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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 06:54 PM Original message |
Are YOU smarter than an 1895 eighth-grader? |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's not surprising the level of difficulty |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. My mother-in-law taught school with an 8th grade education |
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peggygirl (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 08:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
70. I just passed it with flying colors! |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. No wonder my grandmother was so smart! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. I have a 1946 bowdlerized public school Hamlet. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Where is the entire test, in the link? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. click the 2nd link..scroll down.. the math ones fried my brain |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
62. Self delete |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Most of the students failed the test. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. Just off the top of my head: |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That's probably not all that great, but, yes, we did have to know that stuff to graduate the 8th |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I think with #4 they mean |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:04 PM Original message |
That's right. nt |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. That's right. That's how I started out and then got myself tied in a knot over it. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Sorry--nope. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. It asked which did not take modification. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. self-delete: accidental dupe |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I have to help. |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. -composed of more than one verse- |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. I must REALLY be a Dumb-Ass...I can't find the Test. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. link...scroll down |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. there must be some browser issue or something because I can't see it either |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. try this one.. I think I screwed up when I edited |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. thanks that works |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. And drop by the Sarah Palin article and leave a comment while you're there. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Salina is my hometown.. I am embarrassed that 6K showed up |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I think we should be nice and try hard to educate and add perspective. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. in 1895 they could have found the test online |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. No. I don't even have to go look at the test to know the answer. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Part of it is teachers. IMHO, Grammar is best taught analytically and I have |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. and sometine in the '80, they started accepting "the thought that counts" |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. They're sooo afraid of hurting someone's "self concept" that many are erring in the |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 04:13 AM Response to Reply #37 |
66. I think in 1895 the kids weren't so strictly classified by age but by skills |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I disagree. Children learn differently, one from the other. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. While children DO learn differently, there ARE standards |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Standards are based on the "norm." |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Of course they do, but not absolutely so, i.e. if they were absolutely unique |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. You make good points. You also proceed from the "truth" that what |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Oh no! I am totally with you on that. I work hard at staying positive, but I am VERY |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. P.S. There is no such thing as the absolutely relative. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. :D n/t |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
52. P.P.S. I believe the dynamic between the individual and the group can and does make the individual |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Agreed. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I'm out of public ed now, doing community ed, where we are offering opportunities to |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
63. well said |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
65. "Our educational system has been DESIGNED to destroy any intelligence we might have" |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. I thought Snopes gave a pretty good answer on that |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. *** updated for a **** BETTER LINK |
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Moosepoop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Define Case. Illustrate each case." |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Case Closed |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
48. Um, I'm sure they are talking about GRAMMATICAL case. |
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Moosepoop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Um, gee... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Um, yes? |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. . |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
35. No |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. ROFL Xs 2!! |
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dalaigh lllama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
36. Wait a sec... I gotta look at my hand. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. ROFL!! |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
38. snopes.com says this is false |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Which proves, I guess, that Historical museums and newspapers |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. That's not to say that education in 1895 wasn't tougher than now. |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. that may be true |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. The Book of the Knowledge!!!! We had a later version of that when I grew up in |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #38 |
64. I wouldn't put too much faith in snopes. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #38 |
71. Yes. Someone posted this a while ago on DU and it was shown to be false via Snopes. |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
45. IF KANSAS is so effin SMART, WHY does it always vote REPUBLICAN? |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
53. Interesting. I must have known that stuff in 8th grade, cuz I went to THAT kind of school-- |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. I agree that the only real purpose of any system is to model processes for |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 08:21 AM Response to Reply #61 |
69. Yup, it almost doesn't matter what the content is. In fact, the human mind is built to |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 04:50 AM Response to Reply #53 |
67. Your "philosophy" of education is spot on. |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
60. I know who won the 1900 Presidential election. Eat that, 1895 eighth-grader! |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
68. It's comparing apples to oranges. |
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