Teacher calls out fellow teachers, claims students notice when they use AI: 'I love your homemade notes'

Ally Perry • Writer and Editor

Oct 23, 2026 10:00 AM EDT

Since when did it become acceptable for teachers to outsource the knowledge they were hired for?

It is no secret that most people cut corners in their job now and then, and just because they are responsible for educating the nation's children doesn't mean that teachers are any exception. I mean, most former students of a certain age have fond memories of when the TV got wheeled in to watch a movie. The education system has seen its fair share of slacking off from both kids and adults.

The difference between teaching now and doing it even just a few years ago is that artificial intelligence tools are now widely available, and educators who don't feel like coming up with their own lesson plan can get the computer to do it instead. Given that this technology is known for making many mistakes and Gen Alpha is probably the generation best equipped to tell when something is AI-generated, teachers have good reasons to avoid AI when they can. Unfortunately, schools across the land prove that this isn't the case.

Teaching isn't an easy profession, and it is only more challenging with the full-blown literacy crisis that many believe we are experiencing right now. Still, that doesn't mean that potentially making it worse by relying on AI as a teaching assistant is the right way to go. Burnout is real, but so is seeing kids become even more checked out because it seems like ChatGPT is more invested in their education than the person right in front of them.

Psa do what you want but keep that in mind

via mskatetheteacher

We have come to realize that AI dependency is a growing problem, which is why it probably doesn't have a place in the institution that supposedly teaches kids how to think. This isn't to say that schools should be fully AI-negative; in fact, it is wise for students to be taught about what its most appropriate uses are, and how and when it should be challenged.

A teacher was so disappointed in her colleagues that she felt the need to expose them for their AI use, mentioning that their students noticed it and didn't approve. She claimed that she was praised for her own ‘homemade’ worksheets in comparison, and told her fellow educators that she didn't believe that AI-generated materials had a place in teaching.

The issue isn't just that it is lazy, but also that it might not actually be useful for helping students to learn. It seemed like schools had enough problems with that before artificial intelligence came along, and this may actually be making an existing problem into something even worse.

Maddie:) shouldnt be using it in general for a teacher

There is often a double standard going on.

katmobile_ One of my kids teachers admitted to the class she's using Al to grade their essays. . But they aren't allowed to use it to write it. Make. It. Make. Sense.

Hailz No no, throw shade at Al. Full stop.

It wasn't the most attractive advertising for an educational establishment.

wtfdaphanie all the school social media pages are filled with ai and it's so annoying ②

Eat_the_rich27 There were some bonus questions for extra points and I corrected one of them, and my teacher wrote back "are you questioning chatgpt?"

The students picked up on the hypocrisy and were angry about it.

Froggie No bc yall would MURDERRRRR us if we used Al but then yall give Al assignments that you put no effort into and expect the most

Not using AI can now distinguish some teachers.

arlo my students know i'm one of the few very anti ai teachers in the school. it's a game now during morning announcements who can spot the most ai which feels so disposian

bookish.brunette_ As a recent education grad, I was SO р ed that we were being taught to use Al for lesson plans. I fully refused to use it at all. My friends and I even reached out to our professor saying we did not want to use it but were forced to use it in a project anyway or we would receive no credit. Its ridiculous

The schools were not being slick.

Jules Schools keep using Al slop posters and kids point it out

Kirstin Hildebrand my school took all our staff photos and used them for a photo montage for the 80s trend. without telling us

They were not practicing what they preached.

Bella Q Yeah we can see that our teachers use ai because we were taught to find credible resources, and if our teachers use Al we can no longer believe our teachers and where they are getting their information whether or not they learned it from the text book

⚫yūrei-chan⚫ no cuz teachers CANNOT say not to use ai, then plaster ai worksheets, posters and assignments everywhere

They were still educators who protested against the use of AI.

Lacey❤❤ The district pushes Al at us to use. I won't use it. How can I tell them to do their own thinking and write authentically while I use AI? No thanks.

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