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The morning passed between dreams and yearnings. Everyone was eagerly awaiting the award of the diplomas. Alejandro González Brito Elementary School hosted the sixth grade municipal graduation.
Younger students received certificates to enter preschool. The sixth graders blushed their cheeks, moistened their pupils and let out phrases of love. José Martí, the greatest teacher of our America, observed from his stand this beautiful ceremony, kept forever by the dwarven princes of this party. Fidel, master of all, creator of a work called Revolution, smiled happily. He knew that this and the other graduations represent the strength of our political and educational system.
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The children of the company "Horizontes" danced the choreography "Cabalgando con Fidel". It was the way to pay homage to the father of the Revolution. Among all those present was Marlon Méndez Cabrera, dressed in olive green, the best way to remember his idol. It could not be otherwise, for who carries the Commander in the soul. I went to meet him and he said in a firm and calm voice: "Journalist, today I am a happy pioneer, I finish my first stage as a student and I remember Fidel, he will always be my idol, I will never fail him, So I do everything possible to fulfill our promise: to become a soldier of the Fatherland and to be a good man.''
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Then, with the promise of a timely return, the pioneers and educators finished the ceremony. Parents also let emotions escape. We all went home convinced of an idea bequeathed by the Apostle: "Being educated is the only way to be free."