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ChatGPT Can't Kill Anything Worth Preserving
One of the assumptions those who say this is the end of high school English make about students is that if students can find an end around doing the actual work of school, they will definitely take it.
What does it say about what we ask students to do in school that we assume they will do whatever they can to avoid it?
What does it say about what we ask students to do in school that we assume they will do whatever they can to avoid it?
John Warner • ChatGPT Can't Kill Anything Worth Preserving
Many are wailing that this technology spells “the end of high school English,” meaning those classes where you read some books and then write some pro forma essays that show you sort of read the books, or at least the Spark Notes, or at least took the time to go to Chegg or Course Hero and grab someone else’s essay, where you changed a few words to... See more
John Warner • ChatGPT Can't Kill Anything Worth Preserving
Deep down, this is a question about what we value, in what we read, what we write, and unfortunately, we have attached a set of values to student writing that are disconnected from anything we actually value about what we read, and what we write.
Along with many others, I’ve been shouting about these problems for years, often into what felt like a ... See more
Along with many others, I’ve been shouting about these problems for years, often into what felt like a ... See more
John Warner • ChatGPT Can't Kill Anything Worth Preserving
I think this would be a shame because one of the things I value about writing, is the act of writing itself. It is an embodied process that connects me to my own humanity, by putting me in touch with my mind, the same way a vigorous hike through the woods can put me in touch with my body.
John Warner • ChatGPT Can't Kill Anything Worth Preserving
But now that this technology is in the world, and will be widely available, we must think about what high school English should look like going forward. I’ve been thinking about these things for years, so I have a head start on others, but let me be clear ChatGPT has not created a problem that wasn’t already present.