[conservativegramma]

Okay, so did you read the link? Did you get a test like that one say in 1953????

[lonestar]

I didn't take civics or gov't in 8th grade. At the time, yes, I would have passed the test if I had studied the material.

But, I had a general science class in 1954 and some of the questions on a 25 question test were: Explain how a wet cell battery works; explain how a mercury light works; explain how a doorbell works. Only 2 kids passed...one was later our class valdictorian and the other our salutatorian. I was neither. LOL!

The teacher was so mad he told us we would have to take it until we passed...he quit giving it after seven more times. I never did pass it. I still don't understand how a murcery light works and only care that it comes on at dusk. :)