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Teen2: Can I read you the opening paragraph of my essay?

Me: Of course

Teen: [reads thing indicating he has no idea how much time I have spent 'grading' AI generated essay content over the past couple of years]

Me: I ... do not want to hear what ChatGPT says about this

Teen: I swear, I didn't use Chat!

Me: I don't want to hear what ANY AI has to say. I only want to hear what YOU write. In your words. Your writing.

Teen: I ...

Me: [stare]

Teen: Ok I put it into Google. I can read you the original. But it's not as good.

Me: YES PLEASE

Teen: [reads good, human, high school essay intro paragraph]

Me: That, bro, is all I want. That is all anyone wants. Just bring me your writing. Just you. Nothing else.

Teen: But it has comma splices and stuff. And repeated words.

Me: YES. Please just bring that. I really do not want or need to hear what the predictive text machine says 1000 other people have said. I just want to hear YOU.

Teen: Ok. [Returns to read me paragraphs all evening]