Common Core math was the pinnacle of their evil genius, and low-point of our complacency... It disrupted the minds of an entire generation on how even the most basic things work.
Readin', Writin', & Rithmatic
How far did they get? Let's see.
1895 8th Grade Final Exam, Kansas:
- Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
- A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
- If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts. per bu, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
- District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
- Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
- Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
- What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $.20 per inch?
- Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
- What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance around which is 640 rods?
- Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
- Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
- Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications.
- Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.
- What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of do, lie, lay and run.
- Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
- What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.
- Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
- Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
- Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
- Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
- Show the territorial growth of the United States.
- Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
- Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
- Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
- Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and 1865?
- What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic orthography, etymology, syllabication?
- What are elementary sounds? How classified?
- What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
- Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.
- Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule.
- Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
- Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that sound sign: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
- Use the following correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
- Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
- What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
- How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
- Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
- Describe the mountains of N.A.
- Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.
- Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
- Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each.
- Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
- Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
- Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth.
Whew! Now, you got all that done in 4 hours, right?
Let's get back to real learning, shall we?
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A VIP would have been exposed to the weird bands, the DC Swamp creatures, and the ultra-creepy James Elefantis and his Epstein Island Instagram booking engine.
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Unless that reporter was lying in the article about Mr. Carlson being a VIP... possible.
This is a question about judgement.
I'm writing this thread, because just last week, I was urging him to leave Fox News, along with others that I perceived to be patriot reporters. And I feel betrayed.
I was aware of his occasional anti-Trump outbursts, but I chalked it up to ratings rhetoric, ego, and impatience.
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178) I was holding off on threading until after the election. It just didn't seem appropriate when my time could be spent on snarky, sarcastic comments to DS player logic and gaslighting.
But seeing this could go on into the Holidays, what the hell.
179) Just because I haven't been threading, doesn't mean I haven't been devouring everything I can get my hands on re: this thread & related topics.
And despite it being more of a scientific thread, I find the best info in the Bible & other Apocrypha or non-canonical sources.
180) And it is right at THIS time in the story that we circle back to Egypt while Joseph still reigned in the Nile delta, loved by both the Israelites, but also the Egyptians—exceedingly.
Remember the missing 400 years in our canonical Bible? Let's fill in some gaps.
Anyone have any legitimate info on this (gov. records)? For 5-6 years I've heard of this QFS—that apparently is based on some insane frame rate technology (impossible to hack).
Everyone with a show has an "insider."
Fulford, Wilcock, McConnell, etc. Are they all disinfo agents?