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http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.asp http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.asp is relevant. Anything that is memorization based (wh

http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.asp http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.asp is relevant. Anything that is memorization based (which a lot of that test is), that you haven't studied recently will be difficult. I can recall, in the 7th grade, struggling for a couple nights to be able to identify all of the european and Mediterranean countries for an exam. It took a couple hard nights of cramming, but by the time the exam came along, it was a walk in the park. But ask me today to place Slovenia, Bulgaria, and Albania on a map - and I'd be at a loss.

rayiner 12y ago
For comparison, this is the 8th grade common core standards for math: http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/8/introduction http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/8/introduction. Whereas the 1912 version only required basic arithmetic and trigonometry, the 2015 version requires, additionally: rational numbers, exponents and radicals, systems of linear equations, and basic statistics.
talmand 12y ago
Same here. In the fourth grade I had a test to identify all 50 states and their capitols on the US map. Studied hard for it and I was one of two students that got all 100 correct. Today I could probably identify almost all the states but no way on the capitols.
- function_seven 12y ago
  > Today I could probably identify almost all the states ... I just tried this myself and (barely) got them all right. Had to guess between NH and VT, and was somewhat shaky around AK, MS, and AL.
  - jameshart 12y ago
    You should probably redo the abbreviations test, though. Arkansas is AR - unless you're really getting confused between Alaska, Mississippi and Alabama....
    - function_seven 12y ago
      Ha, I noticed that on my map after I posted. My other mess ups: CN -> CT, PE -> PA, IW -> IA, MO -> MT (and I even had "MO" on Missouri)
  - Turing_Machine 12y ago
    An easy way to remember which is which between New Hampshire and Vermont is to note that Vermont is shaped more like the letter V. Mississippi has the Mississippi River, and thus borders Louisiana.

rayiner 12y ago

For comparison, this is the 8th grade common core standards for math: http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/8/introduction http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/8/introduction. Whereas the 1912 version only required basic arithmetic and trigonometry, the 2015 version requires, additionally: rational numbers, exponents and radicals, systems of linear equations, and basic statistics.

talmand 12y ago

Same here. In the fourth grade I had a test to identify all 50 states and their capitols on the US map. Studied hard for it and I was one of two students that got all 100 correct. Today I could probably identify almost all the states but no way on the capitols.

function_seven 12y ago
> Today I could probably identify almost all the states ... I just tried this myself and (barely) got them all right. Had to guess between NH and VT, and was somewhat shaky around AK, MS, and AL.
- jameshart 12y ago
  You should probably redo the abbreviations test, though. Arkansas is AR - unless you're really getting confused between Alaska, Mississippi and Alabama....
  - function_seven 12y ago
    Ha, I noticed that on my map after I posted. My other mess ups: CN -> CT, PE -> PA, IW -> IA, MO -> MT (and I even had "MO" on Missouri)
- Turing_Machine 12y ago
  An easy way to remember which is which between New Hampshire and Vermont is to note that Vermont is shaped more like the letter V. Mississippi has the Mississippi River, and thus borders Louisiana.