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+{{cquote|I'm old enough to have lived (almost) at the Bronx Reference Center Library in the 1950s. They even had a Record Room, which is how I discovered that classical music was more than Ravel's "Bolero".
+I'm crazy enough to think that music is more real than so-called "reality," and yet still crazy enough to be interested and curious about many, many things -- both "cool" things like music, and heartbreaking things like governments and the future of the planet.
+Who'da thunk that some inspired I-community out there would become a reliable source for at least something about almost anything? So I'm going to sleep loving the voice and songwriting of Rokia Traore for months now, when I realize I know nothing much about her. Boom: Wikipedia not only fills me in, but sheds needed light on related music from Africa, part of the same relatively new but ongoing love affair. And external links too. An ADD grandpa's temporary paradise.
+It's not world peace, but it is a working model for the kind of world I need and want. Thanks, Jimmy and associated scoundrels. I'm unemployed, but you probably can see why I made a small donation anyway. }}
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 {{cquote|I teach English to international  English Language Learners in a public elementary school. We use Wikipedia almost every day to get fast, easy to understand information about many of the things these kids want to learn. They are insatiably curious, and Wikipedia is my first choice go-to for reliable information.  I'm also a doctoral student, and several of my professors, who do not allow Wikipedia to be used as an academic reference, admit that they use it for background information and comprehensible information on a variety of complex ideas. When I recently told my statistics professor that I used it to help me understand a particularly difficult topic, he praised Wikipedia as a good source. }}