Are You As Smart As An 8th grader? (from 1912...)

[Aesop]

h/t to Bill Whittle:

1912 8th Grade exam for Bullitt County, KY Schools
This will kick your ass.

I swear to Buddha, I'm taking this test and a videocam to the local JC, and doing a survey to post on YouTube.

















Check your work.

[Netpackrat]

I think that for most of us here, taking that test would only show that very few of us have retained information that we had to learn by rote decades ago, for which we've had little use since.

[Erik]

I think that for most of us here, taking that test would only show that very few of us have retained information that we had to learn by rote decades ago, for which we've had little use since.

Yeah, I think so too. I've seen tests like that before, and my impression has always been that I might not pass it now, but if I had been given it back in high school I would have had no problem. And if I got some time to read up on it now, I would be surprised if I couldn't pass it. It's just been too long since I learned those things to have them fresh in memory.

[skb12172]

Just south of Louisville on I65. Home of the famous machine gun shoot at Knob Creek. Also now has the highest teen pregnancy rate of any county in the USA.