Jeremy S. Adams, First Things
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
An award-winning teacher writes: “Last spring, some of my graduating seniors felt obligated to take me aside before graduation, as if I were a naive child, and pronounce a dark truth in the era of widely available AI technology: You teachers can’t win. We will find a way to take the easy path. Every time. ” But we learn through failure. So, what happens if our students never learn how to learn? They will simply fail.