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Bob Coleman's avatar

As someone who recently graduated high school, I can say it is very much like this. Even at a 'top' school in my county.

It is very much a job for most and a passion for a very few. On the extreme apathetic realm was reading long long slides verbatim and playing youtube videos in class while we were on our phones doing whatever. Exams were open internet. The other extreme was incompetence. Rigid structures and complete disregard for any of the students. Often times completly wrong - but, they went to college so who am I to know better.

There needs to be major reform not just for students, but parents, teachers, and policy.

Good article.

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Ficus's avatar

This is one of the saddest things I've read this year. It also affirms we were right to pull our kid from public school (which is 100% on screens in every subject starting grade 6), and send her to a small classical education school. A lot of the families there do hybrid homeschool/ private school. There is absolutely no tech. No phones. Oral exams, Socratic method discussions. Consequence for ChatGPT cheating is expulsion. She loves it. I want it for every kid in America. It's what they deserve.

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