Fw: Fwd: Wise Mentor On Friday, January 23, 2015 10:48 AM, wrote: I think this is an interesting read. I looked at the 8th grade exam and did not do well. Maybe our schools used to be better. My father only had an 8th grade education and seemed to be well educated. >________________________________ > >Subj: Wise Mentor > > >Thomas >Jefferson > > >His Portrait is on the Two $2.00 >Dollar Bill. > > >This is amazing. >There are two parts. >Be sure to read >the 2nd part (in RED). > > >Thomas Jefferson >was a very remarkable man who started >learning very >early in life and never stopped. > > >At 5, began >studying under his cousins tutor. > > >At 9, studied >Latin, Greek and French. > > >At 14, studied >classical literature and additional languages. > > >At 16, entered >the College of William and Mary. >Also could write in Greek with one hand >while writing the same in Latin with the other. > > >At 19, studied >Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe. > > >At 23, started >his own law practice. > > >At 25, was >elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. > > >At 31, wrote the >widely circulated Summary View of the Rights of British America And >retired from his law practice. > >At 32, was a >delegate to the Second Continental Congress. > > >At 33, wrote the >Declaration of Independence. > > >At 33, took >three years to revise Virginias legal code and wrote a Public Education >bill and a statute for Religious Freedom. > > >At 36, was >elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick >Henry. > > >At 40, served in >Congress for two years. > > >At 41, was the >American minister to France and >negotiated commercial treaties with >European nations >along with Ben >Franklin and John Adams.. > > >At 46, served as >the first Secretary of State >under George >Washington. > > >At 53, served as >Vice President and was elected >president of the American Philosophical >Society. > > >At 55, drafted >the Kentucky Resolutions and >became the active head of Republican >Party. > > >At 57, was >elected the third president of the >United >States. > > >At 60, obtained >the Louisiana Purchase doubling >the nations >size. > > >At 61, was >elected to a second term as President. > > >At 65, retired >to Monticello .. > > >At 80, helped >President Monroe shape the >Monroe >Doctrine. > > >At 81, almost >single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first >president. > > >At 83, died on >the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence along >with John Adams. > > >Thomas Jefferson >knew because he himself studied the previous failed attempts at government. >He understood >actual history, the nature of God, His laws and the nature >of man. That happens to be way more than what most understand >today. > > >Jefferson really >knew his stuff. > > >A voice from the >past to lead us in the future: > > >John F. Kennedy >held a dinner in the White House for a group of the brightest minds >in the nation at that time. He made this statement: This is perhaps >the assembly of >the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in >the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined >alone. > > > > >When we >get piled upon one another in large cities, as in >Europe, >we shall >become as corrupt as Europe .-- >Thomas >Jefferson > > >The >democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those >who are >willing to work and give to those who would not. >-- >Thomas >Jefferson > > >It is >incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. >A >principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the >world. >-- >Thomas >Jefferson > > >I >predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government >from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of >them.-- >Thomas >Jefferson > > >My >reading of history convinces me that most bad government >results >from too much government.-- >Thomas >Jefferson > > >No free >man shall ever be debarred the use of >arms.-- >Thomas >Jefferson > > >The >strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms >is, >as a >last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in >government. >-- >Thomas >Jefferson > > >The >tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to >time >with the >blood of patriots and tyrants.-- >Thomas >Jefferson > > >To >compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he >disbelieves >and >abhors is sinful and tyrannical. >-- >Thomas >Jefferson > > >Thomas >Jefferson said in 1802: > > >I >believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than >standing armies. > > >If the >American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their >currency, >first by >inflation, then by deflation, >the >banks and corporations that will grow up around >the banks >will >deprive the people of all property - >until >their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers >conquered. > > >I wish we could >get this out to every American! > > >Im doing my >part. > > >So Please do >yours. > > > > > > Wonder how many kids today could even answer one of these questions > > >1895: 8th Grade FINAL EXAM >> >> >> What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895.... >> >> Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out.. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895? >> >> This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , and reprinted by the Salina Journal. >> >> > > 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina , KS - 1895 > Grammar (Time, one hour) >1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters. >2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications. >3.. Define verse, stanza and paragraph >4.. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of lie,play, and run.. >5.. Define case; illustrate each case. >6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation. >7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar. > Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes) >1... Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.. >2. A wagon box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. Wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold? >3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. For tare? >4. 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? >5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs.. Coal at $6.00 per ton. >6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.. >7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. Long at $20 per metre? >8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent. >9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods? >10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt > U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes) >1. Give the epochs into which U..S. History is divided >2.. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus >3.. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War. >4. Show the territorial growth of the United States >5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas >6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion. >7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe? >8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865. > Orthography (Time, one hour) > [Do we even know what this is??] >1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication >2. What are elementary sounds? How classified? >3... What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals >4. Give four substitutes for caret u.. (HUH?) >5. Give two rules for spelling words with final e. Name two exceptions under each rule. >6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each. >7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis-mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup. >8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last. >9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vein, raze, raise, rays... >10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication... > Geography (Time, one hour) >1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend? >2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ? >3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean? >4. Describe the mountains of North America >5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia , Odessa , Denver , Manitoba , Hecla , Yukon , St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco >6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each. >8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude? >9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers. >10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth. > >Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete. > > >Gives the saying he only had an 8th grade education a whole new meaning, doesnt it?! >Also shows you how poor our education system has become > > > >IF THE ABOVE DOESNT MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT, THEN THIS WILL > > >THIS WILL AMAZE YOU. ANIMAL COMMUNICATION IS CONSTANT AND MUSICAL - THE EXACT SAME AS ALL OF NATURE. FROM: ANNA BREYTENBACH >https://youtube/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WMpEBPwYMx8 ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND TOTALLY PROFOUND > > >
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