In the wake of this shocking leak of exam papers for class X and XII conducted by the CBSE, I was watching the news reports and reactions of a lot of bitterly disappointed students. Of all the things that the young students said, what really got my attention was that even students from the premier schools in the national capital were complaining that how it's going to be so frustrating that there will have to 'give' those exams once more for the canceled papers. It is indeed an unforgivable incompetence by the board that the question papers for these important examinations are disseminated beforehand on Whatsapp groups. Anyhow, for the life of me, I cannot understand how come the teachers in these reputed schools in the country have not taught their pupils that you don't 'give' exams, you 'take' them. But time and again, every senior student that I heard on television, kept repeating the same mistake. Not just this instance. I have seen quite often that young people these are making all kinds of rudimentary gaffes in language. Hardly any youngster these days is able to express any complicated thoughts in a coherent manner without mangling the grammar and syntax. Which is quite ironic when you consider that as the modes of communication have improved thanks to technological advancement, the quality of the communication has declined.
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