I know some of my students cheat on everything - but I don't do much about it anymore
Tell me if I am crazy here: Out of the ~150 high school students I have, I know about 5-10 cheat on everything that they can: chatGPT, cheating off of a friend, etc. I do the absolute best I can to make all my assignments chatGPT impossible, but they will still find a way to get significant assistance.
However, there are two things I have learned: (1) admin needs you to build a case like you are bringing suit in the Supreme Court of the United States to actually do anything, because it has to be "proven", and - most importantly - (2) these students obviously have no interest in learning. Thus, I focus on the vast majority of kids that are actually interested in learning, doing the right thing, etc. because I unfortunately view the cheaters as somewhat of a lost cause - I could do the entire rigamarole to get you to stop cheating, but at the end of the day you don't care anyway.
And my classroom management is so much better because of it. I don't really spend much time with these students, and they are "all done!" with their homework so okay...
I don't know if I want you to tell me I am crazy and a terrible teacher (because that would give me hope for society) or if I want you to agree with me (to make me not feel bad about myself haha).
Thoughts?
Posted Feb 28, 2026, 1:07 PM UTC