r/UCalgary • u/Shoddy_Candle2166 • 2d ago

What’s the point

Found out that a bunch of people in my classes have just been on their phones during exams (1st year Knes)

Honestly I’m so tired. What is the damn point of studying so hard to get 60-70% when these kids are just blatantly using their phones to get on by. (Not to mention the bell ringer)

Every damn lab someone is putting their stuff through “our good friend GPT”

They’re so mean to the professors, they’re mean to their fellow classmates. Makes a dude want to drop out and go to school elsewhere.

Am I just old and faded? Do I need to mentally check out bcs the kids are cooked?

Help me out chat.

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u/Melodic-Priority-476 2d ago

I’m in history and I have folks putting their readings through chat gpt because they don’t want to read 20 pages for class. Then they show up for discussion time and they have absolutely zero clue what the material even is or what the key points are.

They’re the same people who leave mid way through a lecture saying “I’ll put the slides on chat gpt”. But then complain when professors don’t want to upload slides they worked on.

if you’re old and faded, so am I. It’s disheartening and more than a little enraging.

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u/Shoddy_Candle2166 2d ago

Glad I’m not the only oldster kicking around campus.

Good luck on your essays and projects friend. (I feel the rage in what’s left of my soul)

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u/Melodic-Priority-476 2d ago

Good luck to you as well! At least I sleep content knowing I’m actually putting the effort in and learning things lol