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senseandsensibility

(25,001 posts) Sat Mar 28, 2026, 05:39 PM Saturday

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 Saturday OP

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

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

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

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

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

The repubs Traildogbob Saturday #5

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

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

Zing!! littlemissmartypants Saturday #16

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

LOL leftstreet Saturday #25

"I love the poorly educated" struggle4progress Saturday #9

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

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

Maybe it served a dual purpose? senseandsensibility Saturday #12

Meh malaise Saturday #13

Just wait until the AI Robots unionize IronLionZion Saturday #14

How can they turn our children into automatons Mblaze Saturday #15

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

That's true 😀 Mblaze Saturday #21

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

You sure that's the purpose? johnp3907 Saturday #19

Yeah that'll work Javaman Saturday #20

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

She was demonstrating her replacement. LuvLoogie Saturday #24

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

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

Insane science PATRICK Sunday #28