Jillian DeMars, Emersyn Alexander, Isabella Almandoz
eSomethin staff
Artificial intelligence is an increasingly advanced technological tool that continues to evolve and become more integrated into everyday life. As its use expands within the classroom, it has generated mixed perspectives among students. While some students oppose its use and emphasize the importance of completing assignments through personal effort and hard work, others appreciate AI as a convenient and efficient method for completing academic tasks.
AI is an advancing tool, and becomes more developed every day. Seeing how it is implemented in the classroom, conflicting feelings have arisen. Some students are against it and believe in working hard to accomplish assignments, while others are grateful for an easy way to complete assignments. There’s also an in-between viewpoint, the people who need a little extra support on assignments and believe that’s what AI provides. People cannot come to an agreement on the best purpose for AI, causing disputes and restrictions on its use in the classroom.
The first hook of this article is AI-generated, and the second is written by students.
Some people may think the AI hook is better because it uses bigger, fancier words, it sounds more polished, or maybe some will think it is overall better writing. However, it doesn’t demonstrate what students are capable of – just what a robot is capable of. This difference is the driving factor why often teachers dislike when their students use AI. All the while, teachers can still acknowledge that AI has its benefits, and they know that students enjoy using it.
Emily Celizic, a counselor at Perrysburg High School, said that she has seen students’ mental health been affected due to AI. “It probably does have an impact, probably [positively and negatively] actually.”
Chris Stein, an AP History teacher, said “I think it can be a useful tool when used right but I also think it’s very dangerous if we don’t learn how to use it appropriately…”
Celizic agreed, saying, “I think there’s times where AI can be a really helpful tool, but there’s also times when it gets misused.”
Stein and Celizic both believe AI has its positives and negatives. They both say there is still more development and learning that needs to be done before AI becomes a common tool that is used by students.
Stein also said “I think students are actually a little weary about using it. I don’t think they like it as much as people realize.”
not often let the students use AI in the classroom. “Honestly I don’t use it a lot,” Stein said.
To see if he was right, we asked students about their AI use.
A freshman student enrolled in several honors classes, under the condition of anonymity, said “I use AI to help me think through problems that I’m given and I would say I use it for half of my assignments. I feel more confident if I finish [an assignment] and use AI to go over it.”
Another student, a sophomore who eSomethin is quoting anonymously, said she said she “feels confident completing assignments without AI” and that she doesn’t use it often.
Chris Stein recognizes both sides of AI use. He does not often let the students use AI in the classroom.
“Honestly I don’t use it a lot,” Stein said.
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