He now stares into the light but cannot see it—it's as if the day passes around him without reaching him. His eyes, once used to read books and write on the blackboard to teach generations, are now overtaken by darkness. Naif, a teacher who gave 35 years of his life to education, was only defeated when the light began to fail him. The blackboard no longer waits for him—nor the classroom, nor the chalk. Instead, shelves in a small room of his home now serve as a tiny shop to support his family. Today, his right eye needs cataract removal surgery and lens implantation, so he might see the road again… nothing more.