That surprises me. Definitely in my high school we had a lot of web-research assignments, and by grade 12 we were expected to cite ‘high-quality’ sources like journal articles and the web pages of major (and thus respectable, I guess) organizations. Although I still use Wikipedia for a lot of my casual personal research, I never found those assignments hard.
...Then again, like I’m starting to realize, I may have encountered sample bias in high school, considering that I was in mostly AP classes.
Just to clarify, I work in a very low-performing school (bottom 10% of UK). In many schools, children will be much more able. However, it still surprises me that people who spend hours a day online can’t use google.
True. The school I attended was situated in a very wealthy neighborhood, and was well-known for its academics...and classes were segregated into “enriched”, “regular”, and “applied”. I spent most of my time in the enriched stream, and barely ever interacted with the “applied” kids, since they weren’t usually the ones doing band or drama club.
That surprises me. Definitely in my high school we had a lot of web-research assignments, and by grade 12 we were expected to cite ‘high-quality’ sources like journal articles and the web pages of major (and thus respectable, I guess) organizations. Although I still use Wikipedia for a lot of my casual personal research, I never found those assignments hard.
...Then again, like I’m starting to realize, I may have encountered sample bias in high school, considering that I was in mostly AP classes.
Just to clarify, I work in a very low-performing school (bottom 10% of UK). In many schools, children will be much more able. However, it still surprises me that people who spend hours a day online can’t use google.
True. The school I attended was situated in a very wealthy neighborhood, and was well-known for its academics...and classes were segregated into “enriched”, “regular”, and “applied”. I spent most of my time in the enriched stream, and barely ever interacted with the “applied” kids, since they weren’t usually the ones doing band or drama club.