tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post3804988569969159469..comments2023-05-15T08:35:06.642-04:00Comments on it's a blog.: Are You Smarter Than a Late 1800s Schoolteacher?Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926184833095262275noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-80329701350902679092007-04-07T08:01:00.000-04:002007-04-07T08:01:00.000-04:00The fascinating thing about the 1895 high school t...The fascinating thing about the 1895 high school test is the way its used in the USA to show falling school standards. <BR/><BR/>An, easier, simpler (and considerablly more shocking) way of showing falling school standards is a direct comparison of what modern countries in the developed world demand for high school graduation.<BR/><BR/>The US education system was orignally modelled on that of Scotland with graduation at age 17 and a 4 year undergraduate degree course. This is still the same<BR/><BR/>To qualify for the equivalent of a 'High School Diploma' Scots teenagers need to past the 'Higher Examination' in 5 subjects. If they want a place as a good college they will need 7 or 8 subjects.<BR/><BR/>This is a an example of the CURRENT maths component of the testing scheme.<BR/><BR/>http://www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/Maths_Higher_SQP_Units_1_2_3_Papers1and2.pdf<BR/><BR/>You'll find more tests by selecting from the subject column on the left hand side. The 'Intermediate' exams are junior high level, the 'Higher Exam' is taken at age 17 prior to college, the 'Advanced Higher' is equivalent to 'AP' - but much more demanding.<BR/><BR/>http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/controller?p_service=Content.show&p_applic=CCC&pContentID=3<BR/><BR/>Scary huh?<BR/><BR/>Andrew StoneAlbanaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645600701197322342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-7560189758021977872007-03-11T16:14:00.000-04:002007-03-11T16:14:00.000-04:00Sit, sat, have satGet, got, gotten or got Dare, Da...Sit, sat, have sat<BR/>Get, got, gotten or got <BR/>Dare, Dared, Dared<BR/>Thrive, thrived or Throve, thrived or Thriven<BR/>Lie, Lied, Lied OR<BR/>lie, lay, lain<BR/>Set, Set, Set<BR/>Light, Lit, lighted<BR/>Loose, loosed, loosed<BR/>Fly, flew, flown<BR/>Flee, fled, fled<BR/>Chide, Chid, Chiden<BR/>Overflow, overflowed, overflown<BR/>Catch, caught, caught<BR/>Lose, lost, lost<BR/>Swim, swam, swum<BR/>Climb, climbed, climbed<BR/>Drink, drank, drunk<BR/>Stay, stayed, stayed<BR/>Leap, leapt or leaped, leapt or leaped<BR/>Quit, quit, quit<BR/>Swell, swelled, swelled<BR/>Burst, burst, burst<BR/>Eat, ate, eatenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-30676780256918635122007-03-09T18:24:00.000-05:002007-03-09T18:24:00.000-05:00#14 Wines produced and bottled by the company Cha...#14 Wines produced and bottled by the company Chateau du Reaux.<BR/><BR/>Excursus: I proudly admit to being a verbophile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-82200648246816664102007-03-09T02:09:00.000-05:002007-03-09T02:09:00.000-05:00Mike wishes he was a dimwit so he could fit in wit...Mike wishes he was a dimwit so he could fit in with the rest of us... but now with two degrees, both from the esteemed educational facility "UTas" and a college education at Calvin, there is no turning back. Mike you fit in here. <BR/><BR/>Whether you are "geek" or "nerd" remains to be seen. Both?BSJ-romhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304786061127486831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-58454550030971473572007-03-07T09:11:00.000-05:002007-03-07T09:11:00.000-05:00Dad, I've only heard the word "rows" pronounced li...Dad, I've only heard the word "rows" pronounced like it rhymes with "plows." Roes is a good one -- didn't think of it!<BR/><BR/>Mike, it's a proven scientific fact that it's better to be a nerd than a nitwit!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926184833095262275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-46322642544153090092007-03-07T03:10:00.000-05:002007-03-07T03:10:00.000-05:00"nerd alert""nerd alert"mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03321272459192364067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-88073289195960914752007-03-06T23:03:00.000-05:002007-03-06T23:03:00.000-05:00Your #6 might be the same as your #1.Add these thr...Your #6 might be the same as your #1.<BR/><BR/>Add these three:<BR/>#7. the plural of "fight" (at least in one pronunciation of the word)<BR/>#8. the two species of fish laid two different kinds of these eggs<BR/>#9. a district in Bradford, England, spelled Wrose<BR/>#10. roughs, alternate spelling of #7 above<BR/>#11. the plural of a Greek letter<BR/>#12. one pronunciation of the shortened version of a lady's name, Rosalinda/Rosalin/Rosalyn<BR/>#13. plural of a European deerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-4384948540298274572007-03-06T19:52:00.000-05:002007-03-06T19:52:00.000-05:001. a flower2. what the sun did yesterday3. paralle...1. a flower<BR/>2. what the sun did yesterday<BR/>3. parallel lines or something, like in a garden<BR/>4. v. 3rd person singular, maneuvers a boat using oars<BR/>5. a color, pinkish<BR/>6. a plant that has roses on it<BR/><BR/>OK. Now I looked it up and they're all variations on that theme. And I only count 19 definitions, including "coming up roses."<BR/><BR/>I'll put the answers after someone does them all!!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926184833095262275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-52636868457339554772007-03-06T19:44:00.000-05:002007-03-06T19:44:00.000-05:00Okay, so I just finished a Grande Amaretto Latte w...Okay, so I just finished a Grande Amaretto Latte with a double shot, and I can do this. <BR/><BR/>My problem is with the archaic past tense and participle forms: chode, for example. Beyond that, there is the ambiguity of "lie:" do you mean the reclining "lie" or the prevaricating "lie"? It makes a diff!<BR/><BR/>So, in response, and in pity of all those of other tongues trying to learn English with its 201 irregular verbs and its countless homophones (that's with an "N," folks!), and as this is national homophone week (well, not actually NATIONAL, but it's homophone week in the sixth grade at Sterling Middle School), can YOU name even ten of the more than TWENTY meanings of the sound "R - long O - Z" (as in "rose")?<BR/><BR/>And . . . when and where do we get to submit our answers to the quiz? And when will you post the right answers, oh grammatically correct one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-84897240722508982382007-03-06T09:30:00.000-05:002007-03-06T09:30:00.000-05:00Then you'd better do it later to prove your brilli...Then you'd better do it later to prove your brilliance, Gilles, or I will be forced to assume that you are just all smoke and no fire.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926184833095262275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-519556305661989762007-03-06T07:55:00.000-05:002007-03-06T07:55:00.000-05:00I haven't had coffee yet this morning, or else no ...I haven't had coffee yet this morning, or else no doubt I would smoke this test. I just don't feel up to it yet.<BR/><BR/>;-)Bobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14043613511547329220noreply@blogger.com