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Girls and boys without distinction go to school to learn and work in every country on the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Except Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask any girl who lives in this country, \u201cHow do you feel that you can&#8217;t go to school?\u201d This question alone causes pain right in the heart of an Afghan girl. She will answer with a sob that she became the sacrifice for her own country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am an Afghan girl and I want to share my memories of a golden time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was a school student. What days I had learning and free to do so! In the mornings, I would open my eyes with hope. I had a goal &#8211; and it was simply to go to school. I would get up from bed happy and full of energy. I washed my face, ate my breakfast, and put on my school uniform all while looking forward to going to school with my friends. And when I arrived at school, I was greeted by teachers and my classmates. How pleasant it was!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the simplicity of such days are like a dream out of reach for me, I had real motivation then. But unfortunately, I can&#8217;t live those days anymore. The door of the school is closed for me and my friends, I can\u2019t enter and study. There\u2019s no classes for me to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the mornings, I don\u2019t open my eyes with happiness and I\u2019ve lost my sense of a goal. It has been years since I\u2019ve stayed home, every day, day after day, with no special activity or focus. Some days I study, or read story books, or I sit and write the good days that I had on paper. Sometimes, the sight of my school uniform will ignite a deep longing to put it on again and go to the classroom, just like before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To have such dreams and hopes drift farther and farther away every day is extremely tough. Time moves forward and the days, months, and years pass, yet I remain still and stuck with my unfulfilled goals, hopes and dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m afraid. I\u2019m afraid that I will disappoint my dreams. I had a strong will, but I fear that these obstacles without end will completely break me by putting my dreams out of reach and weakening my determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I pray to God to give the girls of Afghanistan enough strength and courage to rise above these difficult circumstances with pride and achieve their dreams and aspirations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life without a goal is an incredibly heavy burden which Afghan girls are enduring and fighting with every breath for hope for tomorrow and for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May one day all the girls of Afghanistan learn and work without prejudice, and may all the girls achieve their goals and go to school again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education is a fundamental right provided to all children all over the world. 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