1895 kids were taught how math and history shaped their lives....
OK... We all use the Internet. We all use computers. We all use networks.
So, without looking...
Who invented the transistor? Where?
What's a multimode fiber and how does it compare to a single mode fiber in available bandwidth?
Using any computer programming language, write a "Hello World" program.
People are not less smart today. They just learn different things than those in 1895.
However, this is about to change... as moronic crazy people start adding political indoctrination and removing actual learning.
Learning about BLM and CRT will make are our students stupid...
EDIT: Grammar and spelling errors are always fun in posts about intelligence.
It's not popular around here, but kids were not smarter in 1895. And the 8th grade test does not show anything other than a different set of worldly needs in the learning environment.
kids were not smarter in 1895. And the 8th grade test does not show anything other than a different set of worldly needs in the learning environment.
People forget that you regurgitate what you are taught and that what you are taught changes based on accessibility.
The kids taking this test had a piece of paper with "nine rules for the use of Capital Letters" spelled out and they simply memorized them and regurgitated them back to the teacher. I don't know the rules but I damn sure use capital letters properly.
Kids today (myself included) don't memorize the rules, we are simply taught the rules and expected to internalize them and use them properly rather than be able to spit them back out on command. We all know that if we ever need to list the rules, we have references to which we can turn and we all know how to find those references, so we don't need to memorize them, just be able to use them. Kids in 1895 might not have had a book on grammar within 50 miles, so they did need to be able to spout the rules.
It's simply a different time. Today we learn how to apply what we've learned and don't bother with memorization and listing of things that we can very easily reference at literally any time. I have no need to know the capitol city of every country in Africa. I can access that data in five seconds from virtually anywhere. What is far more useful to me regarding Africa is the location and significance of the Olduvai Gorge, something the 1895 eighth graders would have no clue about.
I thought that humans are evolving, now I think we are devolving into monkeys fast 🤦♂️
Evolution is bullshit, and mathematically impossible.
I agree.
That's depressing. And I was already depressed, so thanks for that.
The test reflects the vast differences between the two eras. However, it does not reflect much more than that....
While some of the test questions seem difficult, one must remember that units of measure were different and life itself was much different.
This is the difference that is important. 1895 kids were taught how math and history shaped their lives. Your 3 questions are bar trivia
OK... We all use the Internet. We all use computers. We all use networks.
So, without looking...
People are not less smart today. They just learn different things than those in 1895.
However, this is about to change... as moronic crazy people start adding political indoctrination and removing actual learning.
Learning about BLM and CRT will make
areour students stupid...EDIT: Grammar and spelling errors are always fun in posts about intelligence.
It's not popular around here, but kids were not smarter in 1895. And the 8th grade test does not show anything other than a different set of worldly needs in the learning environment.
People forget that you regurgitate what you are taught and that what you are taught changes based on accessibility.
The kids taking this test had a piece of paper with "nine rules for the use of Capital Letters" spelled out and they simply memorized them and regurgitated them back to the teacher. I don't know the rules but I damn sure use capital letters properly.
Kids today (myself included) don't memorize the rules, we are simply taught the rules and expected to internalize them and use them properly rather than be able to spit them back out on command. We all know that if we ever need to list the rules, we have references to which we can turn and we all know how to find those references, so we don't need to memorize them, just be able to use them. Kids in 1895 might not have had a book on grammar within 50 miles, so they did need to be able to spout the rules.
It's simply a different time. Today we learn how to apply what we've learned and don't bother with memorization and listing of things that we can very easily reference at literally any time. I have no need to know the capitol city of every country in Africa. I can access that data in five seconds from virtually anywhere. What is far more useful to me regarding Africa is the location and significance of the Olduvai Gorge, something the 1895 eighth graders would have no clue about.
This is probably the most important point in your post.
And it's a good segue into Feynman:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10260.The_Pleasure_of_Finding_Things_Out
Take an upTrump for the typo.
Happens all the time when discussing intelligence.