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29.11.04
Talk About Dumbing Down!
Here is a real shocker. This a test given eleven year olds in Britain in 1898. Take this test at your own risk. Xerxes did and it was humiliating. Who says that our schools are keeping up? Can anyone still 'parse'? Untitled Document
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