http://www.brianmeloche.com/blog/index.cfm I'll blog about ColdFusion, weight loss, podcasting and life with too many pets! :-) en-us Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:59:02 -0400 Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:39:00 -0400 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss brian@brianmeloche.com brian@brianmeloche.com brian@brianmeloche.com http://www.brianmeloche.com/blog/index.cfm no http://www.brianmeloche.com/blog/index.cfm/2005/12/20/An-8th-grade-education-in-1895 My mother-in-law sent me an email about an 8th Grade (or, as we Canadians say, Grade 8) exam, and now I have found the original web page with the exam: <a href="http://www.barefootsworld.net/1895finalexam.html">http://www.barefootsworld.net/1895finalexam.html</a> I also found the exam with the completed answers: <a href="http://www.barefootsworld.net/1895examcomp.html">http://www.barefootsworld.net/1895examcomp.html</a> It seems an 8th grade education was much better back then... in either Canada (where I grew up) or the U.S., it seems like things have been watered down, at least as far as the fundamentals are concerned. Random Musings Canadian-American Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:39:00 -0400 http://www.brianmeloche.com/blog/index.cfm/2005/12/20/An-8th-grade-education-in-1895