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Have you ever wondered how our Grandparents 8th grade education would compare with an education today. Here are two 8th grade final exams from 1895 and 1912.
A good number of college kids couldn't pass those tests.Impressive
Have you ever wondered how our Grandparents 8th grade education would compare with an education today. Here are two 8th grade final exams from 1895 and 1912.
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Most of those questions (other than grammar) are on the GMAT. The GMAT is for grad school admissions. It’s written at the 11th grade level and most people can’t pass it. Nothing particularly hard on it, but all require inferences derived from common sense and real-world facts.A good number of college kids couldn't pass those tests.
I got caught on that one in High School math and never forgot it. 100 feet of fence, a post every 10 feet, 10 posts, right? No, dumbass, you need a starter post, therefore, 11 posts.Most of those questions (other than grammar) are on the GMAT. The GMAT is for grad school admissions. It’s written at the 11th grade level and most people can’t pass it. Nothing particularly hard on it, but all require inferences derived from common sense and real-world facts.
That’s why the above is hard today. Few people have the basic knowledge for the inferences whether volume of a bushel, or weight of a ton, or conversion of yard to meter, or length or a yard/section/piece.
No kid in 1890 failed to order 13 posts for a 120’ fence posted every 10’. Everyone gets that question wrong on exams today. Apparently, ass-whoopings for being a post short phased out over time.