On 13 Apr 2007, at 23:33, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> oh, it's a good thing many of you all have your "advanced" degrees  
> so you
> can make fun of them.
>

   I was listening to a North Carolina public TV program on highchool students and the use of computers for research papers. The teachers in that state have a policy of not alowng students to use Wikipedia, and similar sites. I was surprised to learn that Wiki is banned - not because it is too easy, which would have been my objection, but because the articles are inaccurate.  I don't use it enough to know about the accuracy, but I do trust the teachers judgment on that point.  If it is not accurate enough for highschool students, it is not good enough for my research. 
   
  Langdon Hagen-Long