I completely agree that it was by no means a perfect source of information, but when you're at a school level and doing seven different subjects it was the most

I completely agree that it was by no means a perfect source of information, but when you're at a school level and doing seven different subjects it was the most practical and possibly appropriate, as long as one looked beyond just Wikipedia. Possibly not the best for teaching research skills with books - but it did help with learning to sift through a lot of information, which I'd argue is more useful that having your school assignment 100% correct.