[snarks_when_bored]

The way it used to be.

[judywillow]

And then the whole generation which passed that test got killed off in WW-I.....

[William of Orange]

I would fail that test ignominiously, except maybe for some of the arithmetic... I've had tests at university that were less challenging than that!

I feel dumb now... bigwinkysmiley

[wildcatf4f3]

Who builds a room 13' 6" wide?

[the invisib1e hand]

would love to see a test from some public "school" today for contrast.

[SunkenCiv]

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[rightwinggoth]

Where are silver, platinum, tin, wool, wheat, palm oil, furs and cacao got from?

Obviously the person who came up with this question failed the grammar test.

[BenLurkin]

The way it used to be WHERE?

"On the outline map provided, mark the position of Carlisle, Canterbury, Plymouth, Hull, Gloucester, Swansea, Southampton, Worcester, Leeds, Leicester and Norwich; Morecambe Bay, The Wash, Solent, Menai Straits and Lyme Bay; St Bees Head, The Naze, Lizard Point; the rivers Trent and Severn; Whernside, the North Downs, and Plinlimmon; and state on a separate paper what the towns named above are noted for."

[Cedar]

"5. Where are Omdurman, Wai-Hei-Wai, Crete, Santiago, and West Key, and what are they noted for?"

I think they're all living in Los Angeles now, and last I heard bond was set at $25,000 each.

[Gal.5:1]

Wow. I guess I'm just glad I was one of the last to be taught reading with phonics (in the early 70's).

As a private and home educating mother, this fascinates me. My 11yo will love reading this! He thinks HE has work...