11-13-2009, 09:31 AM
Quote:My 7th grade son isn't even allowed to use Wikipedia as the basis for anything in school.
Please tell us the reason why your son isn't allowed to use wikipedia. You suggest it is because of the supposed bad quality of the articles and that you can't be sure things written ar true, but I think the reason is different.
Namely, if children need to write a report on, say WW2, they can go in wikipedia and copy/paste the whole article. Of course schools won't allow this; the child needs to learn to do research for getting his information, not just use his computer skills.
The same thinsg goes for not using calculators in elementarry school mathematics.....o yes, the answers will be right, but you don't learn anything.