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1912 8th grade exam - Of course, I would fail it (Original Post) packman Feb 2016 OP
Not so sure I could pass this test but, I found a typo LiberalElite Feb 2016 #1
They should have "eneeavored" harder to proofread their notice Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #14
Now, adults have trouble locating Arkansas on a map (really) and who is the vice-president. BlueJazz Feb 2016 #2
That's because they don't have maps Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #4
Good Grief! LOL montana_hazeleyes Feb 2016 #13
Speaking of facepalms, Trump hired her after that Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #22
Then again, why would you want to find Arkansas on a map? Yavin4 Feb 2016 #6
I thought that, in the future, we might want to get together and piss on his grave. BlueJazz Feb 2016 #7
J. William Fulbright was also from Arkansas Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #16
I'm from Arkansas.... quickesst Feb 2016 #20
During the first road trip I took to the Northeast, Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #15
Rather humbling, isn't it? 3catwoman3 Feb 2016 #3
They left out an important question: frogmarch Feb 2016 #5
Near Steel county and Pouder County whistler162 Feb 2016 #9
OK, thanks. frogmarch Feb 2016 #12
You must have missed the question... Massacure Feb 2016 #10
Oh, yeah, I did. frogmarch Feb 2016 #11
I need to speak to one of those five board members discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #8
The question about who discovered the Pacific Ocean was a really tough one Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #17
If you went to school back then, you wouldn't fail it jmowreader Feb 2016 #18
Drop a brick down the chimney. alphafemale Feb 2016 #19
You can fill your head with facts and still be an idiot. hunter Feb 2016 #21

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)
22. Speaking of facepalms, Trump hired her after that
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 08:26 PM
Feb 2016

I shit you not!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlin_Upton

I'm guessing if Trump won the election, he might assign her to be the keeper of the White House Map Room:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_Room_%28White_House%29

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
16. J. William Fulbright was also from Arkansas
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 02:25 AM
Feb 2016

The namesake of the Fulbright Scholarship.

As was Joseph T. Robinson, a Depression-era Senator who was instrumental in getting votes for New Deal programs.

Not to mention the recently deceased Senator Dale Bumpers, who was one of the most liberal senators in the 1980s and 1990s.

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
20. I'm from Arkansas....
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 09:23 AM
Feb 2016

....and I'm envious of you for living in a state with not one single shitbag from there, wherever "there" is.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
15. During the first road trip I took to the Northeast,
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 02:21 AM
Feb 2016

which was back in 1978, local people in New York asked me where I was from. When I said "Arkansas", most of them had no idea where it was. One person thought it was near California.

And about the only thing the people I encountered knew about Arkansas was the Little Rock Central High crisis-- an event which was already 21 years in the past in those days.

3catwoman3

(24,007 posts)
3. Rather humbling, isn't it?
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 02:19 PM
Feb 2016

I once terminated a short term dating relationship when the man in question told me I needed to "stop using those big words." Puzzled, I asked for an example. "Ambivalent."

I had been somewhat ambivalent about this guy. After that, I no longer was.

frogmarch

(12,154 posts)
5. They left out an important question:
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 05:08 PM
Feb 2016

Where is Bullitt County?

Google gave me Kentucky, so I'm guessing that's where it is.

I'd fail that test!

frogmarch

(12,154 posts)
12. OK, thanks.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 11:56 PM
Feb 2016

I'll try to remember it for the next test.

I am flabbergasted that this one was for 8th graders! Wow, very impressive!

Massacure

(7,525 posts)
10. You must have missed the question...
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 10:52 PM
Feb 2016

"List the eligibility of the President, Vice President, and Governor of Kentucky"

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts)
8. I need to speak to one of those five board members
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:43 PM
Feb 2016

Problem #3 under Arithmetic has the word "door" spelled "dodr". That's aside from the fact that doors have a standard height of 80 inches which I guess isn't relevant.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
17. The question about who discovered the Pacific Ocean was a really tough one
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 02:50 AM
Feb 2016

Was it Native Americans? Siberians? Japanese? Okinawans? Taiwanese? Filipinos? Indonesians? Australian aborigines? Maoris? Samoans? Hawaiians?

So many possibilities

hunter

(38,317 posts)
21. You can fill your head with facts and still be an idiot.
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 03:20 PM
Feb 2016

Sometimes it's the "facts" you fill your head with that make you an idiot.

The thing that bothers me the most about U.S. society is the common innumeracy, anti-intellectualism, and blatant disregard of science and logic.

I give this test an "F."

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