Perhaps we should reconsider the purpose of teaching. If one does not want to learn, why are we teaching them?
For the vast majority that enroll higher education: Because they want a job. They need a job.
The degree is the key that unlocks the door to a job. Not the knowledge itself, but the actual physical diploma.
And it REALLY, REALLY doesn't help that there are so many jobs out there that could be done just fine with a HS diploma. But because reasons, you now need a college degree for that job.
The problem isn't new. For decades people have bought fake degrees, hired people to do their work, even hired people the impersonate themselves.
> Perhaps we should reconsider the purpose of teaching. If one does not want to learn, why are we teaching them?
Certainly there's something to be said for reconsidering much of the purpose (and mechanisms) of post-secondary education, but we often 'force' children and young adults to do things they don't want to do for their own good. I think it's better we teach our children the importance of learning - the lack of which is what results in, as another commenter puts it, students viewing homework as "something they have to overcome"
That's a silly argument, onus is on the teacher to make the subject interesting for students.
I don't see how AI is making it harder to make the subject more interesting. Homework certainly isn't what gets people interested.
But regardless I don't buy that, especially in college where you pick your own set of classes.
To avoid November 6, 2024?
Those protestors mostly went to government schools, and were likely radicalized because of their time in them. Being in school doesn't make the hate in your heart go away. It forces you to rub shoulders with the exact kind of people you believe are subhuman - and even gives more ammunition for them to use in their mind when arguments against racism are made to them.
There's a reason why conservatives are so obsessed with school choice, LGBT book bans, etc.