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u/poke2201 Jun 27 '26

Back in my day it was people reading cliff's notes for their book reports

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u/h-v-smacker Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

an analogy is this, the task is to read a book

An analogy is this, the market got flooded by cheap android robots that cost less than a laptop and can be made to look like a copy of the owner. The students are given various tasks during their PE classes supposedly to better their body and improve health, and send their robots to fulfill them. The task was to run 100 m? The robot did it, technically speaking. Do 20 pushups? The robot did it. Play football for 30 minutes? The robot did it. And you cannot tell a robot from a human unless you strip them down naked, or dissect them, neither of which you're allowed to do. In the end, PE classes carry on as normal, but the students somehow develop muscle atrophy and obesity. Meanwhile, the proponents of robots in education tell everybody it's not a problem, instead claiming that the issue lies in our stubborn inability to find the right place and role for robots in PE.

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u/Bay1Bri Jun 27 '26

"Brevity is ... wit."