Students from Dhaka city outperformed their fellows from the rest of the country in this year’s Secondary School Certificate exams.

Despite the regret I felt for not studying them with honest academic interest, the goal of having to go through those academic books did provide me a sense of purpose. However, now that exams were over, I realised that I had to replace those mundane books with more fascinating ones.

Although this break might seem effective at first, this will hinder the examinees’ preparation and cause more harm than good.

It is also important to realise the struggles of those who have been directly affected by the flood.