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We're trying to fix two problems:
1. Students using AI instead of doing the work themselves
2. Students "get away with" #1 because current curriculum and testing do an awful job of actually demonstrating true understanding and ability to apply understanding.
I see this as a problem that needs solving, not a problem to encounter roadblocks to and throw up our hands and admit defeat and say it's too hard or not possible.
You put forward a made up number for how many orders of magnitude more work teachers would have to do. I say "This is a problem we should find a solution to" rather than "This is a problem that means we can't achieve our original objective".
Like, for instance, what if we did something *wild* like ensuring the absurd tuitions students paid went towards properly paying teachers, and support staff, and used that as a catalyst to attract more teachers and support staff, both long-term and short-term?
Then students get an education that's better aligned with the amount of money they're investing in their education. Teachers get properly compensated, while also reducing the amount of work they have to do because it's better spread out between many more teachers.
For government funded primary education this just means properly funding schools and paying those teachers appropriately and scaling up staffing appropriately. Schools are woefully underfunded and tons of teachers leave the teaching space because the pay is shit and the working conditions suck.
But no, you're right, nothing should ever change or improve because there's an issue in-between A and B and we should just throw our hands up and say it's impossible. :)
Comment by jeffp12 at 02/12/2024 at 04:47 UTC
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I'm literally a professor that has to deal with this shit.
If the solution is pay professors more money for teaching fewer classes, then you get an A+, and I wish you good luck in your endeavors.
What I don't agree with is saying that teachers should just do assloads more work and not get compensated for it, which is probably where this is heading. It's gonna be that teachers who care to weed out cheaters will have to do way more work for no more pay; while teachers who don't care enough will let the cheaters through, probably because they're already underpaid or overworked.