The Snopes page had a link to an (equally fictitious) 1895 Exam. It reminded me of a real Russian 6th-grade math text that I stumbled across:
http://www2.uiowa.edu/~wharte/rustext.html > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Brandon [mailto:paul.brandon@;mnsu.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:20 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: Re: 1872 rules for teachers > > > At 11:57 AM -0500 10/22/02, Stephen Black wrote: > > >> 9.The teacher who performs his labor faithfully and without > fault for five > >> years will be given an increase of twenty-five cents per week > in his pay, > >> providing the Board of Education approves. > > > >I've seen similar stuff elsewhere. It has just the right mix of > >plausibility and outrageousness to make me think "urban (or rural) > >myth". > > Probably! > See <http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1872rule.htm> > > * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > * Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato * > * 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 * > * http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html * > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
