Afghan Girls, Scarred by Acid, Defy Terror, Embracing School

In "Afghan Girls, Scarred by Acid, Defy Terror, Embracing School" Dexter Filkins illustrates how Afghan girls are mistreated and living in fear of the people(mostly Afghanistan men) who do not want them succeed. 1,300 girls had returned back to their school after they were wounded and threatened not to come back. The article includes quotes and information on the situation that is happening with the girls in Kandahar, Afghastnistan. Dexter points out how many f the girls have to walk 2 miles from their homes to get to their school. I think what happened to the girl Shamsia was wrong and unfair and she didn't deserve such a cruel act just for going to school. I think that it is good she still continues to go to school even though she has been scared for the rest of her life and threatened to stop doing something that she enjoys. Many people don't know how lucky they are to be able to go to school and have the opportunity to be able to learn without being assaulted and harassed. This article reminds me of how black people weren't able to go to a white person school because of the color of their skin. When they started to let black people attend white people schools they were harassed and taunted and teased because they were unwanted in the white school, just how Afghan girls are treated when they aren't allowed to go to school. This article starts to make me think differently about school, I just think Im lucky that I can come to school everyday without worry about someone trying to harm because Im trying  to learn and be successful. Why do the girls continue to got to school when they know they're lives are in danger? Why do the Taliban want women to be uneducated, do the think that's a way for them to have some type of power over women if they illiterate?