Wikipedia vs Textbooks

I do believe that Wikipedia is a helpful tool in everyday learning. When I went through middle school then high school I was always told that Wikipedia was a bad site and we were always told not to use it. When in reality I don't think that anyone ever gave it a chance. I feel as if they saw one wrong thing on Wikipedia and forever thought it was a terrible site, which in my opinion is incorrect. I think that Wikipedia is a great idea for classroom learning. Although I agree that textbooks can be helpful and a great learning device, however I do think they are very boring. Books have more of the concrete way of giving information as to Wikipedia may tell more of the story that the book didn't cover. Also, technology is becoming more important in our everyday lives to where it's much easier to google the answer than to read the textbook. Although Wikipedia gives all the answers we need, that doesn't always mean they're right. But, there are thousands of authors and historians/experts looking over the information daily. They go through and fix errors and things that come across as wrong/unfair. Those who are unaware of all of the useful knowledge on Wikipedia and how it works may believe that it is a worthless site, I used to be one of those people until I found out really what it was all about. I realized that it is a very helpful tool and the process of how everything works is very interesting. Therefore in my opinion, Wikipedia is better overall than textbook. I'm not saying to throw books over the hill and never use them again, but maybe use Wikipedia more as the technology progresses. I hope to use it in my classroom one day instead of underestimating it like my teachers did.