[geeks] New Tech Schools: Digital Harbor in Baltimore

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Apr 11, 2007, at 8:49 PM, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:

> I can't gauge its authenticity, but ...
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There was a reality show on UPN called "Amish in the City" where they 
took Amish kids who were doing their "rumspringa" before they become 
part of the church, and sent them to an LA house with an equal number 
of "regular" kids, including the stereotypical wacked-out vegan who 
thought cows were actually aliens from another planet.

The guy that I figured was the "dumb" Amish guy on the show, with only 
an 8th-grade Amish education, takes the GED and scores 97-99% on all 
the components.

So, there is some evidence that an 8th-grade traditional education 
could be as rigorous as today's high school education.

Related note:  an older couple I knew in the church I grew up in, in 
Canada, had an 8th grade education, but began investing and building 
commercial buildings and learned how to read architect's drawings and 
blueprints and do most of the other planning involved in building a 
large nursing home facility.

--P