fordegreebutIwasnotallowedtodothat.Later,MrMandelaallowedtheprisonguardstojoinus.Hesaidtheyshouldnotbestoppedfromstudyingfortheirdegrees.Theywerenotclevererthanme,buttheydidpasstheirexams.SoIknewIcouldgetadegreetoo.Thatmademefeelgoodaboutmyself.WhenIfinishedthefouryearsinprison,Iwenttofindajob.SinceIwasbettereducated,Igotajobworkinginanoffice.However,thepolicefoundoutandtoldmybossthatIhadbeeninprisonforblowingupgovernmentbuildings.SoIlostmyjob.IdidnotworkagainfortwentyyearsuntilMrMandelaandtheANCcametopowerin1994.Allthattimemywifeandchildrenhadtobegforfoodandhelpfromrelativesorfriends.LuckilyMrMandelarememberedmeandgavemeajobtakingtouristsaroundmyoldprisononRobbenIsland.IfeltbadthefirsttimeItalkedtoagroup.Alltheterrorandfearofthattimecamebacktome.Irememberedthebeatingsandthecrueltyoftheguardsandmyfriendswhohaddied.IfeltIwouldnotbeabletodoit,butmyfamilyencouragedme.TheysaidthatthejobandthepayfromthenewSouthAfricagovernmentweremyrewardafterworkingallmylifeforequalrightsfortheBlacks.Sonowat51Iamproudtoshowvisitorsovertheprison,forIhelpedtomakeourpeoplefreeintheirownland.AfollowerofBillGatesIhavebeenafriendofBillGatesforalongtime.IknewhimwhenhewasastudentatHarvardUniversity.WeweresurprisedwhenheleftUniversitytosetuphisowncompany”Microsoft”andmakehisownsoftware.Buthewasthecleverone!HeisverygoodatwritingcomputerlanguagesandalmostallcomputersnowuseMicrosoftsoftware.Theprogram“Word”isusedfromBritaintoChina!Ofcoursehehasmadealotofmoneyandthatmakespeopleveryjealous.Theywanttostophissuccess.Eventhegovernmentisagainsthimandhastriedtobreakhiscompanyintotwoparts.Theysaythatheisunfairtootherpeoplewhowanttosellsimilarsoftware.Becausehefitshisnewsoftwarefreeineverynewcomputer,thegovernmentsaysheisstoppingothercompaniesfromsellingtheirprograms.Thisisnotfair.Everyoneshouldbeabletodowhattheycantomaketheircompanybigger.BillGateshasnotonlydonewhathecantostopothercompetitors.Heisveryrich,butheisgenerous.Hehasgivenmillionsofdollarstohelptheeducationandthehealthofmanychildrenaroundtheworld.