Pete Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/education/v/tests.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/education/v/tests.pdf What do you think is the answer to #3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrojanitor Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 holy cats...is there a better example of why this country is a mess? Think we need to curb the military boner for awhile and start throwing money back into education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Nice. I'd wager many 12th graders today would fail to pass it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 What do you think is the answer to #3? aggressive expansion, vast resources, fertile land, no enemies, only two bordering countrys, a melting pot of some great minds from all over the world, our constitution, forefathers, etc. I am short on time but can expand later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buff_bills4ever Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I have a feeling that I'd do much better if I actually lived in West Virginia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I have a feeling that I'd do much better if I actually lived in West Virginia. Yes, I can't really say that I'm too well versed in WV health resorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBeane Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Hahaha New England is a girl It all makes sense now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I have a feeling that I'd do much better if I actually lived in West Virginia. Better in what endeavor? What are you looking for that can be easily found in West Virginia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 holy cats...is there a better example of why this country is a mess? Think we need to curb the military boner for awhile and start throwing money back into education. Less a "money" problem than it is a "Who the hell teaches geography anymore?" problem. And a lot of those questions look harder because they're more applicable to the era and place - locally-focused, at the county level, from a time when people didn't often travel that far from home (particularly for work), and somewhat specific to the time (when New England had a textile industry, for example). Plus..."what are the major and minor industries in your county?" Easier to answer 80 years ago, when there actually WERE industries. Yes, I can't really say that I'm too well versed in WV health resorts. You probably would be in 1931, pre-antibiotics. You'd probably have at least one tubercular relative who "took the air" at some spa or spent some time in a sanitarium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 aggressive expansion, vast resources, fertile land, no enemies, only two bordering countrys, a melting pot of some great minds from all over the world, our constitution, forefathers, etc. I am short on time but can expand later When you do come back to explain, can you please put it in essay form while remembering to compare and contrast? Thank-you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 People in West Virginia are still trying to figure out the answer to #1 under "physiology and health." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 aggressive expansion, vast resources, fertile land, no enemies, only two bordering countrys, a melting pot of some great minds from all over the world, our constitution, forefathers, etc. I am short on time but can expand later And the ability to construct proper English sentences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 (edited) #3 from "Reading" - Give one stanza of a poem from your favorite author. What % of today's 8th graders have read any poetry of their own volition? And the ability to construct proper English sentences sentence fragments. Fixed it for ya Edited December 22, 2011 by SageAgainstTheMachine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 #3 from "Reading" - Give one stanza of a poem from your favorite author. What % of today's 8th graders have read any poetry of their own volition? Fixed it for ya Yeah, like I wasn't going to !@#$ that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 #3 from "Reading" - Give one stanza of a poem from your favorite author. What % of today's 8th graders have read any poetry of their own volition? Or know what a stanza is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Or know what a stanza is. George from 'Seinfeld'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiew Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Aha! Reminds me of the old days in Oz. No multiple choice questions. We had to write whole sentences to prove we knew the answers. What a concept!!! I know a few with master's degrees who couldn't answer most of those questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Aha! Reminds me of the old days in Oz. No multiple choice questions. We had to write whole sentences to prove we knew the answers. What a concept!!! But then how do you know if kids are smart or dumb? Whole sentences can't be used in standardized testing, since they aren't an objective measurable. [/American education administrators] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcali Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 holy cats...is there a better example of why this country is a mess? Think we need to curb the military boner for awhile and start throwing money back into education. yeah--throwing money at it will solve the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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