Yes. No one writing directly from wikipedia should BE in college.
Tom Send a noteboard - 11/09/2009 07:30:47 PM
I also never found it to be the case that wikipedia would provide the information needed - it was always far too specialized. We had to reference obscure books all the time.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Prep School deems books an "outdated technology"
- 11/09/2009 04:00:08 PM
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I find this awesome.
- 11/09/2009 04:27:54 PM
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I think this may mark the first time you and I have completely agreed on a subject. 
*NM*
- 11/09/2009 05:54:49 PM
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- 11/09/2009 05:54:49 PM
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I think they should have done both.
- 11/09/2009 04:36:53 PM
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I thought about making a post, but it would be a poor version of this one. I agree completely. *NM*
- 11/09/2009 07:21:29 PM
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I'd be shocked, except that I'm not sure why a HS needs a library in the first place.
- 11/09/2009 06:01:44 PM
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Most high schools have libraries.
- 11/09/2009 07:13:37 PM
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I'm not surprised, I've seen enough American movies and TV shows to realize that.
- 11/09/2009 07:23:15 PM
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Re: I'm not surprised, I've seen enough American movies and TV shows to realize that.
- 12/09/2009 02:36:33 AM
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I think this is probably a good decision.
- 11/09/2009 06:14:28 PM
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For colleges it's a very different story, imho.
- 11/09/2009 06:24:47 PM
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Re: For colleges it's a very different story, imho.
- 11/09/2009 06:41:20 PM
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You're betraying your lack of humanities (ha!) here.
- 11/09/2009 07:25:12 PM
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Yes. No one writing directly from wikipedia should BE in college.
- 11/09/2009 07:30:47 PM
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Re: You're betraying your lack of humanities (ha!) here.
- 12/09/2009 02:48:34 AM
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*gives you a scanner and a keyboard* Have fun.
- 12/09/2009 04:57:58 AM
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Re: cool, thanks for the free scanner, but...
- 12/09/2009 11:01:22 PM
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They still have physical classrooms, and they're whining about "outdated technology"? Pfft. *NM*
- 11/09/2009 06:32:25 PM
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Appalling.
- 11/09/2009 07:16:13 PM
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Yeah, you can actually. Have you tried curling up with an eBook reader?
- 11/09/2009 09:05:16 PM
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Just because you're unnaturally attuned to "new" things doesn't mean everyone is.
- 13/09/2009 12:59:19 AM
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Re: Prep School deems books an "outdated technology"
- 12/09/2009 01:00:48 PM
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I agree, but students going to a prep school probably don't have financial problems. *NM*
- 12/09/2009 11:31:53 PM
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Some Prep School, and some students, hence "Some Prep School. "
- 12/09/2009 02:04:38 PM
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bah, who needs to learn how to write a bibliography
- 12/09/2009 03:47:32 PM
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You're telling the wrong person; he has a form he wants them to observe.
- 12/09/2009 05:20:34 PM
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