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In reply to the discussion: This is what I'm dealing with: Assignment I gave to one of my classes..... [View all]
Sympthsical
(10,951 posts)68. Oh, it'd be a whole conversation
We've been partially raising four nieces and nephews (parental death) and just watching high school at work has been a thing. There are a lot of problems. To put it as succinctly as possible, many K-12 systems put in programs, particularly concerning literacy, that were trendy rather than evidence based. It's come to bite everyone in the ass. Hence the boomerang back to the tried and true.
Mix in the pandemic and that whole social mess, and it's a very potent brew.
The project you assigned is extremely cool, btw. Teaching and enrichment.
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This is what I'm dealing with: Assignment I gave to one of my classes..... [View all]
Coventina
Yesterday
OP
They don't have to buy a report. All they have to do is use a free dumbing-down tool from one of
highplainsdem
23 hrs ago
#15
Teaching is challenging, and an existentially important profession. What the AI companies have done to it is
highplainsdem
23 hrs ago
#29
The AI companies have leaned very hard into promoting AI "democratizing" talent - letting people
highplainsdem
4 hrs ago
#65
But only if he has a multimillionaire father who is willing to bankroll all his failures! 🤣
ShazzieB
22 hrs ago
#33
and "I wasted my whole weekend studying when I could have been having a good time!"
erronis
Yesterday
#8
And "teaching to the test" where tests have become easier to grade - multiple choices, etc.
erronis
23 hrs ago
#21
and his definition of "go out of my way to find the research" is probably ask chatGPT. (n/t)
thesquanderer
23 hrs ago
#17
Since many students gravitate to AI's as their first source of information ...
SomewhereInTheMiddle
12 hrs ago
#59
Tell the student they can get five points of credit on the assignment...
littlemissmartypants
Yesterday
#9
When I was in Catechism class and I failed to pay attention I got a ruler across the hand.
Jacson6
Yesterday
#11
You didn't mention whether the student was male or female. I would guess it was a male.
flashman13
23 hrs ago
#31
Critical thinking isn't the focus of a K-12 education anymore, if it ever really was.
Jedi Guy
1 hr ago
#76
The student's nose is probably superglued to their phone, so they missed class despite being there.
Vinca
22 hrs ago
#42
I've seen lots of articles and social media posts about many college kids being shocked if they're
highplainsdem
3 hrs ago
#72
Maybe the only thing this student (and others?) may learn from you is the meaning of CONSEQUENCES!
ihaveaquestion
3 hrs ago
#71