Fixed.
I think Spock invented Vulcanized rubber.
Pre-warning: I’m bored and its a slow night at work -
“Who invented the cotton gin?”
I didn’t even know you could make gin from cotton.
“Movable press?”
John Wooden
“The reaper?”
Blue Oyster Cult, though they didn’t want people being afraid of it.
“Vulcanized rubber?”
Mr Spock
“Can you identify all 50 states from a map of the United States? And name their capitals?”
Yeh the names are written on the map and the capital is the first letter of the name.
“Can you quickly recite the multiplication tables?”
I can recite my gozintas. 1 gozinta 2 two times, etc
“On which date was Julius Caesar assassinated?”
It was the day before his funeral.
“Can you prove that a triangle is 180 degrees?”
My thermometer doesn’t go that high.
“Can you name the formula of Einstein’s theory of relativity?”
Counting just blood kin or in-laws too?
“Do you know when to use there, their, and they’re ? Your and you’re ?”
Your really gonna go their?
“Can you name the oceans ?”
I could but I thought they already had names.
As the recipient of a home education I am no fan of the public school system. I will be educating my own children at home but this list and the accompanying paragraphs in an effort to encourage it are poor attempts at highlighting the benefits of non-government school. The point of education is not for you to memorize a bunch of facts, although the art and skill of memorization is lost today and is beneficial in spite of our googlable world. Instead, education should teach you HOW to think and reason which is why the modern school system fails on so many levels
Hirsh has a series of books WHAT EVERY x GRADER SHOULD KNOW I think it goes up to 8th grade and there is also a listing of appropriate curriculum for each grade available. I used it as a guide to make sure my children were well educated when I homeschooled and that I didn’t miss anything.
I wouldn’t send a skunk to any public school.
I am going to be volunteering at a homeschool coop soon. All adults who have skills to offer need to volunteer to educate kids in private homeschooling and private school settings.
Schools no longer teach kids how to diagram sentences. I really never understood why it is that important anyway.
Actual quick mental status ? used 50 yrs ago:
y = mx + ____.
I suspect most millennials cannot get one question right.
E=mc^2 +/-3dB
Judging by the posts on this forum, I'd sadly have to say that most Freepers would fail this portion of the test.
As for myself - even though I left high school in the early 70s, and spent half my school years in superior military-run schools, I'd probably only manage a weak passing grade on the whole thing.
Sorry even homeschoolers do not know half of this.
One major reason because they KNOW they will be passed no matter what.
The other is the same thing that affects non-minorities not to learn it. A well rounded home with both parents showing an interest in the child learning.
Movable press? Did that mean movable type?
I wonder who the author thinks invented the light bulb....
Compare this to the 1895 High School test that floats around the Internet.
At one time students had to provide the answer rather than select an answer from a list.
At one time teachers had to read the answers the students’ provided.
Hell I can’t name most of them. Some I used to be able to but I haven’t done a geometric proof in over 30 years and don’t plan to start again. Really they’re mostly useless information, unless you play Trivial Pursuit professionally. Ides of March is my anniversary though (yes on purpose), I can’t forget that one.