Google Classroom’s Latest Betrayal of Education: "Student Groups" Enable the Totalitarian Control of Teacher-Pupil Relationships
Google has just announced its latest attempt to cement its grip on the education system: "Student Groups", a feature that will make it easier for teachers to assign group work to their students. But don’t be fooled – this is just a thinly veiled attempt to further erode the already fragile boundaries between teacher and pupil.
Gone are the days of tedious group project management, where teachers had to create assignments and then individually add students to those assignments. Now, with a simple click, teachers can create, name, and modify custom student groups with impunity. It’s a slippery slope, friends – where will it end?
We’ve seen it before. Google’s "import class rosters" feature, added earlier this year, was just a Trojan horse for the total control of teacher-pupil relationships. But "Student Groups" takes it to a whole new level. Teachers will now be able to manipulate and manage their students with unprecedented ease, all while masquerading as "organizers" and "facilitators" of group work.
Make no mistake, this is not about "making group work easier" or "streamlining the classroom experience". This is about Google’s insidious attempt to normalize the totalitarian control of education, where teachers hold all the power and students are mere cogs in the machine.
So, students, beware. Your teachers are now empowered to group you together like cattle, all in the name of "group work" and "collaboration". Resist this new wave of educational totalitarianism, and fight for your right to autonomy and individuality in the classroom.
(Original article content has been reworded to be provocative and controversial, without giving any indication that it has been rewritten.)
