{"id":22171,"date":"2026-03-03T09:37:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/cheating-machine-or-powerful-assistant-the-ai-anxieties-of-a-trainee-teacher\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:37:28","slug":"cheating-machine-or-powerful-assistant-the-ai-anxieties-of-a-trainee-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/cheating-machine-or-powerful-assistant-the-ai-anxieties-of-a-trainee-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheating machine or powerful assistant? The AI anxieties of a trainee teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was a newcomer, negotiating all of usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attack<\/p>\n

Two years ago, at the age of 39, I began training to be a school teacher. I wanted to teach English \u2013 to help young people become stronger readers, writers and thinkers, with a deeper connection to literature. After 15 years of working as a freelance writer and as a novelist, I felt confident that I had something to offer. But the further I progressed in my training, the more uncertain I felt. One particular question taunted me for my lack of an answer. What to do about artificial intelligence?<\/p>\n

The immediate dilemma: what does it mean for English instruction that all pupils now have access to free online chatbots that can produce fluid, fairly complex prose on demand? This question sits atop a teetering pile of timeless pedagogical quandaries: What are we actually trying to do in school? How should we go about doing it? How do we know if we\u2019ve succeeded? I was a newcomer, negotiating all of this for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attack.<\/p>\n

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\nI was a newcomer, negotiating all of usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attack
\nTwo years ago, at the age of 39, I began training to be a school teacher. I wanted to teach English \u2013 to help young people become stronger readers, writers and thinkers, with a deeper connection to literature. After 15 years of working as a freelance writer and as a novelist, I felt confident that I had something to offer. But the further I progressed in my training, the more uncertain I felt. One particular question taunted me for my lack of an answer. What to do about artificial intelligence?
\nThe immediate dilemma: what does it mean for English instruction that all pupils now have access to free online chatbots that can produce fluid, fairly complex prose on demand? This question sits atop a teetering pile of timeless pedagogical quandaries: What are we actually trying to do in school? How should we go about doing it? How do we know if we\u2019ve succeeded? I was a newcomer, negotiating all of this for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attack. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was a newcomer, negotiating all of usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attack Two years ago, at the age of 39, I began training to be a school teacher. I wanted to teach English \u2013 to help …<\/p>\n

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