Posts on X recount pre-digital schoolwork. One user said they wrote 10-page papers in cursive without reading the book. Others described using outdated encyclopedias from their parents, riding bikes to libraries for more sources, writing rough then final drafts by hand, and finishing 20-page papers overnight after library research. Additional replies mentioned card catalogs, writer's cramp from cursive, and all-nighters with energy drinks. Several noted that only Gen Z had AI during their school years.
Some high school kids were talking and said “No way Gen X wrote 10-page papers without AI.” Oh, honey. We wrote them without reading the book…the night before they were due…by hand and in cursive. We are not the same.
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