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> Is using wikipedia hurting kids?
mbz1
post Tue 24th January 2012, 9:34pm
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When, wikipedia went black, some wrote more kids went to libraries to do their homework.
Jimbo made such a big deal of kids who should do their homework before the blackout , but is using Wikipedia good for the kids?
Let's assume wikipedia's articles are 100% reliable but do we really want our children to be dependent on wikipedia, and not be able to do research on their own. Is it harder for a kid, who used lots of Wikipedia for his homework in a school, to study in a uni? Is it harder for such kid to become a good doctor or a good engineer?

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