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+{{cquote|Wikipedia means never having to worry about the information I get being systematically controlled by a corporation that owns it, with it's own political slant and agenda.
+Sure, there are many many people and corporations around the world that try to influence stories, links and articles on WIkipedia, but people come together and correct those entries. If Wikipedia was owned by a single entity with it's own news agenda, it could stop that correction.
+In a world of FOX News to even NPR, it's nice to know that at least one place on the planet attempts to, over time, be the resource of human knowledge without an agenda other than the spreading of that knowledge.
+We may not like what certain articles or links say, but damn if we shouldn't promote someones right to say it... IF it's not blatantly falsehood.
+Civics, and the questioning of our government, is the foundation of our country, and Wikipedia is the ultimate manifestation of what the founding fathers would have wanted in the distribution and correction of information of a nation that fostered the free press.
+Otherwise the Internet is just lights and wires in a box.}}
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 {{cquote|It means moving my students from the low standard of memorization to the higher standards of criticizing, comparing, synthesizing and creating their own interpretations.}}