In matters of style, swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock.”Thomas Jefferson once said. In “I Am Malala”, a teenager in Pakistan named Malala Yousafzai, against almost everyone else, still stood up for what she believed in, which was girls education.
She stood up for what she believed in because she was tired of people telling her what to do all the time.Here are some reasons why it is essential for people to stand up for what they believe in, so they can make their voice heard and so they don’t get ordered around all the time.

To start off, one reason why people should stand up for what they believe in is to make their voice heard. Malala made her voice heard by fulfilling live interviews on T.V. “My mother and father liked to watch my interviews.” We should all stand up for what we believe in because if we don’t, no one will ever know what you were thinking. That was one of the reasons why all people should stand up for what they believe in.

Thereafter, another reason why standing up for what you believe in is so you aren’t told what to do all the time. Malala didn’t let other people tell her what to do, so why should we? “They thought the bullets would silence us, but they failed.” She went to school even when she wasn’t supposed to be. “This secret school, she said, is our silent protest.”

In conclusion, those were some explanations why it is essential for people to stand up for what they believe in. Like Thomas Jefferson said,”In matters of style, swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock.”