[pianotech] OT: Grammar

[paul bruesch]

Well... maybe that's why so many people only had an 8th grade education.
They failed the exams and couldn't go on to 9th grade.
Just sayin'... and only a little bit tongue-in-cheek!

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 5:46 PM, Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net> wrote:

>   *Subject: **Fwd: Re: 8TH GRADE EDUCATION in 1895*****
>
>    ****
>   Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that
>  they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could
>  any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?
> Imagine this..****
>
> This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina ,
> Kansas, USA .
> It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey
> Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, and reprinted by
> the Salina Journal.
>
>  8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS - 1895
>
>  **_Grammar (Time, one hour)_**
> > >
> > >  1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
> > >
> > >  2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have
> > no modifications.
> > >
> > >  3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
> > >
> > >  4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give
> > principal parts of
> > > "lie,""play," and "run."
> > >
> > >  5. Define case; illustrate each case.
> > >
> > >  6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of
> > punctuation.
> > >
> > >  7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show
> > therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
> > >
> > > **_ Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)_**
> > >
> > >  1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
> > >
> > >  2. A wagon box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft.
> > Wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
> > >
> > >  3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it
> > worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. for tare?
> > >
> > >  4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is
> > the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at
> > >$50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
> > >
> > >  5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. Coal at $6.00 per ton.
> > >
> > >  6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days
> > at 7 percent.
> > >
> > >  7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16
> > ft. Long at $20 per metre?
> > >
> > >  8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at
> > 10 percent.
> > >
> > >  9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre,
> > the distance of which is 640 rods?
> > >
> > >  10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt
> > >
> > > **_U.S._****_ History (Time, 45 minutes)_**
> > >
> > >  1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided
> > >
> > >  2. Give an account of the discovery of America by
> > Columbus
> > >
> > >  3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary
> > War.
> > >
> > >  4. Show the territorial growth of the United States
> > >
> > >  5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas
> > >
> > >  6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the
> > Rebellion.
> > >
> > >  7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell
> > , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe?
> > >
> > >  8. Name events connected with the following dates:
> > 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.
> > >
> > > **_ _***_Orthography_***_ (Time, one hour)_**
> > >
> > >  [Do we even know what this is??]
> > >
> > >  1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic,
> > orthography, etymology, syllabication?
> > >
> > >  2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
> > >
> > >  3. What are the following, and give examples of each:
> > trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
> > >
> > >  4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?)
> > >
> > >  5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.'
> > Name two exceptions under each rule.
> > >
> > >  6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling.
> > Illustrate each.
> > >
> > >  7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection
> > with a word:
> > > bi, dis-mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
> > >
> > >  8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the
> > following, and name the sign that indicates the sound:
> > card,    ball,  mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last
> > >
> > >  9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site,
> > sight, fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
> > >
> > >  10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate
> > > pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by
> > syllabication.
> > >
> > > **_Geography (Time, one hour)_**
> > >
> > >  1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
> > >
> > >  2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in
> > Kansas ?
> > >
> > >  3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
> > >
> > >  4. Describe the mountains of North America
> > >
> > >  5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia , Odessa ,
> > Denver , Manitoba , Hecla , Yukon , St. Helena, Juan Fernandez,
> > Aspinwall and  Orinoco ..
> > >
> > >  6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the
> > U.S.
> > >
> > >  7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital
> > of each.
> > >
> > >  8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in
> > the same latitude?
> > >
> > >  9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean
> > returns to the sources of rivers.
> > >
> > >  10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the
> > inclination of the earth
> > >
> > >  Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete.
> > >
> > >  Gives the saying "he only had an 8th grade education" a
> > whole new meaning, doesn't it?!
> > >
> > > Also shows you how poor our education system has become!
> > And no, I don't have the answers.
>
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