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In reply to the discussion: This is what I'm dealing with: Assignment I gave to one of my classes..... [View all]flashman13
(2,357 posts)31. You didn't mention whether the student was male or female. I would guess it was a male.
I'll be blunt here. My personal experience is that today's young men are just plain lazy. They seem to be entirely centered on entertaining themselves. I believe women understand that to get anywhere in this world you have to work at it. That's a generational thing because women have always had to work twice as hard as men to attain their goals. When I was in engineering school there was one woman in the entire college. Now in most engineering schools the numbers are at least close to even and the women are out performing men.
Pro tip to my fellow men: If you want to get dates, don't be an ignorant creep. Be able to carry on an intelligent conversation. Learn some manners. And don't be a MAGAt.
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This is what I'm dealing with: Assignment I gave to one of my classes..... [View all]
Coventina
Yesterday
OP
They don't have to buy a report. All they have to do is use a free dumbing-down tool from one of
highplainsdem
Yesterday
#15
Teaching is challenging, and an existentially important profession. What the AI companies have done to it is
highplainsdem
Yesterday
#29
The AI companies have leaned very hard into promoting AI "democratizing" talent - letting people
highplainsdem
6 hrs ago
#65
But only if he has a multimillionaire father who is willing to bankroll all his failures! 🤣
ShazzieB
Yesterday
#33
and "I wasted my whole weekend studying when I could have been having a good time!"
erronis
Yesterday
#8
And "teaching to the test" where tests have become easier to grade - multiple choices, etc.
erronis
Yesterday
#21
and his definition of "go out of my way to find the research" is probably ask chatGPT. (n/t)
thesquanderer
Yesterday
#17
Since many students gravitate to AI's as their first source of information ...
SomewhereInTheMiddle
13 hrs ago
#59
Tell the student they can get five points of credit on the assignment...
littlemissmartypants
Yesterday
#9
When I was in Catechism class and I failed to pay attention I got a ruler across the hand.
Jacson6
Yesterday
#11
You didn't mention whether the student was male or female. I would guess it was a male.
flashman13
Yesterday
#31
Critical thinking isn't the focus of a K-12 education anymore, if it ever really was.
Jedi Guy
3 hrs ago
#76
The student's nose is probably superglued to their phone, so they missed class despite being there.
Vinca
Yesterday
#42
I've seen lots of articles and social media posts about many college kids being shocked if they're
highplainsdem
4 hrs ago
#72
Awesome, she just returned from Italy on an Art History field trip over Spring Break. NT
Happy Hoosier
49 min ago
#82
I did a study abroad trip with my students to Florence for a month back in 2023.
Coventina
30 min ago
#84
Maybe the only thing this student (and others?) may learn from you is the meaning of CONSEQUENCES!
ihaveaquestion
4 hrs ago
#71
I'm having a hard time understanding the replies here given OP's presentation of the assignment.
Ilikepurple
54 min ago
#81
"go out of my way" lol...there is a non so subtle messag in that phrase
BlueWaveNeverEnd
36 min ago
#83