> From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > At 05:38 PM 3/20/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote: > > Most eighth-graders did not know why the First > >Continental Congress met. > > A lot of these questions sound like classic "gotcha!" questions. I mean > really, how many people can quickly name the differences between the 1st > and 2nd Continental Congresses and contrast them with the US Congress? > Or how many people can quickly name the President of the United States > during the War of 1812, Spanish-American War, Mexican-American War, the > Military Actions on the Barbary Coast? > > This article acts like such bits of information should be common knowledge > rather than fairly difficult quesitons on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Those are actual questions from standardized tests. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
