I
really
admire
Malala
Yousafzai
.
Her
story
is
astonishing
.
She
was
a
BBC
blogger
at
the
age
of
eleven
,
and
in
that
role
she
revealed
the
state
of
schooling
for
girls
in
Pakistan
.
Basically
,
girls
were
being
prevented
from
getting
an
education
and
she
campaigned
against
this
and
what
was
going
on
in
the
country
.
And
of
course
this
got
her
into
all
sorts
of
trouble
with
the
Taliban
,
and
a
few
years
later
she
was
in
an
assassination
attempt
.
Miraculously
,
she
survived
,
but
for
me
the
amazing
thing
is
that
instead
of
being
scared
,
she
continued
to
for
children's
rights
.
I
think
she
spoke
to
the
United
Nations
and
various
presidents
.
And
of
course
people
with
that
kind
of
courage
and
determination
are
one
in
a
million
,
and
so
a
few
years
ago
she
was
awarded
the
Nobel
Peace
Prize
.
She
was
the
youngest
person
ever
to
win
it
,
at
just
seventeen
years
old
.
Rigoberta
Menchu
is
my
hero
,
without
a
doubt
.
She's
an
extraordinary
woman
and
someone
I
really
look
up
to
.
She's
an
indigenous
woman
from
a
poor
background
in
Guatemala
,
and
she's
fought
for
all
her
life
.
Several
members
of
her
family
were
murdered
when
Rigoberta
was
still
young
,
and
she
was
exiled
to
Mexico
for
her
own
protection
.
But
the
interesting
thing
is
,
this
didn't
deter
her
at
all
.
She
just
carried
on
campaigning
against
the
and
the
atrocities
perpetrated
by
the
military
.
So
obviously
she's
a
very
,
very
brave
person
.
But
I
think
what
kind
of
propelled
her
into
the
world's
consciousness
was
the
book
she
published
about
her
life
,
called
I
,
Rigoberta
Menchu
.
This
kind
of
alerted
people
to
the
wider
struggles
and
made
her
a
household
name
,
,
certainly
in
the
world
of
human
rights
advocacy
.
And
she's
such
a
humble
person
-
she's
a
stellar
figure
in
Guatemala
,
but
you
wouldn't
know
it
from
her
manner
and
her
appearance
and
the
way
she
carries
herself
.
Someone
I
admire
is
Cornel
West
,
an
American
intellectual
.
He
speaks
out
about
all
kinds
of
issues
,
like
,
particularly
for
African
Americans
and
for
the
poor
.
What
stands
out
is
his
charisma
and
that
he's
an
amazing
,
electrifying
speaker
.
You
can
see
him
on
YouTube
or
acting
in
two
of
the
Matrix
films
.
He's
kind
of
like
a
crazy
,
but
really
funny
and
sharp
and
,
OK
,
he
has
a
PhD
from
Princeton
but
he
has
a
really
good
grasp
of
pop
culture
,
and
when
he
speaks
he
uses
all
these
academic
references
but
also
references
to
TV
and
rap
music
.
Also
,
he's
completely
fearless
.
He
criticised
President
Bush
but
also
President
Obama
and
I
think
he
was
arrested
at
one
point
for
in
New
York
.
He's
just
a
tower
of
strength
and
eloquence
.