Could you have passed Gr.8 in 1895?
 

Was looking for something for PHP when I came across this:

http://www.barefootsworld.net/1895finalexam.html

9 reasons for use of a capital letter?
I got 5:
1) Name of a person
2) name of a place
3) name of a thing
4) start the sentance
5) start of converation


I know I'd fail - no internet then to look this stuff up :winkwink:

But makes you wonder what has happend to school systems....

Hell I dont think I could pass it now. I am too lazy.

we have been dumbed down to make us good little labourers

dont ask questions...and there is no such thing as aliens

lol

its really amazing to see the diffrence between now & then though. I dont think I was even taught that stuff at school..hell I dont think my teachers would have had the patience to even teach that stuff everything was such a rush to get through it seemed.

Hi Jeff :girl

bummer :disgust

I still couldnt answer it lol

Hey hawtness whats going on with you?

What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

6) abbreviation (Est.)
7) acronym "GFY"
8) Emphasis "STOP!!!"
9) Prefix to a name "Mr" or suffix "Jr"

Also consider:
The names of the days of the week, and of the months of the year, are written with a capital letter. Also festivals, holy days, time period (like 'Renaissance')
The first word of a direct quotation
Roman Numerals

Good schools here :)

That is the most non-sensical rebuttal I've ever read.

I dunno what you guys are talking about, those seem like very basic questions to me.

But then again, I wasn't schooled in America... or even in English!

A trigraph is a combination of three letters representing one sound. An example is eau as in bureau.
A subvocal is beneath the voice, a silent or nearly silent sound.
A dighthong is a complex vowel sound made by gliding continuously from the position of one vowel to that for another within the same same syllable. An example is (ou) as in down.
Cognate letters are related in derivation, for instance, i and y.
Linguals are sounds articulated by using the tongue, for instance the sound th

yeah I cheated :)

LOL I love Dumbed down :1orglaugh

THnaks. I've learnt something today! :)

Not surprising. Even if it WAS real, it has been well documented that Columbus didn't discover America, so you certainly can't answer a question with the right answer if the question is wrong. :2 cents:

Lazy. No fake just not conclusive in showing decline of education. The test is real.

this is pretty interesting thing! :thumbsup

ok so now grab an 8th grader from 1895 and have him code up that test in php.. see how far you get. times change.

are you suggesting 8th graders in 2006 should be taught how many bushels of wheat of wagon can hold?

The Algebra I help my 6th grade son with today is stuff I did in High School.

The English homework he brings home is pathetic.

Are we getting smarter??

Maybe on certain subjects that are prevelant as Evil1 alluded to.