My Spanish teacher taught me what AI can’t do

My Spanish teacher taught me what AI can’t do

First Person is where Chalkbeat features personal essays by educators, students, parents, and others thinking and writing about public education.

As AI dominates the education zeitgeist, I think it’s time to highlight an effective teaching tool as tried and true as a Ticonderoga No. 2 pencil: high-quality IRL relationships with students.

I learned this first — and best — from my high school Spanish teacher, who, as the matriarch of the Spanish department, went simply by “Señora.”