Teen Activism
Malala once said, “when the whole world is silent, even one voice can make a difference.” First, what does being an activist mean? Being an activist means you want to make a difference in the world, you devote your time to help a certain problem. Activist see the need for change in the world then use all their time to do something to help that problem. Furthermore an activist can anyone big or small, young or old but in this case it’s all teens. In addition almost all the teen activist have support from family or their community so they aren’t alone.
Also, it is not easy being an activist. Activists face many chalenges and hardships. You need to be hardworking and determined you also need to be able to set and strive for a goal. Because if you don’t set a goal you don’t know what to strive for. Furthermore you need to be persistent and not give up when times are tough. Like Malala, what would have happened if she gave up after getting shot? Also you have to be passionate about your topic if you want to be activist. |
Malala |
Malala is a great example of an activist, because she spends so much time trying to educate girls and get more people to care about girls education, she once said, “ Education is the key to success…” she also believed that the terrorist (Taliban) don’t let girls go to school because they think that girls may become more powerful. Malala is an activist because she truly believes girls should be educated and she spends a lot of time on it, even when she got shot on the side of her head (by the Taliban) she healed she went back to trying to get girls educated as well as their rights. That is important because she steps up for what she believes.
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Alex lin |
Alex Lin is also a teen activist who tries to make a difference with electronic waste (e-waste). Alex Lin is an activist because he strives to lessen the amount of e-waste. He and his group were able to pass a law making it illegal to throw away e-waste. Furthermore he made a group called the, Westerly Innovations Network (WIN). That shows that he cares about recycling e-waste and is also an activist.
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