Posts

Why Do Schools Hate Wikipedia?

Image
https://legionofleia.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/wiki_no.jpg Ever since I've been in school I've had to do research assignments. Whether they be for a Biology class or for a History class I have written plenty of them. No matter what the topic is every teacher says the same thing when the assignment is given, "Wikipedia is not a reliable source, and you cannot cite is as one" , but why? Apparently scholars worldwide deemed Wikipedia as untrustworthy and full of errors. They believe that the collaboration of random individuals cannot have factual information. However, they say that Encyclopedia's that are found in libraries are credible sources. This  Video  demonstrates how Wikipedia is just as reliable as an Encyclopedia. I can understand if there is no proof of the information on Wikipedia being true, but that is not the case. There are sources at the end of each page showing where they received all the information. So let me get this straight. Let&