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sc2862 on Dec 19, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: AI breakthrough ChatGPT raises alarm over student ...

> lots of fact learning and essay busywork, not a lot of actual problem solving and critical thinking

busywork and no problem solving/critical thinking? sounds like they're being groomed for middle management!

_bkyr on Dec 19, 2022 [–]

In the US I think it actually comes from a factory work mindset where everyone does the same kind of thing and learns the same way. The system is at least 50 years behind but in my experience I think teachers are much more attuned to the present.

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