r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 • Jul 16 '26

Unskippable ad Clear Backpacks + Pay to Keep Your Phone

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My freinds school is now requiring these items, and is also using AI to promote this 🫠

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u/suicide_blonde94 Jul 17 '26

That’s just not realistic. There’s a curriculum to follow. Sometimes school is boring. Sometimes learning is a lecture and notes. Students naturally want to do something not boring; that’s why phones and not taking them away are detrimental to their education.

Why are you against a textbook? It’s a physical source of knowledge that students always have access too.

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u/not-the-nicest-guy Jul 17 '26

I said not just a textbook. There is more to learning than only what is in a textbook. I taught for 15 years and I'm aware of curriculum requirements. Lecture mode is required at times but there is plenty of evidence that it's one of the least effective teaching styles for deep understanding and long-term retention of knowledge. There are lots of instructional methods that better support learning.

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u/suicide_blonde94 Jul 17 '26

I never said that there aren’t other effective teaching methods. That’s silly.

I’m reinforcing the idea that school just sometimes is not fun. Learning sometimes means a lecture. You also aren’t going to please each of your 30+ students with the lesson.

Idk when the last time you were in the classroom teaching, but you’re not always going to have an exciting and engaging class.

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u/not-the-nicest-guy Jul 17 '26

I left high school teaching 4 years ago. I was engaged in educational research for the whole 15 years I was there and for the decade beforehand when I taught at university. I have a combined background in teaching and in brain development/learning best practices. I'm aware that every classroom moment isn't fun and never said it was. Never said the job was to please every student. Never said lectures don't have a role, just that they have a poor record for deep and sustained learning. I have no idea what you're objecting to but it seems to mainly be things I haven't said. Carry on, I guess.