Happily Punished
When I was in class 6, I felt a lot older and smarter than I was because I passed my primary level exams. After I spent some time in high school, I had a new name a ‘pundit’ given to me by my math teacher. One day I decided to go to the movies after lunch break. I shared the idea with our class captain, Riad. Initially, he refused my but I kept bugging him in a very provocative manner saying this like, “Don’t worry, I will pay for your ticket!” Finally he agreed and we bunked the next class and went to movies. After enjoying what seemed to be a fun day out, we came to school the next day and the class teacher called our roll numbers and asked us to stand up. I understood what was about to happen because he is one person who might have had knowledge about our wrong doing. We both were punished but I seemed pretty content knowing that I got the class captain punished along with me and was not alone. I am still called ‘pundit’ and for obvious reasons!
This article has been published on The Daily Star on the April 22, 2012