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Newly Discovered Eighth Grade Exam From 1912 Shows How Dumbed Down America Has Become
In Kentucky, an eighth grade exam from 1912 was recently donated to the Bullitt County History Museum. When I read this exam over, I was shocked at how difficult it was. Could most eighth grade students pass such an exam today? Of course not. In fact, I don’t even think that I could pass it.
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Well, in 1912, kids were learning things completely different than what we learn today, so of course you're not going to know any of it. Saying that people are getting dumber is a pretty ridiculous statement.
Agreed, there is only so much information we can plug into these kids during their school years. We simply have a lot of other things that are more important at this point. There rest can still be acquired on your own time...
"Dumbing down", when associated with education/schools has become acceptable slang for "less educated", so no, it's not "pretty ridiculous" at all.
Maybe they're just teaching them less important stuff these days. The criteria on that test shows some important information/skills to know.
I have to call BS on this! We expect kids to know far more now than when I was a kid!
I think if we had a public education like Finnland's, where the parents have the right to choose which schools get their children s' government money, our schools would be forced to improve and would have more equal distribution of wealth. Our current public education system is just absolutely broken. I graduated high school from a relatively high-performing school and it's honestly sad how unprepared many of my fellow classmates were for college.