Douglas, sadly they are already teaching my kids. My homeschooled son just completed his freshman year of college. Not only do students rely on AI, so do their professors. It speaks to the total corruption of our educational system. The problem is easy to fix, but it requires work. Handwritten in class assignments take a long time to read and grade. The handful of professors, mostly in the hard sciences, who try to maintain standards, are constantly under attack by spoiled students and academic bureaucrats who are neither teachers, nor scholars. These people spent most of their time in performative Zoom calls, have meetings about meetings, and use words like “learning outcomes,” “expectations,” and “rubrics.” My foundation recently defended a tenured professor who refused to cave to the mob. When the Title IX case fell apart, the academic commissars pivoted to “hostile learning environment.” After 6 months and multiples hearings, they dropped the charges. The professor was traumatized by the process--he still does not know what he was accused of or who his accusers were. The system is broken—America is a subliterate nation and AI can’t fix this.
Well said. That story is disappointing on so many levels. Having been in many performative zoom calls, I feel compelled to tell you that they are not only worse than useless, they siphon off IQ points with every minute, and many participants can ill afford any losses whatsoever.
Many of the 9th grade English teachers only accept paper, and because our classes are fewer and smaller than the old days, it is manageable. What makes is most manageable is the lack of work getting handed in. Students just don't do schoolwork. As they've been passed along, there is no urgency, no fear, no sense of need for effort. But as I've mentioned, even worse, the desire to know has been obliterated - intellectual curiosity is basically nowhere to be found.
My new angle is letting the shrinking number of driven students that the opportunities for them will be incredible. Surrounded by zombies, anyone with real world skills of any kind will shine brightly.
You are correct about opportunities for the motivated. My kids had a very rigorous homeschool curriculum and see opportunity everywhere. They also have had lots of jobs and know how to hustle.
The rise of cry bully students is especially distressing. In addition to the charge of "hostile learning environment," teacher should be able to level charges against students and academic bureaucrats who make false accusations--a "hostile teaching environment." What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Douglas, sadly they are already teaching my kids. My homeschooled son just completed his freshman year of college. Not only do students rely on AI, so do their professors. It speaks to the total corruption of our educational system. The problem is easy to fix, but it requires work. Handwritten in class assignments take a long time to read and grade. The handful of professors, mostly in the hard sciences, who try to maintain standards, are constantly under attack by spoiled students and academic bureaucrats who are neither teachers, nor scholars. These people spent most of their time in performative Zoom calls, have meetings about meetings, and use words like “learning outcomes,” “expectations,” and “rubrics.” My foundation recently defended a tenured professor who refused to cave to the mob. When the Title IX case fell apart, the academic commissars pivoted to “hostile learning environment.” After 6 months and multiples hearings, they dropped the charges. The professor was traumatized by the process--he still does not know what he was accused of or who his accusers were. The system is broken—America is a subliterate nation and AI can’t fix this.
Well said. That story is disappointing on so many levels. Having been in many performative zoom calls, I feel compelled to tell you that they are not only worse than useless, they siphon off IQ points with every minute, and many participants can ill afford any losses whatsoever.
Many of the 9th grade English teachers only accept paper, and because our classes are fewer and smaller than the old days, it is manageable. What makes is most manageable is the lack of work getting handed in. Students just don't do schoolwork. As they've been passed along, there is no urgency, no fear, no sense of need for effort. But as I've mentioned, even worse, the desire to know has been obliterated - intellectual curiosity is basically nowhere to be found.
My new angle is letting the shrinking number of driven students that the opportunities for them will be incredible. Surrounded by zombies, anyone with real world skills of any kind will shine brightly.
You are correct about opportunities for the motivated. My kids had a very rigorous homeschool curriculum and see opportunity everywhere. They also have had lots of jobs and know how to hustle.
The rise of cry bully students is especially distressing. In addition to the charge of "hostile learning environment," teacher should be able to level charges against students and academic bureaucrats who make false accusations--a "hostile teaching environment." What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Agreed. Most just exit the system - particularly young men. The school systems are a mess. One can only wonder how long it can last.