There have always been ways to not do the work, even before AI or online classes. I always tried to make my students think of it as wasting money (either theirs or their parents) paying for school and not learning. Once in a while a student would argue employers only cared about the diploma and I would always encourage them to drop out and become the next Mark Zuckerberg. The truth is, teens and young adults are not ready yet to understand this and my hope was someone would remember my words in the future, just as I understood some of my teachers advice way after I took their classes.
There have always been ways to not do the work, even before AI or online classes. I always tried to make my students think of it as wasting money (either theirs or their parents) paying for school and not learning. Once in a while a student would argue employers only cared about the diploma and I would always encourage them to drop out and become the next Mark Zuckerberg. The truth is, teens and young adults are not ready yet to understand this and my hope was someone would remember my words in the future, just as I understood some of my teachers advice way after I took their classes.