tayco Loc: Wisconsin

This is a test that was given to 8 th graders back in 1912. Could you pass this test even now as an adult? I did not. What is being taught now is different because of technology, but it does have some valid information even in today's society.



I want to share with you a copy of an eighth grade exam from 1912 that was donated to the Bullitt County History Museum in Kentucky.

Would eighth grade students be able to pass such an exam today?

Would college students?

As you look over this exam from 1912, ask yourself how you would do on it…

Eighth-Grade-Exam

8th Grade Exam 1912

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cosmo54 Loc: Easton, PA but will travel for photos

i guess i failed....i don't see a test. :-)

Old Timer Loc: Greenfield, In.

I can not can figure out how to access the test so I failed also.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

Just guessing... could it be THIS test? (Guess I passed ;) )

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/1912-eighth-grade-exam_n_3744163.html

tayco Loc: Wisconsin

:oops: :oops: Sorry had to change it to a jpeg :)

cosmo54 Loc: Easton, PA but will travel for photos

NOW I see it. ... guess I was too wick the first time ... and yeah, I passed....but I was a math major

Popeye Loc: LifIno

Surprised myself, I actually did pretty good with the exception of spelling. I never was very good at that. Explains why I keep a dictionary next to my laptop.

Asked both of my grandchildren about diagraming sentences and they have no idea what I'm talking about. One is in middle school an the other an honor student in high school.

OldEarl Loc: Northeast Kansas

My grandfather may have finished eighth grade--may not. He was a successful businessman and had a thriving trucking company until the repeal of the Volstead Act. He also was the one to help me with my homework up through third grade and taught me to use tools.

In 1912 there was a requirement to finish eighth grade. My grandmother did high school and a year of college and was certified to teach.

Universal high school came in the thirties for the same reason as social security--to reduce competition in the workforce. With mandatory high school came a need to spread the required learning out over a longer period so the eighth grade became less important.

In 1968 I was advised that we could not expect high school students to diagram sentences and we should not worry about spelling because people did not have the "culture" of schooling. I ended up working in a criminal justice system built on the failure of the education system.

Now we are supposed to believe it is necessary to provide two years post high school education. The real reason is to keep people out of the workforce.