I was a bit heartbroken when I was trying to teach freewriting in a primary school workshop recently (just keep writing for 5 minutes, there are no bad ideas, we’re trying to tap into our subconscious etc) and a teacher commented that one kid was using Chat GPT. I must’ve made a face because she said, ‘but he’s using it for a good reason!’ the ‘good reason’ was getting it to brainstorm for him instead of doing it himself 🫠 I heard more than one teacher sing the praises of AI during those sessions and thought if it’s being embraced even in the classroom and ‘creative’ writing sessions, why would kids ever think there’s anything wrong with it or any reason to push back.