still kind of think the way to attack LLM use in graded writing is to make students submit two drafts and explain their changes. has the advantage that if they’re using LLMs it teaches them how to use LLMs
there is no way to LLM-proof homework and also they’re probably going to be using LLMs for the rest of their lives and careers also. make them learn how to attack a draft.
this isn’t particularly scalable but in my undergrad we had weekly tutorial sessions where you, another student, and the prof would orally critique the papers you and the other student wrote that week. that would work too.
what you are trying to teach and what they need to learn, almost always, are critical reasoning skills.
those matter more not less in the LLM age.
so square up and teach em.
this is what my mom does, basically (community college english; before that she taught freshman english at a small state school with lots of first-gen students). as one prof pointed out it's very labor intensive but it's a great skill to learn
learning to love revision has been a long but very good process for me. Whether it’s my own first draft or somebody else’s, when I can turn 1200+ words into <1000 words that say the same thing, it feels like an acrobatic stunt, nothing like it
May 7, 2025 13:32this is basically my job now and it's very satisfying. i find it much easier revising other people's writing though because i hate reading my own writing
I'm both a developer and a writer. There are very similar processes in both lines of work, and both took a long time for my ego/imposter syndrome to get used to, but doing revisions either on your own or with a great editor is nothing short of how you describe it.
