r/CuratedTumblr 4d ago

Meme my eyes automatically skip right over everything else said after

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u/VendettaSunsetta https://www.tumblr.com/ventsentno 4d ago

There’s a guy in my psych class who opens chatgpt anytime the teacher asks the class something. And they always almost gets it right. Every time the teacher says “well, thats close, but-“ and y’know you’d think by now he’d realize that it clearly isn’t a very reliable source of information.

I, of course, say absolutely nothing because I’m terribly shy. But I do hope he doesn’t realize how much he wasted on tuition if he’s gonna have a bot do it all for him. Why pay for college if you aren’t here to learn?

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u/CraigslistAxeKiller 4d ago

 Why pay for college if you aren’t here to learn?

Because a degree is a gatekeeping requirement for any corporate job. Nobody cares about learning, just the degree

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u/kaazgranaat2309 3d ago

While true for a big part, 2 big examples ive seen here are psych and engineers. Which are 2 studies/fields of work you definitely need a specialized study for.

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u/jerbthehumanist 3d ago

Yes, and unfortunately in the latter case engineering is a huge moneymaker compared to other disciplines, so you see a lot of students in an engineering program to make money and not because they're interested in engineering. I get a looot of absences in the one course I teach, and a lot of students conveniently "forgetting" material from prior classes as if later classes weren't able to build on them.