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Old 22-11-2010, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by noswonky View Post
I suspect that the teacher's intent is to teach the kids how to research a topic by going to an 'expert' source rather than just googling. The questions are probably designed to provoke a range of conflicting answers from different sources. This teaches them not to rely on any one source when doing research.

It seems like a good plan. It would be even better without the grammar mistakes ("if there is no other places"). Did a teacher really write this?
I think you're probably right.
It was the kids who chose the topic, though.
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