My dc goes to school and uses ChatGPT for everything and I’m thinking the education system needs a good shake up to prevent becoming almost useless, aibu

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They’re in secondary school and their school isn’t the best. Every day they get homework and do it on ChatGPT. They and the rest of their class have taken to using gpt in class on their laptops wherever they can. I am wondering what’s the point of education system as it stands. It’s a shame we can’t look to improve the whole situation, like, learning about a volcano is all well and good but it’s easy enough to look it up now. And if I’m stuck personally on a subject I will too.

eventually AI will get good enough to do things we mock it for now. Shouldn’t we be hearing more about education changing to suit dc in the future? Why can’t we take a step back from academics and give more life skills now. Even things like learning how to cook cheaper healthy meals would probably suit more people in my dc school than the ins and outs of a volcano and possibly reduce the strain on the nhs when a large majority of my dc class seem to survive on fast food rn.

There still is a non calculator maths GCSE paper

And you can develop your children’s shopping discernment even more by getting them to read the ingredients and calorie/fat sugar information

yes this one is cheaper but it’s replaced actual oats with palm oil and has more sugar, more fat and more calories, than the middle priced option

or is that for the school to teach well even though few adults bother themselves?

Crafts definitely have huge value. Its not just fabric work that is compulsory here but also wood and metalwork. Every year the children learn to make real useful things which is good in terms of well being (the feeling of accomplishment) but also learning skills that are useful for life and might lead to jobs later. My DD has made in school, amongst other things, a pair of trousers tailored to her own measurements, a chair, a cushion, a shopping bag, a working clock in the shape of our country and is currently working on a bedside table. I think this adds so much to education in many ways, including the lessons being a much needed break from the more academic classes. And my country thinks its so important to do practical subjects that when it comes to electives all students must choose at least two practical subjects (they pick 3 altogether).

He had only been in school a couple of months at that point so he hadn't yet learnt. Soon enough he'll be able to sew them on himself.

And it’s a good subconscious lesson seeing his dad doing some sewing rather than it being pushed into the girls/boys tasks like many tasks are in many places

Exactly. You won't get dads here calling their sons pansies for doing some sewing because they all did it for at least 7 years in school so its normal to them.

I disagree, and I say that as a modern languages teacher who did Latin A Level. I also have two family members who studied Classics at uni. There is not really anything useful that learning the Latin language teaches you about language that can't be learned by doing French or Spanish. Obviously Roman history and literature are a different matter. A Classical Civilisation GCSE would be good for that though. There is a lunch time Latin club at the school where I teach, which is great, but I don't think Latin should be re-introduced in state schools generally.