Teen Activists Challenges

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Teen activists are fighters and will wage war for what they believe in. These young activists all fight for something. All it takes to become an activist is a problem to solve bravery and determination. Teen activists try to solve world problems typically one that they strongly believe should change. While doing this they face many challenges and all the while they teach important lessons.
Teen activists fight for something they believe in And every teen activist does it in a different way. For example Malala Yousafzai fights for women’s education rights by speaking out for her cause.She began her mission after her education was taken from her. There are other ways to fight for what you believe in. Alex Lin an environmental activist began to take charge when he realized that e-waste is destroying the environment is one of these people who fight in a different way. According to Takepart, Alex takes action to help his cause and does manual labor like collecting E-waste or refurbishing old computers. Although taking action is a great way to solve a problem most teen activists seem to use …show more content…

For instance Malala Had to overcome her oppressors, the taliban to fight for her cause. For Malala these challenges were brutal, in fact Malala was shot. Alex Lin had to write laws to further his cause states Takepart. Although alex lin was fixing his problem on his own he needed help to make his job easier and to continue his mission even after he becomes incapable of working for the cause himself so he had a piece of legislation written for him. According to Daily Mail Alex libby had to overcome bullies to have a chance to fight for his cause. Alex libby was both physically and verbally bullied being called fishface and getting beaten on the bus on which the principal said the kids were “good as gold.” It is not all just fun and games for teen activists in fact they probably have more problems than a broken

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