I have been teaching students how to read, write, and communicate for 26 years. I am a middle school teacher and have taught fifth, sixth, and seventh grades. I always spend time teaching about plagiarism and why it is wrong, and every year, I have one or two incidents where I catch students plagiarizing and they (and sometimes their families) have had to learn some painful lessons. But this past year, the number of students who discovered generative AI tools and used them to cheat shot through the roof.

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