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why would it be the budget's fault ?

I disagree. The private high school were I attended also said this about wikipedia. Yet it recommended using Google search and Google scholar for getting the primary sources.

But you know what I've found ? It's hard to read primary sources. I tried reading up on e.g. the cell. The parts of a cell. But I've barely found any primary sources for it. Everything is in ad-filled webpages or cool academic webpages with images but no references!

Also, I think recommending Google search is bad because it tries to guess what you're searching for based on the profile they have about you! That's just so bad for getting objective information.

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> But you know what I’ve found ?

That you can stick a space between the last word and the question mark to annoying effect, I suppose.

> The rest of what you said

Is mostly disheveled in its organization to the point where I can’t really respond effectively. Glad to know private schools are failing people as well, I guess.

Nevertheless

> I disagree.

Seriously, with what. From context it seems to be that you disagree with using online searches other than Wikipedia (or maybe Jstor) for research purposes but you put “I disagree” right in the vicinity of (a) question about budget relation to public school being a shitshow (b) the fact that you went to private school and (c) that your private school lamented the use of Wikipedia, something I also disagreed with. Based on all I’ve said and what you’ve said, what you disagree with remains unclear, and vaguely discernible from contextual clues.

> Why is it the budget’s fault (that public school is bad)

Have you watched the news lately, there’s like a weekly or monthly school shooting. Have you ever had free lunch? How many teachers do you know in the public school system that retire financially secure? What is the national average for college attendance out of public schools, then compared to that of other nation’s numbers? How effectively do public schools campaign for and encourage students to pursue higher education? Public school budgets could benefit from federal spending increases (as one option but literally any source would make a difference) to increase mental health resources, acquiring better teachers, encouraging better educators to work in public schools, improving resources available for education, I mean do I really have to exhaust this laundry list?

> But you know what I’ve found? It’s hard to read primary sources.

Respectfully what does that have to do with anything. This sounds like a reading disability, not a condemnation of… what, online articles? Are you a bot? I swear you must be a bot. This makes no sense.

> Ad-filled webpages

Get an ad-blocker? Scroll past Google’s search suggestions?

> Google search is bad because it tries to guess…

Then use DuckDuckGo, or alternative du jour. “Googling” is a widely-accepted synonym for “web search”.

I'm not a bot. I may just have been tired when writing this comment and not at all objective. I didn't mean that budget in public schools is an issue. What I meant to say is that the budget in public schools is not the cause of teachers saying that wikipedia is bad, it's more like a general mindset that people have.

There definitely isn't a solution in my comment. I certainly just critiqued. I did not mean that adblockers don't exist but that the solutions that my teachers seem to give me are also bad.

> That you can stick a space between the last word and the question mark to annoying effect, I suppose.

I didn't mean to make it annoying. I used to put it right besides the last letter but I've found that the French language uses an extra space. I think it looks better. I see you have a different opinion. I did not mean to be overly annoying with it.

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