Comment by cryptoegorophy
10 months ago
As someone who is an immigrant that had to go to high school in English speaking country and who struggled a lot and couldn’t do anything about improving essay writing no matter what I did, I say all these English teachers deserve this. I wish ChatGPT existed during my school years, I would’ve at least had someone(thing) explain me how to write better.
> I would’ve at least had someone(thing) explain me how to write better.
I actually don't think that it is good at that. I have heard of language teachers trying to use it to teach the language (it's a model language, it should be good at it, right?) and realised that it isn't good at that.
Of course I understand the point of your message, which is that you feel your teachers were not helpful and I have empathy for that.
It is excellent at that, have you tried using it as a learning tool to improve your writing before? It’s exactly what it’s good at…
I didn't say it is not excellent at writing text. But if you want to read well-written text, just open a book.
The point is: how good is it at teaching you how the language works? Like the grammar concepts, etc. I don't think it excels at that.