They talked about Fidel as an , intelligent and vivacious child. Then they began talking about young Fidel, rebellious, the absentee until the third year of the University and hardworking to register in three degree courses runs, and then the revolutionary, university leader, unifying rebel youth, able to lead a glorious epic as that of July 26, 1953.

Medicine sophomore students were teachers themselves within their class, a very special lesson this time took place in the Mausoleum to the Martyrs of Artemisa: each one gave a point of view about Fidel and shared it with other students.

Gustavo Rodriguez, his teacher, knows that there is no better way to learn history , which includes the dialogue, exchange, anecdotes and if we are in a historical place then the perfect environment is created. Therefore, after each speech of his students, he said something and told them another anecdote about the historic leader who will turn 90 next August.

Erick spoke about Fidel ‘s childhood and his relations with the French teacher; Sandy spoke about the letter he wrote President Roosevelt when he was 12, and how bad he was at boxing; while Sarahí focused her speech on Fidel as a young university student, and they analyzed the phrase a Jesuit professor wrote of him: Fidel has the wood and will not lack the artist.

Then they focused the conversation on Moncada events , the failure of armed action, subsequent crimes of tyranny and a speech by Fulgencio Batista with reference to the events of July 26, that the students themselves could deny line by line during the singular class they paid tribute to the martyrs of the heroic resting on that historical site.

Now the students know Fidel better, and surely succeed in the homework Gustavo assign: to write a letter to the Commander in Chief and undeniable leader of the Cuban Revolution.

TRANSLATION BY LMMS