I don't think we Americans have become dumber - just fatter, lazier, and more careless.
Sylvia
Could you have passed the 8th grade in 1895?
by AK - Jeff 12 Replies latest jw friends
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LongHairGal
AK-Jeff,
Sadly, most people probably would not pass. It is true that years ago there was much more packed into people's grammar school and they certainly left with a very good knowledge of many things, especially spelling and grammar. Now, I even see people with college who have a poor grasp of these things. Over many decades the teaching curriculum over the country has been changed and the whole result is that education has definitely been dumbed down.
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Bystander39
Sorry to brag, but when I finished 8th grade, I'm sure I would have passed this test. It wouldn't have been with flying colors (we were not taught how many bushels per cubic foot, for example, or Kansas-specific questions), but I would have passed, maybe as high as a B, B-. That being said, today I would fail. I have not consciously thought of the parts of speech, etc., I just use them!
Edited to correct grammar