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I remember teachers telling us not to trust the calculators. What if we hit the wrong key? Lol
Some things never change.
I remember the teachers telling us not to trust Wikipedia, but they had utmost faith in the shitty old books that were probably never verified by another human before being published.
i mean, usually wikipedia's references ARE from those old books
Eh I find they’re usually from a more direct source. The schoolbooks are just information sourced from who knows where else.
I don't know about your textbooks and what ages you're referring to but I remember many of my technical textbooks had citations in the back.
Yep, students these days have no idea about the back of their books and how useful the index can be and the citations after that.
Even after repeatedly pointing it out, they still don't make use of it. Despite the index being nearly a cheat code in itself.
Wait, kids don't use the index? How do they find things in the book?
They try and use google, which doesn't tell you anything about the information contained in the book. Or they complain about not being able to find the page they are told to look for.