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AMAZING.
Ainsley: YOU HANDLED IT BEAUTIFULLY. FORMER ENGLISH TEACHER GOING VIRAL AFTER POSTING RAW, UNFILTERED FAREWELL VIDEO AS SHE LEAVES THE CLASSROOM AFTER JUST THREE YEARS.
LISTEN. A LOT OF KIDS DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ; THEY HAVE HAD THINGS READ TO THEM. THESE KIDS DON'T CARE; THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD; THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT HOW TO WRITE A RESUME OR COVER LETTER—BOUGHT CHATGPT WILL DO IT FOR THEM. WE NEED TO CUT OFF TECHNOLOGY FROM THE KIDS UNTIL THEY GO TO COLLEGE.
Ainsley: HANNAH IS A FORMER TEACHER AND JOINS US NOW. SHE POSTED THAT VIDEO, AND A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT, PROBABLY MORE BY THIS MORNING. WHY DID YOU POST THAT VIDEO?
SO I TAUGHT FOR THREE YEARS, AS I SAID IN MY VIDEO. I WASN'T ALWAYS A TEACHER; I STARTED IN DIGITAL MARKETING. I'VE BEEN IN THE DIGITAL WORLD FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW, AND THROUGHOUT THE THREE YEARS, I'VE TAUGHT DIGITAL ARTS CLASS AND ENGLISH. AND ALL MY TEACHING EXPERIENCE, TEX TECHNOLOGY HAS POSED A CHALLENGE, AND WITH AI SO ACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN NOWADAYS, IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING TO HAVE KIDS COMPREHEND AND CRITICAL THINK AND THINK FOR THEMSELVES ON CERTAIN THINGS. I WANTED TO RAISE AWARENESS AND LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW AI AND TECHNOLOGY IS AFFECTING THEIR CHILDREN THESE DAYS.
Ainsley: COMING FROM A MOTHER WHO TAUGHT 33 YEARS AND MY SISTER IS A TEACHER IN SOUTH CAROLINA, I AM SURE IT IS MORE CHALLENGING NOW, AND YOUR OPINION IS, YES, IT IS. YOU ARE A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER; I'M SURE YOUR STUDENTS LOVED YOU. GIVE ME EXAMPLES OF WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING TO YOU.
WELL, A LOT OF STUDENTS—AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I TAUGHT A LOT OF MOTIVATED AND BRIGHT CHILDREN; I DON'T WANT THIS TO COME OFF AS ALL THE KIDS' FAULT. I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES IN MY CLASSROOM, I WOULD ASK THEM TO WRITE DOWN A SHORT RESPONSE, OR FIVE SENTENCES TO ANSWER, AND IT WOULD BE 2-1/2 SENTENCES, AND THEY WOULD SAY, "I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY." "WHY DO I HAVE TO ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES?" YOU GET THE POINT. A LOT OF TIMES, I WOULD ASSIGN LONG-FORM ESSAYS, AND I KNOW HOW CHILDREN WRITE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HANDWRITE THINGS. IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, STUDENTS WOULD GIVE ME ELOQUENT AND THOROUGH ESSAYS THAT NORMALLY WOULDN'T COME FROM THEM. I WOULD RUN IT THROUGH AN AI GENERATOR, AND IT WOULD SAY 100% CHATGPT, AND I WOULD SPEAK TO THE STUDENT, AND THEY WOULD SAY, "WELL, IF I HAVE TO REDO THIS, HOW MUCH WILL IT AFFECT MY GRADE? CAN I TAKE THE ZERO?"
Ainsley: TRYING TO TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT. IS IT PROMOTING LAZINESS AMONG OUR CHILDREN?
I SUPPOSE. A LOT OF THEM FEEL THEY DON'T NEED TO DO THE WORK ANYMORE BECAUSE AI WILL DO IT FOR THEM. I THINK THAT AI CAN BE IN THE CLASSROOM IN A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY IF WE TEACH CHILDREN IN OLDER GRADES HOW TO USE IT PROPERLY. IF WE ALLOW THEM TO USE AI, THEY WILL NOT DO THE WORK THEMSELVES.
YOU ARE A PROPONENT OF GETTING TECHNOLOGY AND PHONES OUT OF CLASSROOMS. SORRY YOU HAD TO LEAVE. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NEXT?
I ACTUALLY AM WORKING AT A NONPROFIT NOW, DONOR RELATION DEVELOPMENT IN DIGITAL MARKETING. I'M LOVING IT SO FAR.