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Your child is going on a school trip abroad for three days and the headmaster of the school has
asked any parents if they would like to come along to assist. You would like to go. Write a letter to
the headmaster. In your letter: 
o Say why you would like to go 
o Suggest what you could do to help during the trip 
o Ask some further questions about the trip

Dear Sir,

I am Mrs Romesha Shah, mother of Rahul Shah, studying in fourth grade at your school. I am writing to
express my wish to join my ward and other children for the school trip to Paris which has been planned
from 24th June till 27th June.

I am keen to join my son for the trip as he is very enthusiastic about visiting the beautiful city of Paris but
he is an asthmatic. He is on regular medication and in case of an emergency; he needs medical attention
as well. I do want him to go on this trip but I would like to accompany him because of his health issue.

I would like to mention that I am very well- versed with the French language and culture so if I go on this
trip, I will be able to help the staff and the children to communicate with the natives. Moreover, I will be
able to give the children, a better understanding of French traditions and customs.

I have a few queries regarding the tour. Firstly, do I have to apply for my visitor’s visa myself or it will be
done by the school. Secondly, whether the school nurse accompany us on the school trip as authorized
medical personnel.

I hope that you will reply to my queries at the earliest and let me know about the school’s decision
regarding my request to join the trip.

Yours sincerely,

Romesha Shah.
Nowadays, some consumers are less influenced by advertising than in the past. What are the
reasons? Is it a positive or negative development?

Since the advent of audio- visual media, advertising campaigns have been used by many companies to
entice the general public. But these days, people take informed decisions about their consumption
patterns and are not blindly influenced by advertisements. In my opinion, this is definitely a positive
development.

Internet has revolutionized our lives and the way we seek and process information. Earlier, people used
to completely believe the advertisements fed to them through various audio- visual means. Now, as the
general public has liberal access to the internet, it can cross- check that information online for its
authenticity. For instance, for the last few decades, refined oils have been advertised as the healthier
alternatives to the unhealthy clarified butter but scientific evidence has now proven, without a shadow
of doubt that clarified butter is beneficial to our general health, when consumed in moderate amounts.

I am of the opinion that this newly- developed tendency of questioning these advertisements is surely
beneficial to the society because by blindly trusting the often biased reasoning of advertisers, we have
become a society of hyper-consumption. It is pertinent to take the example of the global advertising of
breakfast cereals. As the food manufacturing industry advertised that corn flakes are the healthiest form
of breakfast, the whole world believed the narrative and followed suit. Many decades later, the very
same companies influenced consumers globally that oat- meal has high nutritional value and so the
average person ended up buying it as well. Today, a normal household has multiple cereal options for
breakfast but a dearth of knowledge of what to consume actually.

To conclude, I am strongly convinced that in the yesteryears, people were more amenable to believe in
skewed advertising as there was no means of confirming the information being broadcasted in these
campaigns. As the world is now more and more connected with the help of internet, it is a definite
progress that we as a society are now question the motives of these advertisements and their
advertisers as well.