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7. That is actually pretty similar to tests I took in school

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2013, 10:34 AM

Aug 2013

Of course, I'm pretty old; it would have been in the 40's and 50's.

None of those simple true/false ot multiple choice things. The mere law of averages alone will give you a passing grade on those damned things. No wonder we graduate kids who can't read.

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Can You Pass This 8th Grade Exam From 1912? [View all] marble falls Aug 2013 OP

An eighth grade education was probably valued at close to a "junior college" education, today. MADem Aug 2013 #1

Apart from imperial units, the Arithmetics section is a doozy. DetlefK Aug 2013 #3

Yeah, I think we'd all have to "go back to school" to ace that thing! MADem Aug 2013 #6

I think many of us would have to go back to school to pass the tests our OWN kids have to take. pnwmom Aug 2013 #15

Hmmmm Old Codger Aug 2013 #2

those are completely different questions sharp_stick Aug 2013 #4

Not the same test, and it's posted by the Bullitt County Geneological Society.... MADem Aug 2013 #5

That is actually pretty similar to tests I took in school JayhawkSD Aug 2013 #7

All in all that test needs some editing. sharp_stick Aug 2013 #8

The "test" was from a newspaper that looks contemporay to the 1912 test. The reporter, typesetter,.. marble falls Aug 2013 #13

There's a typo - LiberalElite Aug 2013 #9

How come teabaggers are such bad spellers if Rozlee Aug 2013 #10

I had to look up what "kalsomining" was. n/t Loudly Aug 2013 #11

I think those 8th graders would also find it difficult passing the tests required of our 8th graders pnwmom Aug 2013 #12

Touché pauliedangerously Aug 2013 #14