Looked up word phonetic orthography in 8th grade test

Bitwit1234

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Mon Nov-26-07 12:33 AM
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Looked up word phonetic orthography in 8th grade test

and guess what the second set of links in google was the post about Could you pass the 8th grade test in 1895. That quick it got on google.

And the word means a writing system that has the written word along with the spoken word.

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gateley

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Mon Nov-26-07 12:38 AM
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1. Did they stop teaching this stuff after the turn of the century, or do I just

not remember it AT ALL from my 8th grade?

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Recursion

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Mon Nov-26-07 12:40 AM
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2. They never taught it; it's an urban legend

According to Snopes it's somewhat similar to a test for teachers in the late 19th century, but it was a test that, apparently, most of the aspiring teachers failed.

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Warpy

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Mon Nov-26-07 12:43 AM
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3. They still teach a lot of it

but they don't use the scary big words to describe what they're teaching.

My grandfather had been a teacher of many things over his life, right through the college level. I had access to all sorts of school books from about the 1890s on up at his house.

I've been both grateful and a little wistful that I wasn't required to come up to those standards.

A high school diploma then was the equivalent, or even more so, of a four year college degree now. Our high school students barely come up to what eighth grade graduates did then, and only when they've worked their tails off in advanced classes.

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babylonsister

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Mon Nov-26-07 12:49 AM
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4. I do wonder if knowledge is power sometimes, but I think this qualifies. nt

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