COMMENT | I’ve been teaching for quite a while now, 22 years to be exact. It’s something I love doing. Think about it, I love being a journalist, writing and making films. So, teaching and talking about it is fun too.

When you’ve been teaching as long as I have, you start to very easily spot the shortcuts that students take to pass their courses. From copying during exams to plagiarism, and today, AI-generated assignments.

But before anything, I would like to say that incidents like these are not that concerning to me. Students have been doing it since the dawn of time. What student has never tried to cheat a little during exams or copy a little when writing an essay?

It’s part and parcel of student life. It is also part and parcel that teachers and exam invigilators try to prevent these things from happening. I truly believe that it is harmless and builds character.

Of course, it shouldn’t be serious like...