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Well now I agree that the education system is failing and that this woman is a good example, I'm not sure that the test is particularly applicable to modern society.
The saying goes that in Greek times it was possible to learn everything known to man by the time you were eighteen.
The 'amount' of human knowledge has increased exponentially since 1895 and there is definitely a finite limit to the amount that you can teach in school.
I would not be displeased if students today are trading knowledge of this:
. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
. What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals
. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
Into knowledge of 'how to use a computer', 'how to word process a document', 'how to spell check' and 'how to use a search engine.'
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"I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel
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