5th Grade facts
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Project 100000, a recruitment effort during Vietnam that brought in mentally and physically unfit people for service to fill the ranks. Many brought in had a 5th grade level education and were considered mentally challenged.
New data shows that black kids who have just one black teacher in 3rd thru 5th grades decreased their chances of dropping out by 39%
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There is a 9-year-old in Shreveport, LA who can recite pi to 3715 digits. Her goal is 5000 by 5th grade and the North American record by high school graduation.
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A ten year old girl with fair hair, in 5th grade and owner of a three year old black lab, guinea pig and a rabbit, named Laura Buxton released a balloon with a note on it. The person who found it, 140 miles away, shared every single trait.
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In the 1960s, Louisiana gave mostly black would-be voters a laughably difficult test to test 5th grade reading comprehension
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Riff Raff had an iPhone 7 while in the 5th grade
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35% of USA’s high school graduates are nearly illiterate. 32 million (14%) can't read. 21 % read below a 5th grade level, and 19% of high school graduates can't read.
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In 2015, 2.3 million applied for 368 peon positions which is a low level government helper that pays 20,000 Rupees/$310/£221 per month in the Northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The applicants included 222,000 engineers and 255 Ph.D. holders when the minimum requirement was 5th grade.
