http://people.morehead-st.edu/fs/w.willis/eighthgrade.html
Boy, have we dumbed down America or what in the past 115 years?
Jeff
Could you have passed the 8th grade in 1895?
by AK - Jeff 12 Replies latest jw friends
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Heaven
But... but... I can calculate decimal to hex. Um... does that count?
I think I can actually do a couple of those... I'd definitely have to look up some formulas.
Does anyone use 'Promisory Notes' anymore?
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yknot
...this is one of the reason many private and homeschool structures incorporate 'classical education'.....
The better educated we are, the nicer place the world is.....
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Luo bou to
No! I'd be the one sitting in the corner wearing the dunce hat.
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sir82
Aha! More proof that the world was better before 1914.
It's Satan's fault that schoolkids are dumber now!
At least that's what a JW would tell you.
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yknot
In my state ..... public school stops teaching spelling and handwriting after 3rd grade!!!!
Second graders are using phonics books used by my child's Pre-K!
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AK - Jeff
I find it very interesting that snopes does not suggest that the document is false, only that the premise that America's education is declining is false. And in reading the opinion, I think the writer makes a weak case in his assertion.
Why do I care what a writer's opinion at snopes is about this document. Aren't they in the business of determining truth or falsity of documents?
The document is apparently legit. The premise remains that we could not answer these questions and pass the eighth grade in 1895 in Salina Kansas.
Jeff
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snowbird
I have a vague memory of that document being thoroughly debunked - I'm searching!
I remember having to pass similar tests at our little two-room school.
We calculated, conjugated, deciphered, parsed, and spelled like there was no tomorrow.
However, in my case, anyway, the old adage holds true: Use it or lose it.
Sylvia
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blondie
http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1872rule.asp
Like the infamous 1895 Exam, all attempts to trace this document inevitably dead end with a photocopy or printed sheet of indeterminate origin (and of suspiciously modern vintage). We do wonder why these documents always include a heading that mentions the year such as “RULES FOR TEACHERS – 1872.” If these documents were genuine, why wouldn’t the headings simply read “RULES FOR TEACHERS”? Did the rules change so frequently that including the year was necessary to avoid confusion.?