It’s been four years since I first entered my university’s halls, excited about the centuries-old history within the walls of my academic institution. I remember thinking professors were intimidating, and the profession unattainable, but its social value was exponential. These individuals have studied long and hard, beat all the competition to be accepted into their…
Tag education system
Michelle Obama Launches the ‘Get Her There’ Campaign
Michelle Obama recently launched her new “Get Her There” Campaign in N.Y.C and Muslim Girl had the great honor of attending the event. The campaign will work to advance gender equality, aiming to improve girls’ access to education all over the world and end child marriage. It is a collaboration between three organizations: The Obama…
Why I Don’t Regret Quitting My Master’s Degree
I spent an entire year after my graduation wishing for this MA, and as soon as I passed my admission exam, I resolved educationism had no place in my life — and so I quit. Back when I was under the influence of educationism, specifically when I first enrolled in my undergraduate degree, my ultimate…
The Faults Behind the Flag: How Can We Decolonize Britain’s Educational System?
We are the inheritors of the scars of Empire, but also the spoils of Empire. These words by Riz Ahmed struck me. Generations of imperialism have yet to wash away, but in our current education system, these scars are consistently ignored, and expected to fade on their own. The story behind the American flag is…
This Is How Our Education System Is Failing Minority Children
I go to an all-girls school in the south of England, where about eighty-five percent of the student body is Brown. The teachers, however, are over ninety-five percent white. The disparity in the British education system between the ethnicity of its students and teachers is not limited to my school; it is a serious issue…