Kindly delete this thread. It’s a phony. I was snookered. And I’m actually kind of relieved that I’m not THAT much dumber than my ancestors! Thanks E. Pluribus Unum.
Those that trust snopes have soft, incurious minds.
Snopes lies and deceives in every way they can. In this case, they do not deny that the exam was given, but do try to give that impression. Then they attempt to dismiss its difficulty and importance.
F A I L !
Snopes doesn’t say its false, it just says “hey that test indicates how backwards we were back then, theres no culture
learning indicated, no worldhistory or the arts or algebra or advanced math etc”. Typical liberal drivel.
That Snopes article mainly focused on the the irrelevance of the information being tested. In typical Snopes fashion, they spun the facts to defend a leftist institution (government schools).
This entry is an excellent example of why Snopes has not followed their mission.
Snopes should verify if this is indeed an actual test given 8th grader or 12th graders in 1895.
They don’t. The entry simply seeks to proffer opinion (which I don’t necessarily disagree with, but don’t like the smarmy tone).
Snopes is once again exercising its Inner Libtard.
IIRC, the exam was given once and the private tutor never used it again.
Made it all the way to arithmetic before I realized it was fake.
Snopes got awfully defensive about today’s educational standards and today’s culture instead of stating that the test was or was not given in Salinas, KS in 1895.
Snopes is a liberal website, supportive of Clinton and Obama and the Democrats. I don’t believe that web page proves this test is false, it just tries to cover for our terrible education system be denouncing the test, a liberal viewpoint.