Nightcat666 t1_j6ait31 wrote on January 28, 2023 at 11:00 PM

Reply to comment by Infernalism in 'Everybody is cheating': Why this teacher has adopted an open ChatGPT policy by TheDoctorOf1977

Just do what we did in my AP world class and do in class essays. You would be given the prompt at the beginning of class and would turn in the essay at the end of class.

tacoman333 t1_j6bqsms wrote on January 29, 2023 at 4:48 AM

That sounds like absolute hell. How long were the essays?

Nightcat666 t1_j6bsu4o wrote on January 29, 2023 at 5:07 AM

Couple pages. 5-6 I think was average but they weren't super strick on length as long as you answered the prompt properly. It was also all hand written as well.

tacoman333 t1_j6byi0h wrote on January 29, 2023 at 6:04 AM

That's straight out of one of the school related nightmares I used to have as a kid.

Writing 5-6 pages by hand during a single class period. My god... The only time a student is supposed to be doing that is if they procrastinated until the day the essay was due.

Coffee_nomnom t1_j6cyx5t wrote on January 29, 2023 at 1:42 PM

I mean the tech exists to allow them to type. Hand writing that much would miserable for hands not accustomed to it.

ironballs24-7 t1_j6e2arc wrote on January 29, 2023 at 6:18 PM

Right there with you - AP history/English team taught class in HS. Block scheduling meant I had that course 90 minutes a day for an entire school year. At least 2x 60min essays per week, 2-4 pages hand written.

For all you kids out there just remember 5 things: Intro, social, economic, political reasons, and close it off with a nice quote in a closing paragraph.

Hated it at the time, but so glad I did it!

FlatSpinMan t1_j6coihe wrote on January 29, 2023 at 11:47 AM

If you’re going to do essays or any kind of writing, I think this is the only way to do so, if you actually want to assess how well the kids write (I’m especially thinking in an ESL context).