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I covered this point in my last paragraph. The problem with students isn't that they can't follow directions or collaborate; it's that the hate school and don't want to be there.

One of the reasons they hate school and don't want to be there is that they are compelled to do pointless, grinding busywork, all day, every day. That's why they're using GPT-3 to fake their essays. Even three hours of reprieve from the system is worth cheating and dishonesty, and all the better if it helps their GPA.

I harbor no beliefs that a teacher can walk into the modern school system with a creative, exciting lesson plan and inspire students to perform. The system is broken and fundamentally flawed. It cannot be fixed. You are certainly correct that the best way to get consistent results out of your institutionalized students is to grade to a rigorous, clear format, but in doing so you've only played your part in reinforcing the exact system that drives them to cheat with GPT-3.

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> The problem with students isn't that they can't follow directions or collaborate; it's that the hate school and don't want to be there.

I'd say it's a mix of both.

> That's why they're using GPT-3 to fake their essays.

I'm not actually sure about the motivation for most students. For students who I've caught using copilot on assignments, it's not because of the reasons you cite. Maybe it is for others.

> It cannot be fixed.

The main improvement that would fix most of this is to have higher teacher to student ratios. That alone would be a massive improvement, because then teachers would have time to engage students at a different level of attention.