Internet Resources

It's twelve 'o' clock midnight, you're sitting at your computer pondering the topic of your five page research paper due at eight 'o' clock that morning. What do you? Well, most high school students will go to google, type in their topic, and use any source they can find on the internet. What's the problem? Kids nowadays have forgotten how to use a library and have become much more lazy when it comes to "making the grade". I think high school teachers nowadays make it too easy for kids to make the grade with little or no effort put into it. Sure, this is a simple solution for kids who have no plans on going to college or even getting a descent job for that matter. The slightest suggestion for a kid to go to the library is completely unheard of.

Yes, the internet is much more convenient and accessible. Yes, you can find descent resources. But, how can you know for sure if something is correct unless you have other resources to back it up (and this does not include Wikipedia). Today, so many different things can be put on the internet and an average persons' opinion can be passed as truth. The simplest way to know if something is true is this: If it's true... it's written somewhere!!!! Using books and articles and journals are so much more credible that they make the internet look like a plagiarism playground.

Yes, I have to agree that the internet is a wonderful tool, especially if you're pressed for time, but the truth of the matter is that it would take less time to find credible information in a book rather than look something up on the internet and then do a bunch of more research to make sure it's true.