She is a representative of the suffering every child has to go through in our system, in our society. How many parents tell their children it is alright if they don’t get into the best schools and colleges? We have assigned so much value, as a society, to the factors that are actually destroying the souls of our children. We shouldn’t give teachers the power or scope to abuse, but we should let them have the power to discipline our children. The teachers could have and should have been kinder in handing down the verdict to Aritry and her parents.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 25, 2018 14:37 UTC