Verse 1: Another Monday morning, compliance forms to sign VRQA wants reports in triplicate by nine There's a student with an essay that's suspiciously refined Is it Shakespeare? Is it ChatGPT? I'm slowly losing my mind Pre-Chorus: Detection tools are lying, saying Dickens used AI My pen-and-paper testing made the strongest students cry There's got to be a better way, I'm running out of fight Maybe it's time to change the game tonight Chorus: We're the principals of change, standing at the gate Between the past we know and tomorrow we create From banning to embracing, from fighting to the flow We're learning how to lead where our students need to go (Oh-oh-oh) The future's not our enemy (Oh-oh-oh) It's opportunity we need to see Verse 2: Started with a magnifying glass, playing Sherlock Holmes Catching digital footprints on those essay chromosomes Built a fortress out of paper, made them write in blue ink Now my students' hands are cramping and I need another drink Bridge: But what if we're the problem? What if we're the wall? What if AI's not the enemy at all? Transform the fear to fuel, compliance to creation We're leading the AI education revolution Final Chorus: We're the principals of change, opening the gate Partners with the future that we used to fear and hate From resistance to assistance, from exhausted to alive We're teaching them to thrive in 2025 (Oh-oh-oh) With our AI compliance friend (Oh-oh-oh) The paperwork nightmare's at an end Outro: Victorian principals, we're writing something new From Melbourne to Mildura, we know what we've got to do...
