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by ChatGTP 1172 days ago
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 ?
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JackMorgan 1170 days ago
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

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_a_a_a_ 1171 days ago
School is about social contact and social skills as much as anything else, and they are vital to learn. That needs to be recognised.
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ChatGTP 1171 days ago
That’s cool, I agree. I also think maybe bringing back philosophy is probably a good idea. Good for coping with a mad world.
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__MatrixMan__ 1171 days ago
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.
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melagonster 1171 days ago
teacher needs to beg parents let their kids do homework today. at least in now society, it is not working.
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