This article was eye opening.  Growing up in the US in a fairly well off family I have never been afraid of rape or violence on the scale that these girls deal with on a daily basis.  I greatly admire and respect these girls for going to school even though they have been through these horrible experiences.  If I were in their shoes I do not think I would be that strong.

The one thing that really surprised me occurred on the seventh page.  Up until this point the author is emphasizing how the education was being used to create resilience in these girls to help them accept and move past what had happened to them.  Granted most of the article up until now seems to deal more with the theory that this type of schooling will be beneficial to girls.  The surprising part was when the author mentions how these schools do not stop or lessen the violence against these girls but actually seem to perpetuate it. I had to reread this paragraph several times before it really made sense especially after all the ideological language of the first few pages.  Then the article goes on to say that girls do not have rights.  This is truly saddening and depressing.