Are You Smarter Than an Eighth Grader?

Reviewing the questions on this eighth grade exam from 1912 gives me a new appreciation of academic standards a century ago, and also affirms my suspicions that I am indeed in the sixth grade.

As described by the Bullitt County History Museum in Kentucky:

"This copy of the Eighth Grade Exam for Bullitt County Schools in 1912 was donated to the museum. We thought you might like to see what the test looked like a hundred years ago. Obviously it tested some things that were more relevant at that time than now, and it should not be used to compare student knowledge then and now.

Note that there are several typesetting mistakes on the test including a mistake in the spelling list. The word "eneeavor" should be "endeavor." This version of the exam was probably a master version given out to the schools (note that the spelling words wouldn’t be written on a test.) The museum has been told that the exam was handed out in a scroll form (that is why the paper is long.) The typos would have been corrected simply by contacting the teachers and telling them to mark their copies accordingly, much like would be done today. And there might not be quite as many typos as you think; "Serbia" for example was indeed spelled "Servia" back then."

Feel like you have what it takes to beat a thirteen-year-old? Try your hand at the exam and check your results against the answer sheet supplied by the museum HERE:

Via: bullittcountyhistory