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So, replace teachers with Linux servers and javascript?


In short "yes". Millions of teachers around the world every day do exactly the same work as other teachers - this is a huge waste of talented resources. If they don't need to do repetitive job, that can focus on individual learning for those who really need it or help society in other way.


Did you ask the kids whether they would rather be educated with a teacher in the company of fellow same-age kids, or with "technology" and "multimedia" without any chance to raise a hand, ask a question, get a slow answer?

Sorry, but this just reeks brutal tech-broism to me. "We have such a powerful technology that we can do everything, nevermind asking if we should."

My kids were confined to the home at the covid-19 lockdowns, and the learning over zoom not only wasn't even remotely efficient, it had profound long-term negative effects on their psychological well-being too. They actually enjoy being in the classroom with their friends and their teacher.


It's not an imaginary tech robot that will do this. It's a product combining the best what we have. Maybe the question to kids should be different: Do you want to watch super interesting interactive movie / play game that will teach you this in 20 minutes and the rest 40 minutes you can enjoy with your friends or you want to sit in a classroom for one hour and learn it traditional way? Also I don't have in mind remote teaching. Kids should be in a school anyway to interact with each other.


I work in ed tech and the best we can be is a force multiplier for teachers. If they have to spend less time creating and grading certain kinds of thing, that's good and that's what we aim to do for them. But replacing them is a) impossible b) a dumb idea anyway.


It's not impossible - it's other way of thinking. Yes it's hard as it needs to fight something that we have been doing for ages. It's dumb to forget about all the kids that have terrible or average teachers or don't keep up with other kids and they are to shy to say it clearly which means for them to take additional classes after school or try to do it alone wasting a lot of time of their childhood.




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