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Author Topic: You wouldn't have passed the 8th grade in Kansas in 1895  (Read 2468 times)
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« on: June 28, 2004, 02:25:23 pm »
     It's interesting how much education has declined in 109 years. 8th Grade Final Exam.
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« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2004, 02:51:18 pm »
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.
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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2004, 03:23:10 pm »
"2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?"

lol....if that isn't farmer propaganda in schools I don't know what is!


"6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion."

Wow, I didn't realize they were still calling the Civil War the "Rebellion" as late as 1895.
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« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2004, 03:38:21 pm »
     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.
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« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2004, 02:55:33 am »
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.
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« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2004, 03:06:30 am »
I would have passed that. It's just as difficult stuff, just different subjects.
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« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2004, 05:46:07 pm »
I wouldn't have passed it  Sad....but then again, I AM CANADIAN!  Grin
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« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2004, 05:51:47 pm »
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.
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« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2004, 06:36:49 pm »
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.
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« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2004, 03:15:52 am »
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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« Reply #10 on: June 30, 2004, 04:15:43 am »
I have a excuse for that. I don't know the old fashion system. Go Metric! HURRAH!
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« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2004, 04:45:27 am »
Quote from: -MP5-Mysterio on June 30, 2004, 04:15:43 am
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]   Wink
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« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2004, 06:12:32 am »
That goes to show GS, that your president isn't the only ass-backwards thing in your country.
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« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2004, 10:09:47 am »
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« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2004, 06:46:29 pm »
Quote from: BTs_GhostSniper on June 30, 2004, 04:45:27 am
Quote from: -MP5-Mysterio on June 30, 2004, 04:15:43 am
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]   Wink
Apparently unless you live in Victor, New York.
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« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2004, 07:53:11 pm »
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