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Title: Can you pass the test? Post by: schlaf374 on 14-Aug-13, 07:22:58 AM A 1912 eighth-grade exam was donated to a museum in Bullitt County, Ky.
The Bullitt County Genealogical Society put a scanned copy of the 1912 eighth-grade exam on its website today. You can take the test. http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/2013/0812/1912-eighth-grade-exam-Could-you-make-it-to-high-school-in-1912/Arithmetic (http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/2013/0812/1912-eighth-grade-exam-Could-you-make-it-to-high-school-in-1912/Arithmetic) Title: Re: Can you pass the test? Post by: nycbird on 14-Aug-13, 08:28:57 AM Well, this nycbird is not as bright as I thought!! I only got 65%. I missed 13 questions.
Title: Re: Can you pass the test? Post by: Donna on 14-Aug-13, 08:39:11 AM Well, this nycbird is not as bright as I thought!! I only got 65%. I missed 13 questions. 16 wrong! :( They were HARD!!!! Title: Re: Can you pass the test? Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 14-Aug-13, 08:47:39 AM Did better than I thought I would...78%...8 wrong
Title: Re: Can you pass the test? Post by: patsy6 on 14-Aug-13, 09:16:03 AM 70% for me. Eleven wrong. >:(
Title: Re: Can you pass the test? Post by: patsy6 on 14-Aug-13, 09:21:25 AM Okay, Ei is Miss Smartypants so far. Can anyone top her score?
Title: Re: Can you pass the test? Post by: Kris G. on 14-Aug-13, 09:49:18 AM I got them all right! (kidding) 16 wrong for me :paperbag:
Title: Re: Can you pass the test? Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 14-Aug-13, 10:24:20 AM Okay, Ei is Miss Smartypants so far. Can anyone top her score? I blame it on being a Jeopardy junkie :nerd: Title: Re: Can you pass the test? Post by: Penelope99 on 14-Aug-13, 10:52:08 AM 13 wrong for me. 65%. I have to learn United States history... ;)
Title: Re: Can you pass the test? Post by: schlaf374 on 14-Aug-13, 12:01:03 PM I was surprised by the things I remembered from Grammar school. It's been 40+ years since 8th grade!
5 wrong.... Title: Re: Can you pass the test? Post by: Lynne in New Hampshire on 14-Aug-13, 12:42:14 PM 16 wrong for me! As usual on tests I second guess myself!!!
Title: Re: Can you pass the test? Post by: nwfloridafalconfan on 14-Aug-13, 01:47:18 PM This will probably be debunked as yet another Internet hoax, but it was fun. 10 wrong, 73%. :paperbag:
Title: Re: Can you pass the test? Post by: patsy6 on 14-Aug-13, 01:51:19 PM I was surprised by the things I remembered from Grammar school. It's been 40+ years since 8th grade! YAY! You're the smartest so far! :2thumbsup:5 wrong.... Title: Re: Can you pass the test? Post by: nwfloridafalconfan on 15-Aug-13, 01:26:17 AM On a related matter:
While in town this afternoon, I stopped at the Dollar General store in search of a Hershey's Dark Chocolate bar (to shave thin as a topping for vanilla ice cream.) Next to the Hershey's bars, I found the Dollar General store-brand chocolate bars, 3.5 ounces for $1 each. According to the label, 100% of the proceeds go to the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. Pay a dollar for the candy bar and the Store passes it on to the Foundation. I Googled the Foundation this evening and looked at their most recent tax return. Looks like they make literacy-promoting grants to many schools, libraries, civic groups, and other worthwhile organizations, and their administrative expenses are very low. If you're going to buy a candy bar anyway, check out the Dollar General line. |