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tyvm...
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This is "supposed" to be an Actual 1895 Eighth Grade Final Exam:
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I wouldnt have done well on the English part.
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Could you imagine the uproar if we expected our graduates (or potential graduates) to sit for five hours and take a test?
I'm from an ag background so could see no problems in the test as written. But, what would happen if you would change a couple of questions (I think it is only a couple that would take it from our former ag based communities to todays demographics), and then give this test to both teachers and 12th graders today? I do a lot of reading and follow history, but there is a lot here I would struggle with, and I would be best off leaving school after 7th grade to avoid the test. |
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Philosophy of Life (and a few laughs)
GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED: 1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats. 2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair. 3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person. 4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato. 5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food. 6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair. 7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time. 8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk. 9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts. 10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap. GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED: 1) Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree. 2) Wrinkles don't hurt. 3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts. 4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground. 5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside. 6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy. GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD 1) Growing up is mandatory; growing old is optional. 2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get. 3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there. 4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster. 5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions. 6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. 7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE: 1) You believe in Santa Claus. 2) You don't believe in Santa Claus. 3) You are Santa Claus. 4) You look like Santa Claus. SUCCESS: At age 4 success is . . not peeing in your pants. At age 12 success is . . having friends. At age 16 success is having a drivers license. At age 35 success is having money. At age 50 success is . . . having money. At age 70 success is . . . having a drivers license. At age 75 success is . having friends. At age 80 success is . not peeing in your pants. |
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You are welcome! I have over 800 jokes, fun facts, etc. that fills 8 pages in my e-mail files-so....I can share one daily for most of the next 2 years. (some aren't appropriate for mixed age readers so those won't be posted) |
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Here is another one:
The good Old Days? THE YEAR 1905 One hundred (and 2) years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some of the U.S. statistics for the Year 1905 : The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years. Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars. There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of pa ved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million people, Califo rnia was only the 21st most populous state in the Union. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower! The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year . A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year. More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home . Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors had no college education. Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard." Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee was fifteen cents a pound. Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo. Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason. Five leading causes of death in the U.S. were: 1. Pneumonia and influenza 2. Tuberculosis 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease 5. Stroke The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!! Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't been invented yet. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacist said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." (Shocking!) Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic help. There were about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S. And I forwarded this from someone else without typing it myself, and sent it to you in a matter of seconds! Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years. It staggers the mind. |
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Breez: I will commandeer your nostalgia(?) thread for a moment to say "thank you" for your "welcome back" comment over in the Obama thread. I took a "sabbatical" for six or seven months. I probably will drift away again, but it is reassuring to find the forum still here upon one's return.
In that regard, I also would note that I have been disappointed to see the forum has dwindled to so very few participants. I would have guessed that with the cold spell, many people would have been at home, on the computer and adding their two cents to the forum. But, I suppose a person can say he/she is for/against abortion, gay marriage, George Bush and similar hot topics only so many times before the infatuation is over. No one seems too interested in routine topics. In your particular instance, it is nice when a gregarious person sets up camp here. So many people "lurking" in this neighborhood must be of a timid nature. It is difficult to believe they would be without opinions. |
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Educated |
I nominate Breeze for "Gregarious Person of the Board".
 Just had to take some time off to be with my sweetie for Valentine's Day. It's good to be back. |
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Free Time |
And why do you park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?
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Educated |
OK, now you have really baffled me! You introduce a thread to touch on "anything" and once we're sucked in you return to the tired issue of the Amboy situation...for which there are God knows how many other threads you could have used. What's goin' on here? |
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Old Pro |
George, there was a post in todays paper about this. I did not want to start a "whole thread" about it. I put it here, hoping people would post HERE instead of starting another one. And George, this is an "anything" issue. I want those other threadssssss put to sleep!!! Do you understand that? All I want to know is, does the general population believe it is okay for parties to hide information in a case such as this? So George relax, sit down, have a few cups of sleepy-time tea, and soon it will be time for you to listen to the Bob & Tom Show. |
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Educated |
George,
Use the ignore function and you'll be a lot happier. Since Breeze started this thread, it can go where ever it (and Breeze) wants it to. That being said, There is ALWAYS more to it in a situation such as what happened. Too many sides...too many views. I would have to support the FP on principle. I do believe in freedom of the press, even if I don't agree with what's been written. If no one talked to the press, then we would be in the dark way too much of the time. |
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Global spending on defense total more than $700 billion. Global spending on education is less than $100 billion.
Now work with me on this....do you think if we switched the $700 billion on education and $100 Billion on defense....maybe we would not need to worry so much about defense. |
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