At school, I remember that of the many types of writing exercises that we practised one of them was - Writing a Telegram. Mostly we wrote letters and essays, writing a telegram did form a small part of the curriculum.
However with the advent of the Internet and Mobile Phone revolution in India things like telegrams are so passé.
Most people in India currently use SMS to communicate short messages. I am not sure if the school curriculum has been adapted to account for these developments.
Imagine questions like
"Write SMS to tell your boss that you will be late for the meeting." (2 Marks).
"Compose a tweet to announce the launch of your new social networking website. Invent details to market your website. (Character Limit: 140)" (3 Marks).
It would be quaint at first sight but only meaningful to include such questions in the exam in place of those concerning the snail mail.
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