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senseandsensibility

(25,049 posts) Sat Mar 28, 2026, 05:39 PM Mar 28

I guess I missed this, but the purpose of Melania Trump's walking with a robot [View all]

was to promote the idea of robots as educators. I know that Rs will do anything to break teachers' unions and privatize schools so they can grift off the government funding. But this is a new one.

I tuned out that spectacle a couple of days ago as I do with almost everything done by MT or her husband. But Randy Weingarten was just on MSNOW and explained that that was the gist of it. And she said that the LAST thing today's school children need is a roboticized teacher. And I agree as a former teacher.

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I guess I missed this, but the purpose of Melania Trump's walking with a robot [View all] senseandsensibility Mar 28 OP

Are they nuts? Of course, why do I ask? Joinfortmill Mar 28 #1

The institution is largely designed to spit out indoctrinated graduates. CoopersDad Mar 28 #2

I can see the 1st day of freshman year mercuryblues Mar 28 #3

Won't happen. See reply #5. nt Wednesdays Mar 28 #6

Whoa do they not remember the Covid shutdown? YepYep Mar 28 #4

The repubs Traildogbob Mar 28 #5

The words "Melania Trump" and "educator" should NEVER co-exist in such a manner. flvegan Mar 28 #7

It was an experiment to see if AI robots can feel despair. mr715 Mar 28 #8

Zing!! littlemissmartypants Mar 28 #16

Just about choked on a chip when I read that . . hatrack Mar 28 #23

LOL leftstreet Mar 28 #25

"I love the poorly educated" struggle4progress Mar 28 #9

Public education has been set up to fail by the powers that be for one reason. Boomerproud Mar 28 #10

I thought maybe it was to prove that she wasn't one. louis-t Mar 28 #11

Maybe it served a dual purpose? senseandsensibility Mar 28 #12

Meh malaise Mar 28 #13

Just wait until the AI Robots unionize IronLionZion Mar 28 #14

How can they turn our children into automatons Mblaze Mar 28 #15

Faux Noise turned a lot of folks into MAGATs BattleRow Mar 28 #18

That's true 😀 Mblaze Mar 28 #21

Anyone who is "influenced" by Melanoma in any way needs to have his/her head examined. MLWR Mar 28 #17

You sure that's the purpose? johnp3907 Mar 28 #19

Yeah that'll work Javaman Mar 28 #20

I thought it was an effort to humanize Melania . . . hatrack Mar 28 #22

She was demonstrating her replacement. LuvLoogie Mar 28 #24

Nothing motivates a student to learn like an uncaring, unthinking, unfeeling machine teaching them. patphil Mar 28 #26

This would be a education ender. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 28 #27

Insane science PATRICK Mar 29 #28