This is an 8th grade graduation exam from 1912. (Bullitt County, Ky.)

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[hardspunned]

8th graders then were better prepared for life in the real world than 12th graders are today.

[hardspunned]

Pretty damned RACIST! A kid would have to study for eight years to know all of that stuff. I’d pass it but I wouldn’t be bragging about my score.

[dayglored]

"Civil Government"? Whut's dat?

"History"? Who dafuq cares about history?

[Seruzawa]

8th graders then were better prepared for life in the real world than 12th graders College students are today.

Fixed it.

[hardspunned]

So says most of Congress and half of the Supreme Court. Do you think Hank Johnson or Ketanji Brown could pass that test?

[ryderann]

They didn’t have to wonder about what sex they were.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

8th graders, 8th graders. I had to keep reminding myself of that while reading this, I kept thinking High school seniors. Nope, this is a test for kids 12 - 13 years old. Unbelieveable. Just shows the incredible damage the communists have done to education.

[Pontiac]

May if most kids would have dropped out of school by the eighth grade to enter the workforce or if they were lucky an apprenticeship.

For most of society, If you could read and write and ‘do your sums’ you were educated enough.

[central_va]

Here is a link to the exam. It is much easier to read:

1912 Eighth Grade Examination for Bullitt County Schools

[dayglored]

A cord of wood was $1.62. Now that's illuminating.

The last time I bought a cord of firewood (cut, split, and dumped; I stacked it myself), it was $250.00.

[Leaning Right]

And now a modern question:

Congress gave $210 million to a corrupt foreign regime. How much is left for the country after Joe Biden takes his 10% and the foreign leader takes 2/3 of what’s left?

[dayglored]

> A cord of wood was $1.62. Now that's illuminating.

On reflection, back then a "cord" was probably what we today call a "face cord", that is, a third of a full cord. Nevertheless...

[Reno89519]

This would require study, can’t do that nowadays!

[central_va]

I thought a cord was 8’ x 4’x 2’.

[Rural_Michigan]

It’s amazing how fast this country has taken a dump. Read Laura Ingalls Wilder books to catch a glimpse of the fledgling education system of the late 19th century and the education standards of the day. Also how teachers operated. It’s really impressive how it only took 1.5 centuries for our populace to go from Christian fundamentalist, educated, respectful, motivated people to the dregs we have today. Really uncanny and an interesting study in the human condition

[Raven6]

A “rick” is 8x4x2. A “cord” is 8x4x4... At least that’s how we define it in middle Tennessee. I’ve not had to buy firewood for so long that I’d be afraid to guess at the cost. Last I paid was $25 per rick.

[Organic Panic]

“Define Personal Pronoun.”

Considering we have a SCOTUS clown who can’t do that we are Fd. And I bet she couldn’t answer a single one of these questions. And neither could that woman with a “PhD in Break Dancing” from Australia.

[Jonny7797]

Did anyone actually pass that test?

[Organic Panic]

Kind of funny to me that whoever wrote the test didn’t do a very good job proofreading their own work before they sent it off to the mimeograph.

[BradyLS]

They didn’t have to wonder about what sex they were.

That’s right. Those were the days.
Everyone knew who they were then.
Girls were girls and men were men

[central_va]

It looks like old fashioned type setting.