How smart are you compared to an 8th grader in 1912?

Crap....I accidently got one right.

 

Kids back in 1912 and thereabouts weren't given multiple choice - this was explained at the beginning. They only had the question. Multiple choice was added for us dummies living now to help us out.....

 

All the 8th graders `round here...

... already know how to beat Uncle Ferd...

... at 3 card monte.

 

I found a story with links to sample standardized tests for Texas 8th graders. My son is taking the tests this week, starting today. I've been helping him with the math, so I know I can ace that. I'll try to take the 8th grade reading sample test after work tonight.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Can-You-Pass-the-STAAR-Test---373753341.html

 

Didn't finish it, seemed to be going well. I hope my kid isn't tested on irrelevant crap like who invented what or the names of battles when he's in 8th grade. Better to learn the strategies of battle or the principles behind the invention. Still got them though, the distractors were pretty weak. No Vietnam War for an 1912 test.

 

A few of the questions were wrong. The Vietnam war distractor was one example, another was the Himalayas, which are in more than just India and Nepal--they are also in China and several other countries.

I got 93%.

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That was supposed to be a no-brainer question. The guy's steps are 2 ft, 4 inches or 2 1/3 feet. The distance is 2 1/3 miles. Easy answer of 5280 steps.

 

Despite what your stupid quiz says is the right answer, the duties of President are, in fact, "Appearing on TV, flying in Air Force One, being awesome"

I missed a couple but bot bored enough to quit. The adjective question and the who was the first to cross from the atlantic to the pacific

 

It wasn't multiple choice, it was originally fill in the blank.

The questions are accurate, the way they are setup is innacurate.

 

I didn't say it was life changing. If you weren't interested, you didn't have to take it or insult the thread, but glad you did so well.

 

Some history about who did what is a good thing. Otherwise, Kim Jong Un will take credit for inventing the telephone and people will think that dictatorships are good for creativity and scientific advancement. I know it's a gross exaggeration, but it's good for the world to know that the freedom we have in America is good for scientific advancement and industrial creativity. We invented the assembly line and the 5 day work week. It's good for our kids to learn about our ingenuity and leadership. A little history is important because we don't want to repeat some of it.

 

I didn't insult the thread. It just asked too many questions for we of short attention spans.

 

I bet not very many 8th graders in 1912 had short attention spans b/c there was school work to learn and work that had to be done..not to mention the fact that they ate nothing but good home-grown nutritious food to keep their brain healthy........

 

My argument wasn't that history is irrelevant, but rather that memorizing the names of people/battles is not an important aspect of it to commit to memory. It's probably best that somebody writes down who invented things, but it's not the kind of thing to test a student on. A student should know what happened and the sequence of events and how they interrelate, sure. But names are just trivia and contribute nothing to actual understanding.

Plus what you describe sounds more like nationalistic propaganda than history.

 

Answered first 5 questions and then sopped - with questions like who invented telephone and where's Buenos Aires, I was embarrassed to continue.

 

They weren't all "gimmes".

 

I was not educated in the Unuted States, so to me they all were.

 

60%. I'm more confused as to how that equates to a B. That would have been an F when I was in school.

 

This quiz is too long, I'm on question 26 and only missed 1 so far....

It's interesting tho because you kinda have to put yourself in the mindset of someone in 1912...

Whoever created this test kinda messed up tho by giving choices to questions that wouldn't have been possible in 1912.

I suppose (or would hope) a typical high school senior could pass this quiz, but yea - it's probably a little advanced for a typical 8th grader today.

 

How did the reference to TV get in there if it was from 1912?