Yesterday, strange news spread all over the media world.
Maryam Mirzakhani
who was the first woman to win the coveted Fields Medal
died!
In my opinion, it's normal to be shocked! Because she was just 40!
She was young and I think everyone all over the world after they heard this news was shocked and depressed.
But
I'm going to tell you some unrelated points
One of my teachers , Mohammad Reza Shabanali , was Mirzakhani's classmate when they were in summer Olympiad center campus. Mohammad Reza said: "she was really different with us! Boys talked about her and made polite jokes about her and laughed at her!"
Because she was ugly those days! But we heard, she was talented and she could solve questions faster and better than others!
Mohammad Reza said: "one day, when she wasn't in the yard (I guess she was reading book) and most of the students (like me!) were in the yard, suddenly a truck came in (blue Nissan) and if Mr.Tavala (gardener) hadn't pushed us away, we would have had an accident with blue Nissan.
Then, Mr.Tavala said to us:" protect yourself ! you think, you are talent and important. But we don't care you! You will be part of achievement statistics!
You must protect yourself."
After Maryam Mirzakhani passed away, a large group of condolence messages came from everyone , politicians , artists , journalists and others people!
But you know, they don't know anything about Marayam and her work!
If you ask people what Maryam Mirzakhani's research was about,
they can't say anything! Because they just say whatever most of the people talk about! What do you think about someone who talks about sth he/she doesn't know anything about! Isn't she/he a fool?!
Until two or three days ago , no one knew about her cancer problem .
She didn't like her life to be shown on media!
But these days! Every one, all over the country is a talent supporter!
But I want to talk with you ,Maryam!
I want to say to your soul
Don't care about us!
If we knew you researched on Symmetry of Curved Surfaces,we couldn't even guess what it was!
Don't care about us!
Because no one (at least most of the people) in this country even understand how hard it could be to be a successful person from a third-world country! And you weren't a typical third-world person! You were a woman and no one would imagine how hard it would be !
Don't care about us!
Because nobody protects talented people! You're part of our statistics.
Don't care about us!
And don't think, if you were still alive, we would be happy!
No, until now
We have someone like Iman Eftekhari in mathematics, and you know better than me who he is.
He is still in Iran and alive
But no one supports him!
He must protect himself.
However,
you would care about us
because of the kids who you are a heroine for !
