HAOLE Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 I don't know any adults myself that could pass this! http://www.rense.com/pgs/page_01.jpg http://www.rense.com/pgs/page_02.jpg http://www.rense.com/pgs/page_03.jpg http://www.rense.com/pgs/page_04.jpg http://www.rense.com/pgs/page_05.jpg http://www.rense.com/pgs/page_06.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 "Does a dictator consider the welfare of the people?" Haha can someone tell me what iceberg that was the tip of, considering it's actually wrong. All in all, I think I could've done pretty well on that test. I couldn't tell you all the members of the Cabinet now, but I could do pretty well and considering I haven't studied the Constitution, I think a couple hours dedicated to memorizing this stuff wouldn't be hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted February 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 They're in 8th grade, all they do is go to school and play. If that's all I had to worry about in life then yeah I could study for a year and pass that test. Oh and that kid was probably the one nerd of the class, everybody else probably got ~70% I hope it would not take a whole year for you to pass that test.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig71188 Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 Too bad we spend too much time on "self esteem" issues, cultural indoctrination and other assorted bullshit and not enough learning about our own country/history (and math & science)and how it is supposed to be run - by the people! A recent study showed american kids had a high view of themselves - but no knowledge to back it up, several asian countries' kids didn't have that high of an opinion of themselves, but kicked ass on math and science. Hmmmm, domestic automakers hovering in and out of banktuptcy, asian auto manufacturers seemingly not having problems.... coincidence??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted February 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 Too bad we spend too much time on "self esteem" issues, cultural indoctrination and other assorted bullshit and not enough learning about our own country/history (and math & science)and how it is supposed to be run - by the people! A recent study showed american kids had a high view of themselves - but no knowledge to back it up, several asian countries' kids didn't have that high of an opinion of themselves, but kicked ass on math and science. Hmmmm, domestic automakers hovering in and out of banktuptcy, asian auto manufacturers seemingly not having problems.... coincidence??? QFT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GMoney Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 1-29 no way but the rest are easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lustalbert Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 A prime exampe of how our standards are being lowered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted February 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 A prime exampe of how our standards are being lowered. That was my point of the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibies Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 that looks like a copy of my 11th grade govt teacher Mr Vargo's test... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar1647545494 Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 If I studied, yea, but there's no real need for me to know who was in Congress in the 50's. Looks like what I remember taking in high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hal Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 I got a bunch of it, but I'm not an 8th grader. The top section was the hardest, and I didn't remember the entire preamble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 other than listing names, it doesn't look tooooooooo hard. something sick and twisted to think about, the teacher that graded that paper.... even if she was freash out of college is probably dead now or in a retirement home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyctsv Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 That test is not a challenge. Every answer on there is an answer you could memorize. There are no questions that require the student to apply their knowledge. Could I pass it right now? No, of course, but if you gave me a couple of days to prepare I could ace it. There has been a new focus put on math and science in our schools. However, our students still lag way behind the world in knowledge of the rest of the world and history. We are the best at "self esteem" though! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff1647545513 Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Took almost that exact same test in the 10th grade, really wasn't bad at all. Especially since that's what you are being taught at the time, it's all fresh in your head. There's no way in hell I could do it now though without looking at that shit for almost 3 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr3GTP Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Too bad we spend too much time on "self esteem" issues, cultural indoctrination and other assorted bullshit and not enough learning about our own country/history (and math & science)and how it is supposed to be run - by the people! A recent study showed american kids had a high view of themselves - but no knowledge to back it up, several asian countries' kids didn't have that high of an opinion of themselves, but kicked ass on math and science. Hmmmm, domestic automakers hovering in and out of banktuptcy, asian auto manufacturers seemingly not having problems.... coincidence???Political Correctness and Liberal agendas are killing our country. This illustrates it perfectly. Good post/thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr3GTP Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 I got a bunch of it, but I'm not an 8th grader. The top section was the hardest, and I didn't remember the entire preamble."America Rock"/"Schoolhouse Rock" ftw I could sing it all right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRed Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 "America Rock"/"Schoolhouse Rock" ftw I could sing it all right now! LOL so can I. I can still remember in 5th grade watching that video over and over and the teacher making us sing along so that we memorized it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptn janks Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 If I studied, yea, but there's no real need for me to know who was in Congress in the 50's. Looks like what I remember taking in high school. cabinet positions =/= congress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron_ Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 i think the best example of the 'self esteem' issue is right here in this thread - how many people idly sit and think they could have easily passed that test, or think that they know most of the answers i'm in law school and that test would have kicked my ass ...itd take more than a few days to memorize all of that and keep it straight ever try to memorize all of the amendments? they get muddied up after a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTurbo Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 We had a test almost identical to that in my 8th grade year, only we had to know the order of all the presidents, and the dates they were in office as well. Could I do it now again? HELL NO. Thats not the point though, it's a test of what you know at the time. No one practices this knowledge outside of schooling so it's not something us as adults are immediatly going to be able to produce an answer for. As well, some of those questions are severly subjectable, of which, a multitude of answers are possible and right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted February 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 The point of this post was to show how the school systems have dumbed down the standards in our public schools. I went to the "Fine" Columbus Public Schools at NO TIME were we required to have that type of understanding of the functioning of our government. Even in my 12 th grade Government class, we did not have this sort on knowledge being required. I think that the schools have changed the focus of education. From the three "R's", to focusing on the proficiency test. At least we are producing great people for the "Jay walking" segment on the Leno show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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