One one side, I feel resentful because academic professors and teaching assistants are crucifying Wikipedia as some source bizarre source of information that is

One one side, I feel resentful because academic professors and teaching assistants are crucifying Wikipedia as some source bizarre source of information that is the result of 13-year old children wreaking havoc on articles. Contrary to popular belief, the Wikipedia articles go through a review process. Even edits I've made that I felt were accurate had been reverted minutes later by a Wiki editor. I typically make it a point to tell the whole class that Wikipedia cites many of its claims. Not all of the citations are 100% accurate, but it's a start for doing research. It gives you a high-level overview, and gives you a place to start compared to the messy online library systems. I go to one of the most research-intensive schools where every professor is required to be doing research in addition to their curriculum. And our online library is a bad place if you want to get a high-level view of the problem you're looking at. On top of that, this article is dead on. I remember ranting about this topic back in 2006: http://jtame05.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/public-education-is-broken/ http://jtame05.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/public-education-is-... http://jtame05.wordpress.com/2007/03/22/school-sucks/ http://jtame05.wordpress.com/2007/03/22/school-sucks/