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lwhi ◴[21 Oct 24 08:16 UTC] No.41901852[source]▶
It is no longer effective to solely use a written essay to measure how deeply a student comprehends a subject.

AI is here to stay; new methods should be used to assess student performance.

I remember being told at school, that we weren't allowed to use calculators in exams. The line provided by teachers was that we could never rely on having a calculator when we need it most—obviously there's irony associated with having 'calculators' in our pockets 24/7 now.

We need to accept that the world has changed; I only hope that we get to decide how society responds to that change together .. rather than have it forced upon us.

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lm28469 ◴[21 Oct 24 11:11 UTC] No.41902892[source]▶
In France my essays were written in class, no phones, no book, just your brain, a sheet a paper and a pen. That's still 100% doable today
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junaru ◴[21 Oct 24 11:30 UTC] No.41902992[source]▶
It even came with handwriting built in as authentication mechanism! AI detectors hate this secret!

On a more serious note - US removed cursive from their curriculum almost two decades ago - something i cant wrap my head around as cursive is something the rest of the world(?) uses starting in middle school and onwards through the whole adult life.

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1. mikeocool ◴[21 Oct 24 12:48 UTC] No.41903598[source]▶
21 states still mandate cursive in their curriculum.

There are lots of things I spent a lot of time learning school that I rarely use, but see the value in having learnt. Cursive, beyond a very basic level, is not one of those things.

Though I’m no education expert, perhaps there is a subliminal value to spending all that time.

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2. iteria ◴[21 Oct 24 14:45 UTC] No.41904749[source]▶
I learned cursive in school and never used it. I have written countless essays by hand in grade school and college and never felt the need to do it in cursive because to me my cursive was just way more unreadable than my printing and not particularly faster.