Have you ever looked at what was required of an 8th-grade education "back in the day"? It was much more than counting bushels and goats. Assuming this is accu

Have you ever looked at what was required of an 8th-grade education "back in the day"? It was much more than counting bushels and goats. Assuming this is accurate: http://people.moreheadstate.edu/fs/w.willis/eighthgrade.html http://people.moreheadstate.edu/fs/w.willis/eighthgrade.html ... you can see that this has algebra, volume calculations, weights and measures, etc. I know many high school graduates that would have difficulty with both the math and other portions of the test. And, before you say that this is not representative, let me tell you that I have known many old farmers with only an 8th grade education who were in fact, able to operate at the above test's level. I recall in particular one couple that built a series of multi-million dollar nursing homes, learning to read and interpret blueprints and handle an architect's rule, on just such an 8th grade education.