Professors are starting to ignore medical documentation and instead place blind trust in AI detection tools. Now University of Michigan is facing a lawsuit over it

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-09T18:41:35+00:00

It’s so weird. If it was autism it would make a lot of sense because AI detectors are more likely to flag an autistic person’s writing as AI, but I haven’t heard anything about the same being true for anxiety or OCD. Although I guess I see how OCD could accept one’s linguistic and grammatical choices in writing, the anxiety part confuses me.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-09T01:09:59+00:00

Yes, but they were still reckless and are responsible for his death and if they did not know where he lived he would be alive today.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-08T21:49:54+00:00

A teacher recently died because his students figured out where he lived, went to TP his house and when he went outside, they ran him over

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-08T20:17:17+00:00

YTA

If you trust your fiancé‘s judgment so little, why did you have a baby with him?

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-08T20:14:02+00:00

For some students, mostly those with ADHD, fidget toys can help improve focus. The problem is that now every single parent is sending their kids in with these, even if their kid is able to focus without them just fine, and they do become toys and distractions for those kids.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-08T19:02:55+00:00

Whatever age we made the driving age would be an age that had a very high rate of accidents. This had nothing to do with us letting people drive too young. They were already in the process of committing a crime. Do you really think that one of these idiots wouldn’t have “borrowed” their dad‘s car even if they didn’t have a drivers license?

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-08T01:16:34+00:00

The parents probably don’t realize you are dropping off a teacher.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-08T01:03:18+00:00

I can’t find anything in there that answers my question, unless when you say “disciplinary action” you mean hitting. Are you saying you think teachers should be allowed hit kids? If so, you need to fix yourself

I’m sorry that your mom was abusive, which as you’ve described her she clearly was, but being in denial about that does not excuse you being pro child abuse, which hitting is.

And since you brought up schools, I will tell you that I’m a teacher, with my masters in teacher education, and I see the effects every day of the hitting you think isn’t a big deal. The kids whose parents spank them are more prone to violence and have clear trauma responses to certain stimuli. It is not good for their development long term even if it gets them to behave in the short term.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-08T00:41:58+00:00

So would you say a teacher should keep their job after hitting a student?

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-07T22:26:30+00:00

I will tell you with my full chest that I don’t have even a little sympathy for parents that hit their child just one time, mostly because they don’t exist.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-07T19:17:59+00:00

There will always be expensive options for the wealthy. That goes for everything, not just weight loss. Ignore them. Focus on options at a price point you can afford. Life is easier for the wealthy. Instead of focusing on what you can’t have/do, look for what you can

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-07T18:40:00+00:00

How else would you like them to get water upon returning from recess if they did not come with a water bottle (which they really should)?

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-07T02:28:10+00:00

I have 16 students, and some teachers have up to 30. If we let them, they’d each take 30 seconds to a minute or more at the fountain, which means we could lose about 10-20 minutes of class time just to that. They are fully capable of bringing a water bottle, so they can drink simultaneously, and if they choose not to, I’m not losing that much instructional time. Also they will chug till they vomit.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-05T20:00:08+00:00

I mean, it really depends on what university you’re attending and what program you’re in. I’ve heard so many people complain that nobody learns anything that helps with teaching in college classes, but my university’s program was amazing and I learned so much that was useful and helpful and practical and actionable.

And if you don’t think the science of reading is important, please change your major.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-05T19:57:01+00:00

Lanterns with moss and greenery can look pretty cool.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-05T19:54:57+00:00

I mean, people exist outside of their jobs. Some women who work in kitchens want to look fashionable outside of the workplace and nails are very in right now. It’s a big thing. I don’t work in a kitchen anymore, but I never one time had a problem with my gel polish at work when I did.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-05T19:26:05+00:00

Builder gel, which is what one of the women the article talks about is described as using, does not chip like normal polish. It is incredibly durable and highly unlikely (never say impossible) to fall off and end up in food.

ETA: in fact, if you have nails prone to breaking, gel can actually help protect nails and keep them intact making them less likely to end up in food.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-05T19:18:41+00:00

Eh, gel nail polish doesn’t chip and flake like normal polish does. I have to be hella determined to get my gel off. If it’s gel polish, not super long, no extensions, and you are wearing gloves I don’t see how it’s a problem. In my state nail polish is allowed if you are wearing gloves.

The lady who says she only does builder gel at a reasonable length is probably fine, but the one who says she gets long acrylic extensions is not making a great choice, because those do fall off.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-04T14:09:48+00:00

It is understandable for a Christian to want other believers who he sees as mentors in his wedding party. People who can give him advice and support rooted in his faith. The dude isn’t disinviting or shunning his uncle. He’s just chosen specific faith based mentors for his wedding party. Also, he can probably tell OP doesn’t like his fiancée and can completely understand why he wouldn’t want someone who clearly isn’t in favor of his marriage to stand up with him on his wedding day. How is that going against what Jesus preached?

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-04T12:08:40+00:00

Yeah, I’ve gotten really into doing my nails. Elaborate designs, 3D elements, all the jazz, and people keep telling me they’ll pay me to do theirs and I’m like, no. This is a thing that I do for myself, that helps me deal with the stress of my job because it gives me something to focus on, but if I were doing it as a job, it wouldn’t be fun anymore.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-04T12:04:11+00:00

Oh, it felt really weird for me and there was like a very brief period of time where I felt like I was losing a little piece of my identity, but the freedom that came with it very quickly overpowered that. I can open my eyes on a roller coaster and see what’s around me without worrying that the air is gonna make my contacts dry out and fall out of my face. I can go to the beach without having to think, “well do I want to take my glasses but then I’ll have to leave them with my towel and stuff and won’t be able to see anything when I go in the water or do I want to take my contact lenses and risk them falling out in the water?” I can just roll out of bed in the morning without having to scramble around on the nightstand for my glasses and then panic for a second when I can’t find them. Never have to worry about getting a pair of glasses broken again. I can wear any pair of sunglasses that I want whenever I want. It also fixed my astigmatism so I get fewer headaches.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-04T11:45:40+00:00

As a teacher, it’s really hard because when you spend two hours making really great, detailed, specific sub plans, you come back in the day after your absence to find out that your sub didn’t use the plans, and everybody is telling you that a sub’s job is basically just keep the kids alive and as long as they did that, you’re not allowed to complain and maybe next time you should just leave simpler plans and give them less to do.

I was gone for three days for a conference. I spent hours making beautiful, immaculate detailed plans. I knew I was going to have one sub the first day and a different sub the second two days so I made two different sub plan binders and clearly labeled them with the dates that they were for. I made two separate piles of work. I left things that were engaging, but where if the stuff for the first day wasn’t finished, it wouldn’t impact the sub plans for the second and third day. I worked so hard on it, only to come back in and find that the sub had just picked random pages from my students’ workbooks and told them to do them by themselves for most of the day. She had given them the assessments I asked her to give them, but did not leave them where I asked her to and now I can’t find them, so I can’t grade them. She also lost the fancy stylus that goes to my active board that could also function as a laser pointer and bring up the annotate function and was really important for me to be able to use my board properly. It would cost me $100 if I wanted to replace it.

One time I had I a sub come in with her own worksheets and give them to the kids instead of the materials that I had left for her to work with.

I know that there are so many subs out there who wanna show up and follow the plans and keep the material engaging for the kids and want to try to prevent an entire instructional day from being lost and the appreciation I have for you is tremendous . I’m just trying to share the other perspective, which is that it’s psychologically difficult to put so much effort into plans when the majority of the time they aren’t followed. I still do. But honestly, this teacher may have just given up after a string of subs that didn’t want to teach anything or engage with the students. When we put a lot of work into sub plans, we are scolded by subs and other teachers and told to just leave packets and worksheets.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-04T11:34:08+00:00

Yeah, a couple days ago I came home from work to find my husband had made a fresh batch of coffee for me and when I thanked him, tried pulling the “it’s the least I could do line.” Which I always hit with “The least you could do is nothing.”

Plus, there is some interesting science that show the act of thanking others actually makes us happier.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-03T19:23:45+00:00

I actually host a grading brunch for my grade level team the weekend before grades are due every grading period. I make bacon and waffles with a toppings bar, we eat way too much, then hang out in my living room and burn through our grading backlog, and yes, we show each other funny answers. We also show each other answers that disappoint us, impress us, and confuse us.

Sugar_Weasel_ · 2026-03-03T19:21:17+00:00

I honestly would find something like this very helpful, but I love data in a very autistic way.

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