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Title: Happy Birthday Benton!
Post by: Randomdays on November 11, 2025, 11:54:50 PM
You're a bit younger than I always thought of, but that just means you have many more in front of you.

Of the listed names on the bottom, the only other two I'm familiar with are Prev and Val, so happy birthday to them and everyone else as well!

 :balloons:
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Benton!
Post by: cranlox on November 12, 2025, 01:58:14 AM
Happy B-Day Benton!!  :D
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Benton!
Post by: cmdrkoenig67 on November 12, 2025, 05:41:47 AM
Yes, happy birthday, Benton buddy! I hope you had a great day!

Happy birthday, Prev! I hope it was an awesome day!

Happy birthday, Val! I hope it was an amazing day!

Best,

Dana
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Benton!
Post by: BentonGrey on December 26, 2025, 05:33:01 PM
Thanks, guys!  I had a fairly nice birthday.  Sorry for the belated thanks!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Benton!
Post by: BentonGrey on December 27, 2025, 04:46:54 AM
Sorry I disappeared at the end of the semester!  I got behind because of having to spend endless hours investigating possible AI cheating, and then I just couldn't get caught up until the end.  It's bad in education right now, guys. 
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Benton!
Post by: deanjo2000 on December 27, 2025, 08:04:40 AM
Nothing good comes from a.i. We learnt that in the 80's. Sorry to hear you've had to waste time on that problem as I bet it's a very time consuming job by itself. I hope you managed to sort it.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Benton!
Post by: grenadier on December 28, 2025, 06:43:41 AM
Hey Benton, hope you're doing well. Sorry to hear about AI being a nuisance. Jus stopped by to see how everything is going.  :D
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Benton!
Post by: bearded on December 28, 2025, 09:49:54 AM
I just read a twitter about a teacher who doesn't give homework anymore. He makes the kids do all the work in his classroom. He said solid A's turned into B's and C's.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Benton!
Post by: BentonGrey on December 30, 2025, 04:19:04 PM
Gren!  It's awesome to "see" you, man!  How are you doing?  Other than the troubles with AI, I'm doing grand in general. 

Thanks, guys.  Yeah, it's pretty crazy.  We've got an entire generation of students who are desperate to cheat their way out of actually receiving an education, and many of them are succeeding.  It makes me quite worried about the future.  Bearded, one of my colleagues has done that.  It's basically the only way to be sure.  I've resisted it so far because that eliminates the chance for the deeper learning that happens pretty much only through writing and reflection, but I may have to make the same kind of move.  It's absurd.  Our detection tools are very imperfect, so I often spend an hour or two, or even more, investigating possible AI instances.  I think fully a quarter of my composition students this last semester used AI to cheat in one way or another.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Benton!
Post by: crosspotts1.0 on January 07, 2026, 09:48:59 AM
happy belated birthday hope all is well and you had a good Christmas and new year