Saturday, September 12, 2009
The 8th graded test
Ok all you ‘educated folks’ out there, here’s something to think about as you follow your favorite college teams this weekend.
You have likely heard that there has been a ‘dumbing down’ in our educational system. But you probably don’t believe it.
Rather, if the truth be known, we tend to think that we, our peers, and even the players on our favorite teams are all very smart and ‘know it all’.
Well, perhaps this test, which was a typical test for 8th Graders in the US a little over 100 years ago, will give us an idea of where we have gone (or not gone) educationally in the past 100 years.
So, get a pencil and some paper, put on your thinking cap, and HERE’S THE LINK