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by madrox
650 days ago
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This is, sadly, an idealized notion of education that just doesn't match the reality of a general ed classroom. Students don't study to gain understanding in a majority of their classes; they study to pass. True, not all students all the time, but in the world you just described no amount of extrinsic motivation can force a student to deeper understanding, so why are we even talking about AI checkers? Unless you're telling me you never did that in any of your classes growing up, but I'm going to be highly dubious of such a claim. |
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I did extremely poorly in school, actually. It wasn't an environment that I could function in at all. But I got a great education outside of school.
I'm really talking about what's needed in order to get a good education rather than anything school-specific. Technically, school itself isn't needed in order to get a great education. But you do want to get educated, whether school is a tool you employ to that end or not.
"If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library." -- Frank Zappa
But, outside if reading, writing, and arithmetic, the thing I did learn in school that was the most valuable was how to learn. So, that's my bias. The most important thing you learn in school is how to learn, and much of what teachers are doing in the classroom is trying to teach that.
My fundamental point is that what we need in order to learn is not just getting answers to questions. That approach alone doesn't get you very far.