Not necessarily true -- Kids today have learn twice as much American History, a hundred times as much science, and a little thing called the computer....... At 05:11 PM 4/27/00 -0700, you wrote: >And today they pass uneducated kids just to get them out of the way for >a crop of new kids that may be just as poorly educated. To bad most >people can't why we are going down. > >"Ward, Marsha" wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I found this and thought you all might find it interesting! >> >> enjoy, >> Marsha >> *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* >> >> Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895? ...Take a Look: >> >> This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina, Kansas. It was >> taken from the original document on file at the Smoky Valley Genealogical >> Society and Library in Salina, Kansas and reprinted by the Salina Journal. >> >> 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, Kansas - 1895 >> >> Grammar (Time, one hour) >> >> 1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters. >> 2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no >> modifications. >> 3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph. >> 4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of do, >> lie, lay and run. >> 5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case. >> 6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation. >> 7-10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you >> understand the practical use of the rules of grammar. >> >> Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours) >> >> 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic. >> 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many >> bushels of wheat will it hold? >> 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts. >> per bu, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare? >> 4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary >> levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for >> incidentals? >> 5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton. >> 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent. >> 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $.20 >> per inch? >> 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent. >> 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance >> around which is 640 rods? >> 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt. >> >> U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes) >> >> 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided. >> 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus. >> 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War. >> 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States. >> 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas. >> 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion. >> 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, >> and Howe? >> 8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, >> 1849, and 1865? >> >> Orthography (Time, one hour) >> >> 1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phoneticorthography, >> etymology, syllabication? >> 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified? >> 3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, >> subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals? >> 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'. >> 5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two >> exceptions under each rule. >> 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each. >> 7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, >> dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, super. >> 8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name >> the sign that indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, >> blood, fare, last. >> 9. Use the following correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight, fane, >> fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays. >> 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by >> use of diacritical marks and by syllabication. >> >> Geography (Time, one hour) >> >> 1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend? >> 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas? >> 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean? >> 4. Describe the mountains of N.A. >> 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, >> Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco. >> 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. >> 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each. >> 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same >> latitude? >> 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the >> sources of rivers. >> 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth. >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> Imagine a college student who went to public school trying to pass this >> test, even if the few outdated questions were modernized. Imagine their >> professors even being able to pass the 8th Grade. Can Americans, student and >> professor alike, get back up to the 8th Grade level of 1895? >> --------------------------------------------------- > > Scott Andrew Cally Graduate Teaching Assistant University of Florida 320 SE 3rd Street Apt D-7 Gainesville, FL 32601 (352) 337-1839 [email protected]