Education: A privilege or a right?

 I walk to class every day without thinking about it as a right, most days I do not want to be in class and the second the lesson begins I check out. I hear none of the lecture and go from one class to the next only being physically present, not absorbing even half the material. Every day when I attend class it's a privilege, but some days I only see it as a chore. Malala Yousafzai just last year was shot for trying to attend school, women are not allowed to attend school, but she did not care she just wanted an education. Education is being denied to nearly seventy million children around the world and 65 million of them are women. These children are not given the chance to tap into their potential without an education. Without an education the world is missing out on all the potential that these children have.  Mentioned in this article, "In 2012, there were 3,600 documented attacks on education, including violence, torture and intimidation against children and teachers, resulting in death or serious injuries, the shelling and bombing of schools and the recruitment of school-age children by armed groups." These children did not cause any trouble, all they want is to receive a quality education and make a living in life. The denial of an education makes their chances of making a living in life, less and less as another lesson is never taught. Honestly with all the new technology rapidly advancing in this world I do not understand why these children cannot receive the education that they deserve. I can open up my Internet browser and by simply just typing in a topic I can receive all sorts of information on the topic, but these children do not even books to learn from let alone the Internet. Thinking about how there are so many children around the world denied a  quality education, makes me more impelled to take advantage of the education that I have the privilege of receiving daily.