Feedback, Not Freefall: Why LLM Writing Tools Need a Teacher in the Loop
Feedback is expensive. Anyone who has managed a classroom, a content team, a training programme, or a junior analyst cohort knows the pattern. The first draft is rarely the problem. The problem is the second draft, because the second draft requires specific feedback, delivered in language the learner can act on, without exhausting the person giving it. Multiply that by thirty students, ten assignments, uneven ability levels, and a calendar that refuses to become more generous. Suddenly “just give everyone personalised feedback” becomes one of those ideas beloved by people who do not have to do it. ...