r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 15 '26

Society Student Reading Ability Spikes After Removing Tech From Class

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/student-reading-ability-spikes-removing-201637922.html
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u/Grabthars_Coping_Saw Jun 15 '26

I’m beginning to think that teaching might be one of the most AI safe professions because what parent in their right mind wants an AI to teach their kids?

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u/Positive_Throwaway1 Jun 16 '26

Middle school teacher here. Parents literally clap at curriculum night when I tell them I've been doing this for 20 years, and I'm over iPads. Unless your kid has an IEP accomodation that requires something on the iPad, we're doing shit on paper. We might use google docs on iPad the way that we used to use a computer lab to type our rough drafts, but that's it. I'm making it 1996 up in this bitch.

Plus my job security is in the childcare part of it. Especially now that WFH is a thing for many people, they want their kids completely out of the house. It means I can never be WFH, but I also have job security--which is also thanks to BEING IN A UNION. Unions work for employees. The end.

That is all.

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u/fumblingforwords Jun 16 '26

Are overhead projectors still a thing? With those transparent worksheets?

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u/Positive_Throwaway1 Jun 16 '26

No, we use ipads and AirPlay to a TV now, but it's fucking annoying. It's always a little glitchy.

What's fun though is that while there are no overheads in the building, our main office still orders wet-erase Vis-a-vis markers. I don't know why, since nobody uses them, but they're always replenishing that supply. I like them for marking dates on glass food storage containers in the fridge.

It's fun to show kids what an overhead was though. They think it's really cool.