Ai generated homework submissions are making me question if I'm even teaching anymore

Graded 30 homework assignments last night. At least 20 of them had the exact same structure, same transition phrases, same level of polish. These are freshmen who struggle to write a complete sentence in class discussions.

The worst part is I can't prove anything. Parents will defend their kids. Admin will say I need "concrete evidence." Kids will cry and say they worked really hard.

So I'm stuck either accepting obvious cheating or spending hours building a case for each individual student. Meanwhile the kids who are actually doing their own work are getting buried in the middle of the pack because their writing looks "worse" than the ai stuff.

I used to love teaching writing. Now I just feel like a fraud.

Submitted November 19, 2025 at 04:43AM by Aware-Version-23 https://ift.tt/R0bBhMP