beezyshaw 0 #1 May 24, 2005 Don't ever think that when your grandfather said he only had an eighth grade education that he didn't know very much... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpergirl 0 #2 May 24, 2005 Oh man... I read the first 3 questions and gave up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkM 0 #3 May 24, 2005 Don't see why the exam is supposed to be so impressive. Figure at the time they were focusing on just that stuff, while today we have chemistry, physics, higher math, computer lit, history from the 1900's and so on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #4 May 24, 2005 Over a century of "dumbing-down" our education, and I'll bet you that not a single one of the students graduating today from the Alabama School for the Deaf could get a single answer on that test correct... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #5 May 24, 2005 Amazing, isn't it? edit to add: The breadth of education back then was amazing, in my opinion...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #7 May 24, 2005 A number of those questions are quite dated... in the sense that they aren't particularly applicable to today... for example I wouldn't have a probelm answering Quote2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How manybushels of wheat will it hold? If I knew the density of wheat... ok, I suppose it is more or less the size of a bushel that I need... (which is common in a farming community... but not so common in todays world.) something probably quite Common to Rural, KS. ScottLivin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kansasskydiver 0 #8 May 24, 2005 HOLLY SHIT!!! That's where I graduated highschool from! And trust me, the final wasn't that hard. Hahahah that's freaking funny. S-town sucks though, well I take that back, KS sucks<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spizzzarko 0 #9 May 24, 2005 You see this test goes to show that you will never use that stuff when you get older. That's why we have spell check! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #10 May 24, 2005 [mumble]snopes[/mumble] Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #11 May 24, 2005 C'mon people... http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.htm Edit 1: Grrr, beat me... Edit 2: But Wendy's doesn't work so I win! Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gmittar 0 #12 May 24, 2005 If I was studying that shit you'd better believe I'd finish that test with 100% in less than an hour. |>.<| Seriously, W.T.F. mate? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #13 May 24, 2005 just proves that a lot of us on here are gullible! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #14 May 24, 2005 Quote just proves that a lot of us on here are gullible! That's been proven many times over, since folks will post stuff like this time and time and time and time again (and people will believe it) without checking out sites such as Snopes first to try to check for authenticity.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beezyshaw 0 #15 May 24, 2005 Well, a friend sent it to me in an email this morning, and I thought it was pretty interesting reading, none the less. So, pilotdave, exxxcuuuuuuuuuuuse meeeeeeee! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #16 May 24, 2005 I keep forgetting that age-old rule... if something seems too good to be true, it probably is! I have gone to snopes a few times to check something out, but I don't always do it... and get hooked every now and then... that's human nature, eh? "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #17 May 24, 2005 Just browsing snopes is a fun hour, you'll read a lot of interesting stuff that you never knew about.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #18 May 24, 2005 Hey the test made me feel really dumb so I had to find some way to debunk it. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #19 May 24, 2005 Quote[mumble]snopes[/mumble] Wendy W. I didn't need Snopes.. This question (7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per meter?) the meter is a 20th century invention and it surely wasn't taught as a unit of measure in the US in the 1800s. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wartload 0 #20 May 24, 2005 QuoteOver a century of "dumbing-down" our education, and I'll bet you that not a single one of the students graduating today from the Alabama School for the Deaf could get a single answer on that test correct... I'll also bet you that none of those same students ever had any need of knowing how much wheat a wagon could carry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jraf 0 #21 May 24, 2005 These are relatively simple questions, some anachronistic due to different geography and measurements, but still we should know the principle. I am shamed to say that I once knew all the principles of grammar but have forgotten them.jraf Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui. Muff #3275 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 334 #22 May 24, 2005 The assertion in question 8 under Geography seems incorrect. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #23 May 24, 2005 Quote didn't need Snopes.. This question (7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per meter?) the meter is a 20th century invention and it surely wasn't taught as a unit of measure in the US in the 1800s. Wrong. The "meter" (or "metre') was introduced as a standard measurement in 1793. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masher 1 #24 May 25, 2005 QuoteQuote didn't need Snopes.. This question (7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per meter?) the meter is a 20th century invention and it surely wasn't taught as a unit of measure in the US in the 1800s. Wrong. The "meter" (or "metre') was introduced as a standard measurement in 1793. And americans still can't get it right...-- Arching is overrated - Marlies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #25 May 25, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuote didn't need Snopes.. This question (7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per meter?) the meter is a 20th century invention and it surely wasn't taught as a unit of measure in the US in the 1800s. Wrong. The "meter" (or "metre') was introduced as a standard measurement in 1793. And americans still can't get it right... Hey man.......the ship sank on the way over here! Give us a break! "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
