Malala Yousafzai
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So it's midnight.
I follow the stranger.
We go up to the fourth floor of the building and there's a small window in this room.
And he tells me that we need to sneak out through the window and then walk by this narrow path on the roof.
One misstep and you could fall.
And I am just nodding and I laugh.
And I follow him, and it was a really scary way, making it up to the rooftop.
And on the rooftop, there's this bell tower, like the clock tower.
And that moment just felt surreal.
I just thought I had conquered something.
I was breathing in.
The fresh air, and I was looking down, just seeing some students still up at night, or the lights were still on in some rooms, and I was thinking maybe they're still trying to finish their essay, or just feeling a moment of victory.
And I was so scared that I might be kicked out of college for this, and this happening so soon.
So I was terrified that being an advocate for education and then getting in trouble and being kicked out.
What do you think it was about that that...
I think for me it was just wanting to disobey rules.
I thought I had to live up to expectations and be a certain way.
I could never get in trouble.
I thought if this is something that puts me in the cool kids category or the rebellious kids category,
I want to give it a try.