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by ModernMech 1334 days ago
> 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.