- His sense of rebelliousness about one of the inspectors in charge of boarding students at the Colegio, Brother Bernardo’s attitude and mistreatment results in the Principal calling in Ángel and Lina in order to complain about their sons’ behaviour. Don Ángel decides to take his sons out of school and takes them back to Birán so that they can dedicate their time to farm life.
Chronology
- When school starts again, the teaching staff at the Colegio La Salle acknowledges Fidel’s good grades and they allow him to pass to Grade Five, skipping Grade Four.
- He is registered at the Cueto Civil Registry Office in Oriente province as Fidel Casiano Ruz González, in Folio No. 258. Volume No. 10.
- After convincing his parents of his wishes to continue with his studies, he enrolls this day at the Colegio de Dolores, belonging to the Catholic order of the Company of Jesus (Jesuits) in Santiago de Cuba.
- Along with his sister Angelita who was enrolled in the high school program, he starts living at the home of Don Martín Mazorra, the owner of a Santiago store where Don Ángel used to buy goods.
- He is registered at the Cueto Civil Registry Office in Oriente province as Fidel Casiano Ruz González, in Folio No. 258. Volume No. 10.
- After convincing his parents of his wishes to continue with his studies, he enrolls this day at the Colegio de Dolores, belonging to the Catholic order of the Company of Jesus (Jesuits) in Santiago de Cuba.
- Along with his sister Angelita who was enrolled in the high school program, he starts living at the home of Don Martín Mazorra, the owner of a Santiago store where Don Ángel used to buy goods.
- Fidel visits Contramaestre invited by Aquilino Fernández, father of his classmate at the Colegio de Dolores, René Fernández Bárzaga.
- Fidel spends the day with his classmate René Fernández Bárzaga in Contramaestre where he visits the Contramaestre River, the Poza del Diablo and the Poza del Pitillán.
- He returns to Santiago de Cuba from Contramaestre, where he spends the weekend in the house of his classmate at the Colegio de Dolores, René Fernández Bárzaga.
- He starts Grade Seven on the same day World War II begins; he follows all the events in that war.
- He writes a letter in English to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the United States, impressed by his prestige and international events. Some time later, he writes a second letter to the US leader.
- He applies to enroll at the Instituto de Segunda Enseñanza de Santiago de Cuba,to start his high school studies.
- He begins high school. He enrolls simultaneously at the Colegio de Dolores and the Instituto de Segunda Enseñanza de Santiago de Cuba.
- For the second time he is registered in the Cueto Civil Registry Office, in Folio 129, Volume No. 14, as Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz.