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Old 08-13-2013, 11:18 AM
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Newly Discovered Eighth Grade Exam From 1912

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In Kentucky, an eighth grade exam from 1912 was recently donated to the Bullitt County History Museum. When I read this exam over, I was shocked at how difficult it was. Could most eighth grade students pass such an exam today? Of course not. In fact, I don’t even think that I could pass it. Sadly, this is even more evidence of “the deliberate dumbing down of America” that former Department of Education official Charlotte Iserbyt is constantly warning us about.

The American people are not nearly as mentally sharp as they once were, and with each passing generation it gets even worse. Just check out some of the questions from the eighth grade exam that was discovered. Do you think that you could correctly answer these?…

-Through which waters would a vessel pass in going from England through the Suez Canal to Manila?

-How does the liver compare in size with other glands in the human body?

-How long of a rope is required to reach from the top of a building 40 feet high to the ground 30 feet from the base of a building?

-Compare arteries and veins as to function. Where is the blood carried to be purified?

-During which wars were the following battles fought: Brandywine, Great Meadows, Lundy’s Lane, Antietam, Buena Vista?

A copy of the exam is posted below. Today, it would be a real challenge for many college students to correctly answer most of these questions correctly…
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Re: Newly Discovered Eighth Grade Exam From 1912

Cool discovery
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wow. seriously
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now I really feel stupid x.x
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Re: Newly Discovered Eighth Grade Exam From 1912

You gotta realize though they only had school....and house crap back then no computers, no t.v I mean some families could have that but really most of them just studied and read. Teachers back then didn't have to take shit from government. If a kid acted up they could hit the little turd and draw their attention back to class. Where in class then they actually taught you crap that was about the world you lived in. Now its all pre planned programs that are created by either old farts who don't give a shit, or emotional asshats that don't want to offend someone that maybe to uptight to learn everything about their country.
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Re: Newly Discovered Eighth Grade Exam From 1912

Here in Fayette County, Ky kids are required to have completed at least Algebra 1 in order to graduate. I have NO IDEA how to help my kids in this subject. It was general and business math all the way through high school for me cause that's all that was needed in order to graduate back then (1993).
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All right ill bite. Without peeking, I do not know if answers were given on that antique looking paper, or if I could read them if I tried. Soooo.... 1. Atlantic, Red, and Pacific seas?
2.it is the largest?
3.40?
4.arteries are deepset vessels that carry blood to the internal organs, head, and appendages, veins are offshoots that supply additional blood to the peripheral areas of the body. Damn this artery/vein stuff is tough...if purified means detoxified it is the liver, if purified means dead red blood cells removed its the spleen?
Last but not not least Antietam is the only one think I mayknow-Civil War? Ok I am slinking away now, mortified....
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Great findWas really interesting
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history questions are tough ones
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Re: Newly Discovered Eighth Grade Exam From 1912

Nice one ;D
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