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Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors (www.404media.co)
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[–] 59 points 10 months ago (4 children)

growing up I got taught by teachers not trust Wiki bc of misinformation. times have changed

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  • [–] 62 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

    Nope, we all misunderstood what they meant. Wikipedia is not an authoritative source, it is a derivative work. However, you can use the sources provided by the Wikipedia article and use the article itself to understand the topic.

    Wikipedia isn't and was never a primary source of information, and that is by design. You don't declare information in encyclopedias, you inventory information.

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Wikipedia was not then what it is now. You're spot on with all that, spot on, but in the early days it wasn't nearly as trustworthy.

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  • [–] 49 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Now in some states, you can't trust teachers not to be giving you misinformation.

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  • [–] 32 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    We homeschool our daughter. Saw a cool history through film course that taught with an example movie every week to grow interest... nothing in the itinerary said they'd play a video of Columbus by PragerU. They refused the refund, as it was 2 weeks in, and said it was used to foment conversation, but no other video was being offered or no questions were prepared to challenge the children. I worded my letter to call out the facts about Columbus vs the video, and the lack of accreditation of the source. I tried not to be the "lib", but I very much got the gist that's their opinion of me, and how they brushed me off. That fucking site is a plague on common sense, decency, and truth. Still fired up, and it was last month. We pulled her out of the course immediately after the video.

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I can't imagine homeschooling. Not that I think it's bad but that it has to be so hard to do. And harder still to do it right.

    Glad you pulled out of that course. PragerU is hot garbage and I hate how my autocorrect apparently knows PragerU and didn't try to change it to something else.

    How hard do you find it to homeschool? How many hours do you reckon it takes a day?

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    You've gotta keep in mind that in a regular school your kid is one of 20-30 for the teacher and they are lucky if they get five minutes of individual help/instruction. Everything else is just lecture, reading, and assignments.

    It doesn't have to be onerous. We homeschooled until around 3rd grade. Even so, the other kids they are in school with are academically..... not stellar. My youngest (13) has a reading disability and she struggles to pass classes. She still frequently finds herself helping out other students because they are even worse off.

    I'm not anti-public education, but whether it's Covid or just republicans gutting the system, public education is in a state right now. I figure funding needs to increase by 30-50%. Kids need more resources than they are getting. And until they do, homeschooling isn't an unreasonable option. But it's not for everyone, of course. One parent has to work (or not) from home or odd hours.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I'm not exactly qualified to speak on the issue, but I think it's also important to focus on where the money gets spent. Anecdotally it seems like a lot is spent on classroom tech ("smart boards", Chromebooks, iPads), which while nice, has abysmal value in terms of returns on cost.

    Personally, I think the most important things are basic supplies, school lunches, and teacher salaries.

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