Posted on 04/02/2008 6:12:07 PM PDT by Hildy
Ah, I forgot about today and tomorrow. Trying to be too clever for my own good.
Don’t know the intended answer for the who is wealthier question, but I’ll just quote the lyrics to “Satisfied Mind”:
How many times have you heard someone say
“If I had his money, I could do things my way?”
Little they know that it’s so hard to find
One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind.
Once I was winning in fortune and fame
Everything that I dreamed for to get a start in life’s game
Then suddenly it happened, I lost every dime
But I’m richer by far with a satisfied mind
Money can’t buy back your youth when you’re old
Or a friend when you’re lonely, or a love that’s grown cold
The wealthiest person is a pauper at times
Compared to the man with a satisfied mind
When my life is ended, my time has run out
My trials and my loved ones, I’ll leave them no doubt
But one thing’s for certain, when it comes my time
I’ll leave this old world with a satisfied mind
I’ll leave this old world with a satisfied mind
“Excited as he was to receive the correspondence from museum officials, he couldn’t help but point out that it was addressed to Kenton Slufflebeam.”
That’s priceless.
FUN STUFF!
Thank God we can still remember it all.
I was a very lucky child.
Not sure. There are good public school teachers out there. I had many, and my parents are both great teachers.
BUMP!
WOW! A perfect answer
I was going to post the “farmer winds up with rich mans gold because he has to eat” story.
Yours is SO much better.
Thanks for sharing! This is another reason I enjoy the ‘community’ on FR.
Very few farmers die of heart attacks, just old age/worn out. My FIL was just such a man. We miss him so.
That test in KS would make me look pretty stupid if I had to take it today!
Ooooohhhh, this would be fun for the FR Word of the Day threads. I'll start...
Thanks to the Supreme Court's Kelo decision, the government can come here to help and raze any home they want.
I saw a vanity car tag once that read “phd 2 b”. LOL. What a comic commentary on what our society has become.
I dunno, are you?
The headline should read: Precambrian “ERROR”.
In order to raze any home it likes, a local government need only cite the Supreme Court's Kelo decision.
Hello, burroak
I looked for this exam on the internet.
Snopes.com says that it is not an 8th grade exam.
Turth or Fiction.com also says it probably isn’t 8th grade.
A google search will bring you to the actual exam.
The actual exam doesn’t say that it was intended for 8th grade students. So who was it intended for? ... It doesn’t say.
Most likely this exam was intended for prospective teachers, not for 8th grade students.
I don’t know if that means that these people would have had (in the year 1895) a high school degree, a 2 year degree, or a 4 year degree.
Touche!
I LOVED Brazil.......
I think there was a happy ending version released later, a directors cut or something.
All right, let’s play “Are you smarter than an 1895 8th grader?” Let’s stump the Victorians.
Grammar:
Largely the same as the 1895 test, except that teaching methods have changed; rather than recite a list of rules, students would be more likely to be asked to spot what’s wrong with an excerpt.
Arithmetic:
- What is the mass, in SI units, of one liter of water?
- Give the approximate standard equivalents of the following metric units: Liter, meter, kilometer.
- What distance, in city blocks would you have to walk from 34th street and 9th avenue to 37th street and 5th avenue? What would be the distance “as the crow flies,” that is, the shortest possible straight line, without considering any obstacles?
History:
- Explain the importance of these years in American history: 1776, 1865, 1929, 1941, 1949, 1968, 1991
- What Supreme Court case ruled that “separate but equal” accommodations by race were constitutional? What case reversed that ruling as applies to public schools?
- Name the major issues that led to World War II and the major nations that fought on each side.
- Name the major issues in the Cold War and the principal treaty organizations on each side.
- What group of Americans gained the right to vote when the 19th amendment was ratified?
Biology/medicine (note that there is no science on the 1895 test)
- Give the complete taxonomy of modern humans: Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, family genus and species.
- Briefly describe the discovery and importance of penicillin.
- What discovery by Dr. Lister revolutionized medicine in the late 19th century?
- What discovery by Dr. Crawford W. Long revolutionized medicine in the mid 19th century?
- What medical feat was Christian Barnard to first doctor to perform successfully?
- What was William Roentgen’s contribution to medicine?
- What is the name given to the theory that modern life descended from other species through a process of adaptive selection?
- What is the definition of a species? Name one common exception to the prevailing definition.
- True or false: If you were cloned, the result would be someone just like you are today.
Physics/chemistry/engineering
- Define a calorie.
- Give the following temperatures in both Fahrenheit and Celsius: The freezing point of water, the boiling point of water, and the average normal human body temperature.
- For what theory is Albert Einstein best known?
- Briefly define the following key concepts in aeronautics: Lift, thrust, stall, roll, pitch and yaw
- What is the process by which stars — including the sun — produce energy?
- Name the eight planets in order from closest to the sun to farthest.
- What divides the inner planets from the outer planets?
- What is the speed of light?
- What is the difference between direct current and alternating current power, and where would you expect to find each?
Geography:
- Name, in order by area, the four largest nations on Earth.
- Name, by population, the four largest nations on Earth.
- In what world cities would you expect to find each of the following landmarks: The Louvre, Tienanmen Square, The Kremlin, Big Ben, the Golden Gate bridge, the Western Wall, the Vatican, and the Statue of Liberty?
- Define latitude and longitude. Give the common names for the lines at 0° latitude and 0° longitude.
- How many time zones are there in the US?
Errr...of what?
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The selectric they got from the Texas Air Guard had a bad typeball.
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