The NYT reports a story of persistence beyond what students usually consider necessary.
A coal miner’s daughter whose family had moved all around Afghanistan seeking safety and the chance for her and her siblings to get a good education, Ms. Alizada was among the lucky ones who evaded a suicide bombing that killed dozens of her fellow students at a Kabul tutoring center two years ago.
But if it was luck that saved Ms. Alizada, it was resilience and hard work that made her a national inspiration, when it was announced on television that she had achieved the highest score out of nearly 200,000 students on Afghanistan’s national university entrance exam.
A sober reminder of the waste of war but an inspiration and role model to students everywhere.
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"" by Fatima Faizi - The New York Times
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.