necessary Malala's father is in making her story happen. He is the one who continually fights to keep his schools open and educating as many students as possible. It shows how in order for marginalized groups to get power or to have a voice, it is necessary to have an ally in the dominant culture.]]> 2016-07-22 16:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116823295 jm877944 https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116826518 Malala and her family are educated, but beyond that they are passionate about education; this seems to be the key factor that allows them to see through the black veil of the Taliban. Education is both the enemy and the friend. Education is the forbidden practice that makes many students wary of attempting to attend school; but education is also the factor that would have prevented the rise of Fazlullah in the first place. People were so quick to believe his teachings because they didn't take the time, like Malala and her family did, to break down the Quran and understand that Fazlullah's teachings were faulty. Because of Malala's education, she was able to see past the manipulation of the Taliban and not give into their power. Essentially, the people, in their ignorance, supported Fazlullah, simply because they did not know any better - they never thought to question.]]> 2016-07-22 18:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116826518 jm877944 https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116826852 Never stop learning]]> 2016-07-22 18:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116826852 jm877944 https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116827038 Some people in Swat say that Malala did not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013 and that she was a threat to the people of Swat. This viewpoint highlights the fear of the people of Swat, for if they support Malala, they might be targeted by the Taliban. This also might illustrate the power of the Taliban over the thinking of the people of Swat - they seem to agree with the Taliban's belief that Malala is a bad person]]> 2016-07-22 18:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116827038 jm877944 https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116827100 2016-07-22 18:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116827100 jm877944 https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116827149 2016-07-22 18:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116827149 jm877944 https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116992771 In reference to her safety, Malala says, "No, I don't worry about my safety. The truth is, I think about the safety of all people all around the world...there are millions and millions of people who are homeless, who are forced to leave their countries, who are suffering because of war. I get very worried about them and think that we should make a stand for their safety and for peace. We should all work together for this. It is very important that we all think about bigger solutions to these problems because a country is nothing without its people."]]> 2016-07-26 10:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116992771 jm877944 https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116993066 The integrity of Malala is inspiring; she speaks so humbly about her experience and her success, yet behind this hero is a inner passion for education and women's rights. As a female educator, Malala's role as a leader is noteworthy, and her stand on these issues calls for more people to take action like hers.  As Americans, we live in a mostly cushy world that has so many opportunities for change and betterment, yet we often settle in our routine and daily life without consideration of the bigger picture. Malala is a reminder of our human purpose on this Earth; we only have one life and we should live for something bigger - whatever that bigger purpose may be.]]> 2016-07-26 10:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/116993066 cara_saraco https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/117021567 In class yesterday I had an opportunity to share Malala's story with my students and connect it to the book we are reading, Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie. I asked the students questions about the message of Rushdie's allegory, and they were able to get that he is illustrating (in a very imaginative world) the damaging effects of extremism and controlling leaders. At one point in the novel, the villain Khattam-Shud explains that he wants to get rid of stories because they are the only things he can't control. I shared with them Malala's quote that "extremists have shown what frightens them most: a girl with a book." My students were able to understand why a girl with a book would be threatening in some parts of the world in terms of destabilizing hierarchies of power, and they are realizing the ability of stories and education to empower us all.]]> 2016-07-26 20:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/117021567 cara_saraco https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/117306647 "I thought, One day I will be a politician and do these things myself" (p. 215). When Malala accepts Pakistan's first ever National Peace Prize, she is given the award and a large check by the Prime Minister, and in turn presents him a long list of demands for increasing the number of schools and universities for girls. She reflects that she never believed he would take her demands seriously, so she thinks to herself that one day she will change the system from within. This part is a powerful reminder of how difficult it is to truly make change-- even those praising her didn't want to actually further her cause. It is also a reminder of how rare it is to have truly selfless people in leadership positions.

]]> 2016-08-01 16:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/117306647 cara_saraco https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/117307013 This event was described in less detail than I expected. I was struck by how matter-of-fact her tone is as she describes two men stopping the bus, and the last thing she remembers was thinking about revisions she would have to do for her essay for school. Later, she reflects upon how her attempted murder was also an attempt to silence her father, by taking out his "comrade in arms" (p. 246). It is amazing how close Malala came to death, that the bullet just missed her brain, and it does seem like a miracle that she was able to survive and recover. She was operated on by an army doctor, who had experience treating gunshot wounds. Later, the Taliban claimed responsibility for the shooting not because of her campaign for education but because Malala had been pro-West and praised President Obama, which they did not like due to the U.S. drone operations in Pakistan.

]]> 2016-08-01 16:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/117307013 cara_saraco https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/117307960 Current events connection: Pakistani-American mother speaks out]]> 2016-08-01 17:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/117307960 jm877944 https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/117563520 - Malala's family values were particularly powerful: their passion for education despite the monetary barriers and the Taliban pressure was admirable.
- Malala's optimism is refreshing - especially for such a young girl
- Learning about the Pakistani culture was interesting - I enjoyed learning about their religions, traditions, lifestyles, etc. Reading about the Pakistani culture, however, opened up a blind spot for me - I realized that in America, we lump Asians into one category that includes countries such as: Pakistan, China, India, Japan, and many more diverse cultures, yet they are all so different. This seems unfair and it also seems like this might lead to misconceptions in education as Asian is therefore an ambiguous term.]]> 2016-08-04 20:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/117563520 cara_saraco https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/117564590 -I think Malala's story is so valuable for us to hear, and especially for our students to hear. In the U.S., many of our students are very privileged and take their education for granted. They mostly have a very basic understanding of what is going on across the world. I know that history teachers are moving away from the "great men" type of teaching, in which we focus on a few strong leaders without recognizing the larger social movement behind those men; however, I also think we need to hear individual human stories in order to develop empathy and hopefully take action. ]]> 2016-08-04 21:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/117564590 jm877944 https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/217485324 2017-12-20 13:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cara_saraco/d5hvf2skbllq/wish/217485324