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Laxie
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Are you smarter than an 8th grader...from 1912?
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/1912-eighth-grade-exam_n_3744163.html
I've not read through the whole exam yet, but apparently people in 2013 are having difficulty coming up with the answers...
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Re: Are you smarter than an 8th grader...from 1912?
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So they went from that, to this...
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Not sure why I can't get the link up....?
It's Miss South Carolina 2007 anyway..
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Quote from: BangBang on August 15, 2013, 01:21:31 PM
So they went from that, to this...
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To be fair, she had a point when she said "In south Africa and The Iraq everywhere such as" lololol
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Sometimes the smartest person in the room is the person that is considered the Clown or Jester
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WTF...? Can't seem to post Youtube links, it's here anyway
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bang bang remove the secure layer of the http link.
you need the youtube link to be http:www.youtubeamazingnessetc rather than httpS:www. that stops us from seeing it.
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I mean lots of qns just wouldn't be worded that way and we don't know if the kids got any questions right. Also, the questions aren't what we are taught in modern English schools making the whole exercise rather futile.
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Quote from: rfgqqabc on August 15, 2013, 04:33:14 PM
I mean lots of qns just wouldn't be worded that way and we don't know if the kids got any questions right. Also, the questions aren't what we are taught in modern English schools making the whole exercise rather futile.
I've studied education and seen a lot of exam papers, what you say is definitely the defining feature of almost every occasion when people try and make one set look stupid compared to another. When you're taught with those exams in mind it narrows down the gap to almost nothing almost all of the time.
I'd say in terms of intellectual rigour overall this is probably equivalent to GCSE, and as it was aimed at pupils slightly younger than that it might be fair to say it's a 'a bit' harder than what we might see now, but not by much and you'd have a lot more quantity at GCSE level so it could even be argued that it's roughly equivalent.
I don't know about the current US system, they might have a fair point where that's concerned
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Re: Are you smarter than an 8th grader...from 1912?
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Quote from: Jon MW on August 15, 2013, 05:42:42 PM
Quote from: rfgqqabc on August 15, 2013, 04:33:14 PM
I mean lots of qns just wouldn't be worded that way and we don't know if the kids got any questions right. Also, the questions aren't what we are taught in modern English schools making the whole exercise rather futile.
I've studied education and seen a lot of exam papers, what you say is definitely the defining feature of almost every occasion when people try and make one set look stupid compared to another. When you're taught with those exams in mind it narrows down the gap to almost nothing almost all of the time.
I'd say in terms of intellectual rigour overall this is probably equivalent to GCSE, and as it was aimed at pupils slightly younger than that it might be fair to say it's a 'a bit' harder than what we might see now, but not by much and you'd have a lot more quantity at GCSE level so it could even be argued that it's roughly equivalent.
I don't know about the current US system, they might have a fair point where that's concerned
The current system is an absolute joke and has been for years. Pity because intelligent kids get lost in the net as much as kids who need help.
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How old are eighth graders Laxie?
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That seems to be pretty difficult, Tikay must be a genius to have passed that.
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Quote from: Redsgirl on August 15, 2013, 07:15:35 PM
How old are eighth graders Laxie?
They're 13 - 14 years old. Next stop after 8th grade is called High School.
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