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submitted 2 months ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] JoshuaACNewman@xeno.glyphpress.com 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@dgerard Important to note: all evidence says that homework is at best useless, and almost always harmful.

This is like making AI write emails than an AI will read.

The problem it’s solving is how to do useless things.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 9 points 2 months ago

the absolutely key and irreplaceable function of homework is that Daily Mail readers expect it and would get angry if it wasn't there any more