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We're Training Students to Write Worse to Prove They're Not Robots (techdirt.com)
Paracompact 5 minutes ago [-]
Grade school has never been kind to genuine writers. It reminds me of SAT essays that favored formulaic writing, because guess what: the grading criteria were formulaic!

I think grading in general can be stymying for students' motivation and creative drives.

idontwantthis 4 minutes ago [-]
I had fun with those because they only care about the quality of the writing not the content so I would make sure that none of my facts or references were real.
themafia 1 minutes ago [-]
If you're just going to use software to judge the output of students then why don't we all just keep them at home? I have a computer at home and it seems like everyone from the teachers to the school board have just abdicated their responsibility. This doesn't sound like a system that needs to be maintained.
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