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TRUTHSEEKER_01 (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 05:11 AM Original message |
How smart are you? Take a look at an 1895 8th grade exam. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. But we have technology and the whole word method of |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. This toon sez it all |
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TRUTHSEEKER_01 (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 05:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Funny Toon! |
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Buck Turgidson (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. Snopes says, "Urban legend"! |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 11:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. I knew it! |
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clu (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
37. minor nitpick |
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clu (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 02:14 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. hmm just read the link in the OP |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. Does not seem hard if I was in the 8th grade |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. More Rethuglican propaganda |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 06:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I don't buy it either. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 08:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. That's a great saying. I'm going to have to find an occasion to |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 02:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
40. that's a great saying |
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FloridaPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. Besides the geography stuff, and some arithmetic |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 05:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 06:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. What a nice early morning giggle |
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mortlefaucheur (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
9. Bookmark later to humiliate ill-informed 'MurKKKans... |
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obreaslan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
11. I don't remember any of this stuff....When I was in 8th grade, in 1895... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 06:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Was this before or after the cake walk? |
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wake.up.america (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. Compare that with today's test. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
16. There are no questions about Government, |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 07:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. And, in 1895, a young 8th grader could... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 07:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. These days you can have a Masters or even Doctorates... |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
18. Not too difficult. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. right now, on a neutral field |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
19. Snopes says... |
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Shipwack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 07:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Actually, Snopes doesn't say that it's false, at least not completely. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
20. Holy crap. I'd fail that thing. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
22. But how would they do on todays science tests? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
23. This is such garbage |
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Chiyo-chichi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
26. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided. |
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Squeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
27. Moreover |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
28. It looks as if the OP is taking the eternal nap |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 02:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. 1. how many bushels of Earthe shalle be remov'd to provide a Grayve... |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
30. This is just like their SAT arguments |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
31. Well, we know douche bag was a plant, I tried to be subtle |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
33. Bullshit alert |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. Remember that this is a test from Kansas |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
35. no literature? no science? no algebra? |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
36. Um, WELCOME TO DU!!! |
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Moderator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
41. locking |
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