By skyforbes I first wanted to first emphasize that it’s paper(s) not paper, before I begin my incredulously large rant. I’ve recently stepped back into college, online of course, after two break years from schooling. I never pondered on how AI has grown since my last year in high school, when it first had made its rounds and was used as a joke. I’ve seen the videos of multiple people being accused of AI within college, and the few jokes that if you sound too professional or use proper grammar and punctuation you could be flagged as well. I never taken it that too seriously, and really never thought I’d be in that predicament until recently. It’s almost the end of my first semester and on one of my papers I was told to discuss with my professor before they could begin grading. I thought I must’ve really done bad grammar wise or didn’t incorporate much reflection in my writing. Emphasis on the reflection part, because it’s been an on going battle with my professor on how much reflection she expects from me. I looked over the writing and really thought, both of those things couldn’t have been an issue. My grammar was in check and I put a lot of effort into incorporating a reflection. I went on to email her about what was going on and if she needed me to redo the assignment. It’s been three days now with very few emails in response besides her saying she isn’t necessarily accusing me but would need clarification. There is not any real date on when I can discuss with her because every time I suggest a time it doesn’t work out.
I am stressing and anxious! I’ve gone over all my past work and all being flagged as high AI usage, and I don’t want to come across that way or fail a class due to it. How is it that in my past experience I’ve been told to sound professional and to fix my writing, and now I have to dumb it down to pass with a somewhat decent grade? All I can do is sit down and pondered on how we’ve allowed something like this take control in this manner!?! I doubt I can take college seriously anymore.