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re_fuse · 12th February 2008, 14:46

I would only use it with people who are not very bright and have short attention spans.

You know ....In a class room you will have dumb kids and smart kids and you have to teach to both....Well a good teacher does this don't they ?

For those smarter kids you could give extension activities with tasks requiring more higher thinking processes. ( this could include internet articles to more academic web addresses ) Even including ideas opposed to the one being taught.

For the Buffalos of the herd I would definitely dumb it down a bit so concise simple direct language should be used . (this would include sites such as wikipedia)

I would never use it as a source of refence in an actual conversation or academic paper.

I would however use it as a source of knowledge

Once a person has developed their intellect they should be able to sort out the bull shit so to speak.

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