See how well you can do on this 8th Grade final Exam!!

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: godmare

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
Wait .. are you all complaining about the degredation of the educational system because our vernacular has changed in 100 years? Or because the substance and time of the information taught has changed? ...

No, it's my contention that current education standards rely upon independent study to yield results par with the past, vernacular aside.

On what do you base this conclusion? Regardless, hasn't the foundation of education been built upon independent study sine the days of Aristotle?

 

[FrustratedUser]

F

 

[Mallow]

I don't believe any school district in America would hold education standards of what you posted. Where did you get this piece of rubbish?

 

[secretanchitman]

wtf? our educations suck compared to this...

 

[Electric Amish]

What were the principle subjects taught in a school in 1895? Reading, Writing, basic Arithmetic.

No computers, no physics, no chemistry, no biology, no calculus, no geometry, no drama, no wood working, no auto shop, no PE, no art, no photography, no foreign languages....etc.

If I was taught reading, writing, and basic arithmetic every day of school my entire life I could pass that no problem. It's not that our education system has become poor, it's that it has become diversified by the evolution of life.

amish

 

[OutHouse]

you get an F for posting urban legends....

 

[guyver01]

Sorry.. i graduated years and years ago.
i am filled with practical knowledge, not textbook knowledge

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: freebee
The country overall has gotten much worse, not just the educational system.

Its an evolution of capitalism and its influence on social institutions.

Uh, no. If it's anything, it is the evolution of regulation and intrusion of the Federal Government.

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: Citrix
you get an F for posting urban legends....

It's not an urban legend, at least what I understand from Snopes. All Snopes is saying is that it doesn't prove our education system has gone down the toilet since the 1870s. They never counter that the exam never existed.

 

[911paramedic]

6. A man drives 97 pegs on a straight line and spaces them 3 ft. 8 in. apart. What is the distance from the first peg to the last peg, lowest terms?

LOL, damn peg questions...