after thoughts

Don't live the American dream. Live your dream.

Dear Students (May term)

Dear Students,

Congratulations on completing ENG 202.

Some of you have passed. Some of you did not.
But, you did advance in your college career to ENG 202.

Although, I’m not sure how as many of you seem bewildered by coping APA references from generators, using Word, or even capitalizing the word “I” and the first word of sentences.

Regardless, it’s part of my job to coddle and encourage everyone to retake classes or continue on towards an Associate’s Degree. A degree that many feel will turn their lives around, potentially provide generational wealth, health insurance, and advantageous pay.

This may be the case, but for very few. When, in reality, an Associate’s Degree is just the new GED and thousands of American colleges pump out people just like you with the same degrees.

Companies only need so many medical coders and paralegals. These, being traditional white collared jobs may feel safe and carry expectations. But society has moved on and, truthfully, they’re bullshit jobs.

Those who perused a social worker or pre-school education degree might fair a little better. However, be prepared for low pay, long hours, and – should you have any happy delusions on positively impact children’s lives – be prepared to have those eventually stripped and experience eternal disappointment from poorly funded institutions, degrading societal institutions, and increasing demand.

Of course, the lack of reading skills, basic math, and degrading of IQ, may make you feel more confident in your own lacking skills.

Kudos on learning how to cheat using AI. I’m certain that the grammar perfect posts in bulletproof format made you feel clever.

Instead of actually doing the work – assignments that are (in theory) supposed to prepare for “professional” careers, having Grok, Gemini, or ChatGTP, creates a near perfect answer and you submit it as your own. Sure, after all, AIs are based on the immaculate wisdom of various posts spewed by unknown social media gurus.

This vomit is enough to pass the class. Actually, it’s more than enough satisfy the sliding college standards. Just, to make it less obvious, add a misplaced comma and fill in the <insert profession here> and other ad-lib comments.

Also, keep in mind that your instructors – even the adjunct ones who don’t care – can tell its AI. We know. We just don’t care, doubly so since the colleges are more than willing to accept the fraud.

It’s all about that sweet federal funding.

Oh… and one more thing… if AI can do your homework, don’t you think AI could do the precious job you’re going into life-long debt for?

All the best in your future,

Your instructors.

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