Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.
One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.
My family and I are heartbroken after hearing the news that more than 100 innocent children and teachers have lost their lives...
The best way to fight terrorism is to invest in education. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.
Instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.
Outside his office my father had a framed copy of a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to his son's teacher, translated into Pashto. It is a very beautiful letter, full of good advice. Teach him, if you can, the wonder of books...But also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and the flowers on a green hillside, it says. Teach him it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat.
It is the woman who controls the whole house...it's her job, that's what she's supposed to do...We have to change this idea that women are not only supposed to work in the house...but she also has the ability to go outside and do business, to be a doctor, to be a teacher, to be an engineer, she should be allowed to have any job she likes. She should be treated equally, as men are.
The best way to fight terrorism is not through guns. It's through pens, books, teachers and schools.
My father used to say the people of Swat and the teachers would continue to educate our children until the last room, the last teacher and the last student was alive. My parents never once suggested I should withdraw from school, ever. Though we loved school, we hadn't realized how important education was until the Taliban tried to stop us.
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