As artificial intelligence evolves and becomes a bigger part of life, teachers and students are learning how to approach it.
Takeiya Brown, a 10th grade teacher, uses AI to double check and critique her learning targets while also making sure they are culturally responsible. While Ms. Brown believes that AI can be helpful, she thinks AI should not be used for authentic writing.
“It can be helpful if you know how to use it,” she said, explaining that it can help people organize thoughts and be strategic. But AI has its limits.
Ms Brown accepts AI as a learning tool but believes it shouldn’t be abused. “AI should be a supplement for kids,” she said. “Use it, don’t abuse it.”
Justin Chapura, who supports students who are are learning English, believes AI has proven helpful, especially as a teacher.
Is it a reliable source?
“Yes it translates for students who speak different languages and makes it easier to help them,” he said. But he warns that it has its downside.
“AI is known for what I call hallucination,” he said. ” It is not always right. Check to make sure it is correct.”
He worries that students aren’t ready to use AI because they are apt to abuse it rather than use it the way it’s intended. “Most students are not capable of using it in the correct way,” he said.
Jennifer Lippold, the school’s technology specialist, sees both the good and the bad within AI, such as its efficiency and its inaccurate data.
She believes that screen time in general should be limited and people shouldn’t become too dependent on technology itself. Even so, she says, “AI is helpful and “necessary for students to enhance their life.”
Ms. Lippold limits her technology outside of school and only uses AI in certain circumstances.
“AI does not affect my life outside of school,” she said. “It benefits me in terms of research.”
Darrison Amaranbe, a senior, says that AI has made his high school experience easier by helping with research. He uses AI to research material required in classwork or homework.
He also uses it to study. “It is easier to gather information,” he said.
Cameron Galloway • Nov 17, 2025 at 8:08 am
In my opinion, I too find AI to have both an upside and a downside.
Upsides/Pros: Can help you out with mostly anything you struggle with, and also acts as a translator for students struggling with English, or another language
Downsides/Cons: Can’t be used as a “get out of jail” free card when it comes to doing classroom work, tests, etc.
The thing with using AI is that if it’s intended to be used for silly purposes, do that either during lunch, or after-school. After-school is more recommended. I admit; I also like to use AI for silly stuff, but I know when not to use it during classroom hours, and that includes during lunch as well. Only after school ends is when I have time to play around with AI. If AI is intended to be used for a more experimental purpose, just don’t use it for tests or classwork. They can catch on to it right away. You CAN use AI to assist you with the answers at home, but you can’t always rely on it. Relying on it too much starts a bad habit, and bad habits make for bad repetition.