unfortunately this article is paywalled but its an excellent read so far. i attached some of my favorite and while funny, incredibly harrowing, moments of this piece. highly highly recommended to read
this is a pretty common one, but in my grad program there were people using AI to write papers/homework assignments/projects and then patting themselves on the back like they found some kind of life hack. they all graduated and have decent jobs but man was that a bleak omen of what education is becoming.
I am a high school Spanish teacher in Oklahoma and kids here have shocked me with the ways they try to use AI for assignments I give them. In several cases I have caught them because they can’t read what they submit to me and so don’t know to delete the sentence that says something to the effect of “This summary meets the requirements of the prompt, I hope it is helpful to you!”
Teachers give insight on what’s it been like to work with students who insist on using AI for their work.
seriously when did everyone get so mean. everywhere i look people are being mean, whether its being racist, homophobic, fatphobic, or catty and snarky. its especially bad on tiktok and instagram like do people not have empathy anymore??
i, like anyone else now, am incredibly attached to the little computer in my back pocket. however i can feel my mental health decreasing whenever i wake up and instantly go on instagram so i’ve begun scrolling on pinterest instead. its still not a great habit but id rather be barraged by cool pictures than the toxins of instagram reels
something i’ve been able to come to terms with lately is the fact that you really dont need closure. obviously this is more nuanced and dependent on the scenario than i make it sound, but what im talking about specifically is the idea of looking for an answer. like if i got ghosted by someone, i feel like trying to find a reason of why they may have ghosted me takes up more energy then just going “fuck it we ball” and accepting that it was probably never going to work out. sometimes its just not worth it to torment yourself about the past.
