A high schooler writes about AI tools in the classroom

I recently found out that my nephew's school had no take-home homework before high school, instead having kids complete assignments during class time. At first, I was flabbergasted that they would deny kids the discipline building of managing unstructured time without direct supervision. Homework- at home- seemed like such a fundamental part of the schooling experience.

Now, I'm thinking that was pretty much they only way they could think of to ensure kids were doing things themselves.

I know it was a rough transition for my nephew, though, and I don't know that I would have handled it very well either. I'm not sure what would be a better option, though, given how much of a disservice such easy access to a mental crutch is.

I’ve seen a similar change but didn’t realize this, makes sense.

Combined with a complete lack of textbooks, college is going to be quite a surprise!!

Oddly, English teachers tell students to use Grammerly and standardized tests use AI for grading student essays.

For writing assignments, students are given a “prompt”. Never heard it called such in my schooling…