“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”- Malcolm X
Friday, November 28, 2014
Keep Reaching for the Stars
Malcolm X was a Muslim minister and a human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks. He was a man who indicted the segregation against black Americans by white Americans. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. In 1946, at age 20, he went to prison for larceny and breaking and entering. While in prison he became a member of the Nation of Islam, and after his parole in 1952, he quickly rose to become one of its leaders. To this day Malcolm X is an idealistic symbol of opposing injustice throughout the world. He has helped mould the world with the ethics and morals we have present about racism. Although he followed Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech I Have a Dream he too had a dream about an ideal future for America, in particular, the rights and freedoms for black Americans.
This quote holds meaning to me because I find myself continuously looking towards the future and shaping my present actions to benefit myself later in life. My education in particular, I always remind myself the importance of the gift I'm given everyday by going to school because my grandparents were limited on the length of their education system and weren't given the freedom to develop their futures. My parents don't lead the most luxurious life, so I try to improve myself by producing short term and long term goals. If I can get the best education, I will eventually be able to give my parents the life they deserve. My life today is based on improvement, looking at my past analyzing it, addressing the problems I face and then setting my sight on the future and what I have to do or achieve to reach my goal because my goal is my life.
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Matteo, this is a great quote and a very powerful image of Malcolm X. I can tell that you are future focused for all the right reasons. Don't let it impede your enjoyment of the present, however, because you only get to be a teenager once. Take time to breathe.
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- Even with my parents... this is a run on sentence and needs to be chopped into smaller, clearer thoughts
(drop even with my parents) My parents don't lead the most luxurious life, so I try to improve myself every (not ever) day by producing short term and long term goals. (so is a conjunction and you're avoiding a run on sentence) If I can get the best education, I will eventually be able to give my parents the life they deserve.
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