[__MatrixMan__]

My wife is a teacher and she often notices that many behavioral problems are curriculum problems. If Jimmy suddenly starts pulling Susie's hair it's not because he wants to hurt her, it's because he wants to distract from the fact that for whatever reason he isn't prepared for what he's just been asked to do.

As for myself, I spent freshmen year stealing anything not bolted down and a few things that were. I was just bored and angry that the system wasn't treating me like it respected my potential. That was childish of me, but then again, I was a child.

A therapist recommended putting me in some advanced classes, and the behavior problems went away.

For these reasons I think that the adaptability of an AI generated curriculum might solve some of those behavior problems.

Then there are the other problems. Like maybe the student needs glasses to see the board or feels unsafe for some reason or is too busy working to feed their siblings. For those, we're going to need humans in the loop and compassion in the policies.

[ChatGTP]

Do you think there will be much point in going to school if AI exists and it’s setting you assignments? I was already bored enough in school and at least I maybe could’ve been given the motivation to conform because I’d be able to have a decent career and money in the end, now ?

[JackMorgan]

Let's be real, school is 95% about day care and training kids to be obedient worker drones. Education is tertiary at best, but talked about the most to help the parents and teachers feel good about the situation. I'm a state licensed middle school teacher who's taught 5th and 6th grade before walking away.

Modern educational curriculums have very little content for: critical thinking, logic, creativity, self-teaching, responsibility, civic responsibility, curiosity, compassion, self respect, and finding purpose. Instead of teaching how to use history to prevent making the same mistakes we make them memorize dates. Instead of teaching them to use writing as an emotional regulator and self therapy we teach them to read a paragraph quickly to answer a multiple choice question about it. Since standardized tests are easiest and cheapest to grade through a scantron, state tests emphasize facts and memorization.

The entire lecture and classroom school system 99% of us know teaches dependence over independence and blind obedience over critical thinking.

Sports are taught through a hyper-competitive lens, getting them ready for a possible professional sports career.

See the famous New York state teacher of the year John Gatto for more https://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html

[_a_a_a_]

School is about social contact and social skills as much as anything else, and they are vital to learn. That needs to be recognised.

[ChatGTP]

That’s cool, I agree. I also think maybe bringing back philosophy is probably a good idea. Good for coping with a mad world.

[__MatrixMan__]

Well there would be no point in going to receive, work on, or turn in the AI-handled assignments. But presumably there would be projects that require you to go to a place and talk to people (maybe your classmates, maybe the wider community) or get your hands dirty in some way you can't do from home. Freeing teachers up to moderate that sort of thing would be a win.

[melagonster]

teacher needs to beg parents let their kids do homework today. at least in now society, it is not working.