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Title: 1912 eighth grade exam: Could you make it to high school in 1912?
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URL Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Cultur ... high-school-in-1912/Arithmetic
Published: Aug 12, 2013
Author: Andrew Averill
Post Date: 2016-02-14 17:51:30 by Southern Style
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Comments: 14
August 12, 2013 A 1912 eighth-grade exam was donated to a museum in Bullitt County, Ky. The Bullitt County Genealogical Society put a scanned copy of the 1912 eighth-grade exam on its website today. This exam was called the "Common Exam" in 1912 and was "apparently a big deal," according to the Society's description of the scanned document. Students in Bullitt County would come to the county courthouse once or twice a year to take the exam. For passing the exam, students could be given scholarships to attend high school ("which was also a big deal back then," the site says). The exam consists of 56 questions, a 40-word spelling test, and mentions a separate reading and writing test. The test quizzed students on mathematics, grammar, geography, physiology, civil government, and history. Try your hand at some of the questions. Would you have made it into high school in 1912? Poster Comment: Sample test HERE. Thank goodness for geography, it helped offset the deficiency in Grammar.1912 eighth grade exam: Could you make it to high school in 1912?
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#1. To: Southern Style (#0)
Clearly, I'd have been a fourth-grade drop-out.
#2. To: Lod (#1)
I'm glad I stayed in school until the 8th grade; otherwise my wife and I might never have met. After we were married, the principal let me sign her report card for the next two years.
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