5 Responses for "Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895?"

1. vlad

   April 18th, 2005 at 3:49 pm

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   could you have passed the 8th grade in russia?

   in present day, many foreign school systems are infinitely more challenging than the u.s. system (russia, sweden, japan).

2. Scrivs

   April 18th, 2005 at 10:02 pm

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   Thanks for making me feel stupid.

3. cliche

   April 19th, 2005 at 10:11 am

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   “in present day, many foreign school systems are infinitely more challenging than the u.s. system (russia, sweden, japan).”
   That’s just typical European snobiness. If you ever had a chance to see worldwide college rankings, you might have noticed that American colleges fill the majority of the top 100: And those colleges don’t import all of their students from Europe and Asia.

4. Griffith

   April 19th, 2005 at 11:03 am

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   Schools nowadays try to teach more pratical stuff. It’s like my girlfriend’s “Introduction to Computers” class, where she has to explain with fabricated phrases what is hardware and software and why they are important which is utterly useless.

   If all I know of computers today came from what I learned in school I’d still be playing Solitaire during my free-time on the computer.

   I didn’t feel stupid when I looked upon those questions, I felt more practical and I’m glad to see the system has evolved.

5. adipex

   April 1st, 2006 at 12:53 am

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   adipex Keyword doesn’t matter