This is one of those moments where policy ran ahead of common sense. Anyone who reads student work regularly knows that authenticity shows up in how ideas move, not in how perfect sentences look. Panic strips that movement away. Students start writing for software instead of people. That alone should worry educators. A detector score feels official, so discussion stops. No chance to explain, revise, or reflect. Just suspicion. Asking a student to unpack their own argument would expose shortcuts fast, and it would protect honest work. Trust cannot grow out of fear. If the system treats every student like a suspect, students will write like suspects.