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What 8th-Graders Were Expected to Know in 1910
Eagle Forum ^ | July 2004 | Staff

Posted on 06/14/2012 12:42:52 PM PDT by QT3.14

The following 8th-grade exit exam materials for Washington state in 1910....

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: education; school; testing; washington
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To: pepsionice

Well, I know that I had a better high school education than kids get in college, today.

When I was in 8th grade, I was assigned to do a term paper, 20 pages double spaced, using 10 different types of footnotes and a bibliography, on “The effects of the Monroe Doctrine on the US foreign policy during the pre-Civil War period.

My freshman year of college, we read were required to take a survey of religion course that covered everything from Angels dancing on the head of a pin to Paul Tillich. I’m told that most theology students have trouble with Tillich, Niebuhr, Beauregard. and others. This was a required freshman course in college.


81 posted on 06/14/2012 7:17:50 PM PDT by Eva
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To: Rio

sqrt(95.6484) is 9.78, but I fiddled a bit with the calculator (multiplication only) to get it (I did NOT use the sqrt function to find it, though).


82 posted on 06/14/2012 7:25:56 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: factoryrat

You get the trophy for best guesser around.... ;0 ( but you have to wait in line to collect yours. the rest of the class got one too)


83 posted on 06/14/2012 8:04:10 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: QT3.14

I remember when a high school diploma actually meant something.


84 posted on 06/14/2012 9:19:22 PM PDT by Woodsman27
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