Sunday, November 15, 2015

Wikipedia in today's education

 In today's education, the average student goes to the internet for answers when they have a question. Many will type in the option and one of the first options that comes up is a Wikipedia link. Wikipedia can be tricky for several reasons, they can have false information but also have very useful information that is real. Most modern day schools don't allow Wikipedia as a creditable source and it honestly upsets students but like the article states, Wikipedia can have false information. This one man ruined and messed with another mans life because of how Wikipedia can be changed around by anyone. The website itself can be very useful like I stated before, but it can cause more problems then it solves. Just think twice next time before you use information from the site and believing every little thing you read on the site.

Good and Bad Procrastination

 Procrastination, the word that many college students understand, they do, and wish they didn't. There are forms of good procrastination and bad forms of course. For example, a bad example is putting off studying for a final until the day before the final. A good example would be, you have either the option to study for the next three days for a 3 credit mandatory course or study and get some homework done for a 1 credit course. You put off the work for the 1 credit course realizing the 3 credit course is more important to you. You study for the 3 credit course, take the final and then have 3 hours until your 1 credit course final where you also will have an assignment due, you try to get the assignment done and try to study for this final. This is good procrastination. You put off the lesser important work to do the more important work. In my opinion, every student has experienced this in at least one way or another. If you don't learn time management and how to handle all your work in the first place, this is a sole reason work can overcome you.