Studying in the Dark

"The mid-year exams began on the 15th this month. I have finished the oral exams and am taking the written (more important) ones over the next ten days, starting today.

The telephone line for our house had been out of use for about two weeks, but it was repaired finally two days ago. We've been shocked though, by a bigger problem: The neighborhood's generator has been out of commission since Sunday. A neighbor was generous enough to share power from his own generator, but yesterday it started smoking and soon enough it too stopped working."
A Star from Mosul