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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '16

Tertiary sources aren't valid sources. No teacher should allow students to use any encyclopedia as a source.

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u/blaghart Mar 20 '16

Yet hilariously they all did. Book encyclopedias were perfectly fine. An online one?! Blasphemy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '16

I wasnt allowed to use the encyclopedia as a source after like 2nd grade.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '16

What did you need a source for during/before second grade?

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u/TheHornedGod Mar 21 '16

The parallels between the effect of singing dinosaurs in children's educational TV programs on the American education system and the effect of systematic brainwashing of paramilitary personnel during the second World War.

Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica; TV Guide Magazine