1800s University Entrance Exams

The questions asked 150 years ago illustrate today's problems.

What we demand our children learn is different from 150 years ago.

Your Fellow Arab is a podcaster named Addison Pierre Maalouf. Based in Atlanta, Maalouf has 1.3 million followers. He was kidnapped in Haiti and held for ransom after attempting to interview Barbeque, the gang leader of Haiti who is trying to take over the Haitian government.

Lawlessness and disorder in the streets of Haiti are only a few months or years away from taking over the streets of the United States.

How does this happen? How can the United States go into such a spiraling decline?

Answer: Parents no longer demand their children be educated in the classics.

Ivy League Education

Upon graduation from high school (or home school) in the 1800s, entrance exams were required for application to Ivy League schools.

Here is a sample of the questions on the college entrance exams: