Inspired by Jeremy, I dug up an old Facebook tag. For those of you used to expecting distinguished and profound posts from me, you’ll be so disappointed… For those of you who know me, this will assure you that I am still not distinguished and profound. I intercepted a note in 5th or 6th grade [...]
Harvard Reading Test
Posted By Jeff on January 11th, 2007
AJ sent me this today. I rarely post (or even read) email forwards, but this caught my eye.
This was developed as an age test by an R&D department at Harvard University. Take your time and see if you can read each line aloud without a mistake. The average person over 30 years of age can’t do it!
1. This is this cat
2. This is is cat
3. This is how cat
4. This is to cat
5. This is keep cat
6. This is an cat
7. This is old cat
8. This is fart cat
9. This is busy cat
10. This is for cat
11. This is forty cat
12. This is seconds catNow go back and read the third word in each line from the top down.
Thank goodness I’m not 40…
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January 11th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Okay that was just awesome!I got 100%(I am 26)
January 11th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
I passed and even snickered when I read the word fart. :)