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Dave Starr
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What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895...
> Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they
only had
> an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have
passed
> the 8th grade in 1895?
> This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas ,
USA It
> was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley
> Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , and reprinted by the
Salina
> Journal.
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> 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS - 1895
> Grammar (Time, one hour)
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> 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
> "lie,""play," 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.
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>
> Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)
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> 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 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at
50cts/bushel,
> deducting 1,050 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 the cost of 6,720 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
> metre?
> 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 of
which
> is 640 rods?
> 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt
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>
> 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 b attles of the Rebellion.
> 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln ,
Penn,
> and Howe?
> 8. Name event s connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800,
1849,
> 1865.
>
>
> Orthography (Time, one hour)
> [Do we even know what this is??]
>
>
> 1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography,
> 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.' (HUH?)
> 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, sup.
> 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)
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>
> 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 North America
> 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 the 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 the inclination of the
earth.
> Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete.
> Gives the saying "he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new
meaning,
> doesn't it?!
> Also shows you how poor our education system has become! and, NO! I
don't
> have the answers! |
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Pushing buttons sure can be fun.
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twotap
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Wouldnt that test be considered cruel and unusual punishment nowdays? By the way I flunked it bigtime. Maybe some of the intellectuals on the forum can do better.  |
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:56 am |
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last time here
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damn!!! i'm illiterate!!   |
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:42 am |
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00SL2
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:42 pm |
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Dave Starr
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Nope. Found it on another forum and passed it on.
BTW, Do the schools still teach diagramming sentences in the 6th grade? They did when I was in the 6th. |
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I used to care, but I take a pill for that now.
Pushing buttons sure can be fun.
When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way.
Paddle faster, I hear banjos. |
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:51 pm |
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twotap
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I dont know about diagraming sentences but they are about to teach as gospel the unproven theory of Man Made global warming. 
cover climate change
SOME THINK SCIENCE ISN'T DEFINITIVE ENOUGH TO TEACH
By Paul Rogers
Mercury News
Article Launched: 02/15/2008 01:42:53 AM PST
Reading, writing and . . . global warming?
A Silicon Valley lawmaker is gaining momentum with a bill that would require "climate change" to be among the science topics that all California public school students are taught.
The measure, by state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, also would mandate that future science textbooks approved for California public schools include climate change.
"You can't have a science curriculum that is relevant and current if it doesn't deal with the science behind climate change," Simitian said. "This is a phenomenon of global importance and our kids ought to understand the science behind that phenomenon."
The state Senate approved the bill, SB 908, Jan. 30 by a 26-13 vote. It heads now to the state Assembly. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken numerous actions to reduce global warming, but he has yet to weigh in on Simitian's bill. Other Republicans in the Capitol, however, are not happy about the proposal.
Some say the science on global warming isn't clear, while others worry the bill would inject environmental propaganda into classrooms.
"I find it disturbing that this mandate to teach this theory is not accompanied by a requirement that the discussion be science-based and include a critical analysis of all sides of the subject," said Sen. Tom McClintock, R-Thousand Oaks, during the Senate debate.
Only two Republicans voted for the bill, Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-San Luis Obispo, and
Sen. Tom Harman, R-Costa Mesa. Maldonado's district includes Los Gatos, Morgan Hill, parts of San Jose, Scotts Valley, Watsonville and Monterey. Harman represents Orange County. All 13 of the no votes were from Republicans.
One of the opponents, Sen. Jeff Denham, R-Modesto, said he wants guarantees that the views of global warming skeptics will be taught.
"Some wouldn't view them as skeptics. Some would view them as the right side of the issue," said Denham, an Atwater almond farmer who also runs a plastics recycling business.
"We don't have complete factual information yet," Denham said. "From what I have seen the Earth has heated and cooled on its own for centuries. I don't know that there's anything that is a direct cause of that right now, but we can do a better job of cleaning up our planet."
Simitian noted that his bill wouldn't dictate what to teach or in what grades, but rather would require the state Board of Education and state Department of Education to decide both.
Although global warming is mentioned in high school classes about weather, it is currently not required to be covered in all textbooks, said the head of the California Science Teachers Association.
"This is a great idea. I don't think there's any reason to talk about politics," said Christine Bertrand, the group's executive director. "There's no argument that there is climate change. The argument is how much is caused by the activities of mankind."
Bertrand said teachers would have plenty to discuss: rising levels of carbon dioxide, how temperatures are measured globally, and what is known and not known about global warming.
Meanwhile, the 10 hottest years - ranked by global surface temperature - since 1880 all have occurred since 1995, according to the National Climatic Data Center, a federal agency in North Carolina.
In 2005, America's most prestigious scientific body, the National Academy of Sciences, issued a statement with the headline "Climate change is real." It was signed by the national scientific academies of Japan, Britain, Canada, China, Germany, Italy, France, Russia, India and Brazil. Citing direct measurements of air and oceans, along with melting glaciers, it noted:
"There is now strong evidence that significant global warming is occurring. . . . It is likely that most of the warming in recent decades can be attributed to human activities. This warming has already led to changes in the Earth's climate."
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED
To read the bill, go to www.senate.ca.gov, click "legislation" and type SB 908.
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Contact Paul Rogers at progers@mercurynews.com or (408) 920-5045.
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"If you like your current healthcare you can keep it, Period"!!
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:56 pm |
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Richard
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I flunked it big time too but keep in mind, I gradutated from Northwestern High School. HaHaHa
Richard |
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:46 pm |
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squash
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Well it's good to see that Richard got the memo. Teacher unappreciation week continues through Friday.
I should have been a fireman.
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:10 pm |
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Dave Starr
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| Hey, I always thought sliding down that brass pole & riding around on the back of that big truck would be a cool job to have! |
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I used to care, but I take a pill for that now.
Pushing buttons sure can be fun.
When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way.
Paddle faster, I hear banjos. |
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:01 pm |
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squash
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Brass Pole eh??
You know what they way: Those who can't do, teach. Those who can't teach, dance.
Later
I gotta get to the gym. |
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:03 pm |
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FormerFlint
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| Squash, you sure can two-step. And your hokey pokey is the stuff of Fred Astaire's dreams. |
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Uhm.... I got nuthin profound to add |
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:28 pm |
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twotap
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Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:18 am |
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FlintConservative
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quote:
twotap schreef:
Ouch. |
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Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:11 pm |
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last time here
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lord!!!??? where was this demonstration?  |
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