Since when did it become acceptable for teachers to outsource the knowledge they were hired for?

It is no secret that most people cut corners in their job now and then, and just because they are responsible for educating the nation’s children doesn’t mean that teachers are any exception. I mean, most former students of a certain age have fond memories of when the TV got wheeled in to watch a movie. The education system has seen its fair share of slacking off from both kids and adults. 

The difference between teaching now and doing it even just a few years ago is that artificial intelligence tools are now widely available, and educators who don’t feel like coming up with their own lesson plan can get the computer to do it instead. Given that this technology is known for making many mistakes and Gen Alpha is probably the generation best equipped to tell when something is AI-generated, teachers have good reasons to avoid AI when they can. Unfortunately, schools across the land prove that this isn’t the case.

Teaching isn’t an easy profession, and it is only more challenging with the full-blown literacy crisis that many believe we are experiencing right now. Still, that doesn’t mean that potentially making it worse by relying on AI as a teaching assistant is the right way to go. Burnout is real, but so is seeing kids become even more checked out because it seems like ChatGPT is more invested in their education than the person right in front of them.