this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
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I have a hypothesis that college can solve this problem by "inversing" lectures and homework.
edit: sounds like a lot of places do this already so that's cool.
Have your students watch lectures and do reading on their own time. Hell, they can ask ChatGPT to summarize it for them if "it's just a tool" and they want to use it! But everything that gets a grade should be done in class. You will write the essay by hand, you will do the math with no more powerful a calculator than a TI-83, you will give a presentation to show that you understand the material. Book is open, accommodations for special needs are available, and the teacher is here to help and give guidance and clarification, but internet connections are banned.
Buuuuut ~~American colleges would never do this because~~ ensuring that your graduates actually learn things was never the point.
I think i generally agree with this, although this seems like it basically removes the need to actually look for sources yourself, which feels like it's an important thing to learn to do. That said i don't think i have a better idea so
Ideally I think researching and critically evaluating your sources should be taught and reinforced well before college, but from what I've heard from my friends who went to high school in the States (I'm American but I lucked out in this regard) attending an American High School is like being one of the feral children in Logan's Run.