I'm really not going to provide an insight into the Board papers of 2016 or give you a detailed analysis with pie charts and graphs between difficulty level and number of questions in each category. You've got plenty of other sites for that! :P
Did you know the answer booklet has 32 pages. 32!! Well, I used all of them for Physics and ten less for English. Oh, yes, I do keep an account of that. In fact my personal diary (which only has 10 pages filled so far) contains the code and set number of my question papers. xD
Before the boards, we had our practicals. "Practical" is just a fancy new term synonymous with useless cramming, faking and team work! I am serious. All we got to do is cram up the Laboratory Manuals and do a little bit of fake experimenting. It's fake 'cause the external examiner hardly ever cares to look, fake because we've seen the same bottles and salts a milion times, and fake because, c'mon, we don't even do it properly. The popular notion is if you can write it, you're going to be just fine. It doesn't matter if you get a Red Sea instead of a Blue Lake so long as you can WRITE 10 other tests for Aluminum cation without performing them. Actually, you don't even have to do anything at all! Why? 'Cause it's the biggest platform for exhibiting your skills of working together as a team. I've had to help absolute nut cases who don't even know what the aim of the experiment is! I mean, seriously?!
Well, I can't really do anything but complain. There is this incredible Terribly Tiny Tale on the Indian Education System. I can't find it right now, but you should really look for it. I think it's on the word "change", not very sure.
Well, that's about it. The myth about practicals busted. There are a lot of other things that are yet to be discussed. It's just that times are a bit hectic. Slow and steady ;)
