Can you pass the 8th grade?

[dirknb@hotmail.com]

Here is an 8th grade final exam from Kansas circa 1895. Think you can pass?

http://www.jordanmaxwell.com/articles/8th%20Grade%20Test.pdf

[yongrel]

Yes, I could pass. I would then be beaten up for knowing the definition of "verse."

But I would pass.

[OptionsTrader]

Can you pass the 8th grade?

Yes I can, but can we give a test to the sheeple about current AND past events before they can vote? And can I please write the exam?

[forsmant]

Not without studying.

[Kludge]

Most of what's covered in that exam is now omitted and/or taught in a different method so the 100+ year old exam is irrelevant.

What use would I have for the 9 rules of capitalization?

[j650]

Times have changed and they teach different things in school. Give the kids in 1895 an 8th grade test from 2007 and see if they do any better. The damn test is over 100 years old for God's sake! This proves nothing and I agree with Kludge that it is largely irrelevant.

[forsmant]

I think that if we were given some study materials we would all be able to pass the test.

[Hook]

Ok on the math, geography. Not so good on the English. Of course, English has changed a bit since then. Thank God we use the Metric system now. Rods and Bushels?

[nodope0695]

Some of it is archaic, however if I were given time to study for such a test (as I'm sure the students of 1895 were) then yes, I could pass.

I DO agree however that the public has been dumbed down, and this was exacerbated when the Dept. of Education was established.

[nate895]

Ok on the math, geography. Not so good on the English. Of course, English has changed a bit since then. Thank God we use the Metric system now. Rods and Bushels?

We use English standard, and they still sell some agricultural products by the bushel (not at the local grocer, however).

[DarkLaw]

Ok on the math, geography. Not so good on the English. Of course, English has changed a bit since then. Thank God we use the Metric system now. Rods and Bushels?


Bwahaha. We don't use the Metric System.

And as already stated - wheat and various grains ARE still sold in bushels at the elevators and other places.


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|____ not trying to be a troll or flamer, but seriously.

We don't use the metric system! c'mon! Could you pass the 1895 2nd grade class??

[Paulitician]

I can't right now. I don't even think of that shit. I'd take me like a day to study (read: memorize) it and pass it though. After that, I'd forget most of it (again).

[Kludge]

I can't right now. I don't even think of that shit. I'd take me like a day to study (read: memorize) it and pass it though. After that, I'd forget most of it (again).

That's how I went through school. Over 100%s until about 9th grade when we started to have to add concepts to old ideas. 90%.... 85%... 75%... Lucky I was that my senior year was fluff ;)

[clouds]

The one thing I notice is how much more practical some of these questions seem to be.

[Truth Warrior]

I couldn't have passed it in the 8th grade in 1959. :( If I had had the same quality of standard schooling as in 1895 in Salina, KS, I believe that I would have passed. :)

[Uncle Emanuel Watkins]

Here is an 8th grade final exam from Kansas circa 1895. Think you can pass?

http://www.jordanmaxwell.com/articles/8th%20Grade%20Test.pdf

No television? No radio? No cars? What is a child to do? They certainly didn't drink a lot of sodas or sweets back in those days. Food was nutritional and tasted like real food. There certainly wouldn't be a problem with maintaining high standards. Teachers weren't sociologists or psychologists so they stayed out of the parent's business while parents put a lot of faith in the paddle.

[Mach]

That's funny, we had a Family History/ Family Tree circulated within the family and that was in there. Isn't it funny, you hear about people dropping out in grade school to work on the farm back then......


A couple of you may not have seen this before, it's a good one..........

Teaching Math through the Years

1. Teaching Math In 1950
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?

2. Teaching Math In 1960
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?

3. Teaching Math In 1970
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit?

4. Teaching Math In 1980
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20.

5. Teaching Math In 1990
A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers.)

6. Teaching Math In 2007
Un hachero vende una carretada de maderapara $100. El costo de la producciones es $80.

[Kludge]

(There are no wrong answers.)

wOOt'Merica!