“I am excited that today I have achieved my dream of going back to school. I want all girls in the world to have this basic opportunity. I miss my classmates from Pakistan very much but I am looking forward to meeting my teachers and making new friends here in Birmingham.”
—Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old advocate for girls’ education who was shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan last year, on starting classes in England today
