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     It's interesting how much education has declined in 109 years. 8th Grade Final Exam (http://people.morehead-st.edu/fs/w.willis/eighthgrade.html).

I'm not sure if its declined that much. The education that we receive now simply does not spend a large amount of explaining the intricises[also doesnt teach spelling] of farming. I'm pretty sure that after 8th grade I could have completed most of that. Most. not all.

     Hey, it's Kansas. The farming mode of thought must have been as common to them as the automobile mode of thought is to modern eighth-graders.

It's interesting to see how much more practical skills were emphasized back in 1895. These days schools seem to focus more on abstract concepts and theory behind things.

I'm also fairly confident I would have passed this test back in 8th grade. Excepting the strait memorization parts, I've never really been good at memorization.

I would have passed that. It's just as difficult stuff, just different subjects.

I wouldn't have passed it  :(....but then again, I AM CANADIAN!  ;D

Books and school and such were all they had back then. So, not suprisingly, they had to learn a lot. Today everything is influenced by the media and such.

Well, I just wanna state again the fact that this is all same difficultly level we have, they just focused on different parts of the child's education.

it is rather simple, just geared towards farming as has been said before.
for example

What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per are, the distance around which is 640 rods?

would translate to


What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per are, if the perimeter is 640 rods?

let's see here, it's square, so divide by 4

that leaves us with a 160 square rod farm

rods to  acres is a 160 to 1 ratio

so we have 1 acre

40.4 ares per acre that multiplied by 15 and we get a final answer of 67 dollars and 20 cents


this whole test is nothing more than an excercise in memorization and regurgitation.
here it's conversion factors

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I have a excuse for that. I don't know the old fashion system. Go Metric! HURRAH!

Metric?  What's that?  I live in the good old U.S.A. where we refuse to EVER learn the metric system.[/size]   ;)

That goes to show GS, that your president isn't the only ass-backwards thing in your country.

i wouldn't have passed that  :o

Apparently unless you live in Victor, New York.

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I give up. BUt if I watched another hockey game with a American team I could tell ya. Damn off season!