I had the fascinating experience of sitting in on a high school English class during my time in Beijing. One of the common assignments was to practice speaking

I had the fascinating experience of sitting in on a high school English class during my time in Beijing. One of the common assignments was to practice speaking by calling American phone numbers that students in the intro programming classes had scraped from the internet. With exams coming up it's possible that students are making phone calls on their own to get practice. But seriously, what kind of question is this?