My first writer’s fortnight speaker was Martin Suarez. He is an IB physics teacher, however a former worker in maximum-security prisons in Argentina, his home country. His story was how he had a very memorable time with two of the prisoners. Gaby and German, two middle-aged men who were criminalized for their actions. Gaby was a married man with a daughter, and he was caught driving a stolen car. German was a happy, middle-class man living with his family, however, one day he was caught dealing drugs. They both spent around 11 years of their lives in the Argentinian prison, where Mr.Suarez worked. Now, Mr.Suarez wanted to teach and learn with the inmates, and give them a better life. The jail cells were unbearable, “worse than the movies”, a horrible stench accompanied by a 2 by 1 meter-sized cell with a bunk bed.

Mr.Suarez spent years helping them outgrow their bad deeds in the past, and taught them multiple things. German was into law, and he was pretty well educated. He managed to work really hard in prison, and passed as a lawyer after his time in jail! Once Gaby was discharged from prison, he still was into theft and working for bad people. He was caught working for a drug lord and is now currently running away from the police.

In summary, Mr.Suarez felt a deep connection and pity for both the prisoners and therefore decided to educate both of them with his classes. He wanted justice more than equality. He personally taught law and science to multiple convicts, however, specially recognized Gaby and German. The moral of this story and the lesson that he has learnt is that education is more important than anything if you want to survive in the real world (especially today.)