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The Young Writers Workshop provides a place for aspiring writers to experiment, meet other writers, and follow their creative interests in a safe, nonjudgmental environment. YWW participants take part in daily creative writing exercises, craft lectures, writing workshops, and readings.

The camp offers a valuable and exciting experience for young writers interested in learning more about their craft. Although YWW students are asked to submit a work of creative writing in one genre (poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction), they receive instruction in all genres. Participants spend approximately six hours every day in writing exercises, peer workshops, and craft presentations.

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High School Teacher Asked To Resign After Writing Students Up For Cheating, Stealing & Sleeping In Class

A teacher was asked to resign for doing his job: teaching..

By Isaac Serna-Diez — Written on May 25, 2023

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A high school teacher who was recently asked to resign spoke loudly and proudly on his TikTok account after he believes he was being treated unjustly by the school administration and the children he was teaching.

Jeff Yalden (@jeff_yalden) made a two-part video series and uploaded them to TikTok where he explained the reasons he was asked to resign, as well as his actions that led up to pushback from the administration.

The teacher claims he was asked to resign because he was writing students up.

According to Yalden, the school asked him to resign because he was reprimanding students but he doesn't go into too much detail. “With six weeks left to go in the school year, I was invited to be a World History and U.S. Government teacher and help these kids finish with their final exam,” but as we know, that didn’t end well.

He claims that two days ago, on May 9th now, things had gotten so out of hand that a parent threatened him over email, and eventually boiled over into the administration asking him to resign. “I guess I was writing kids up and I was emailing all the parents,” he explains, proving that he was simply doing his job.

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Yalden claims he was treated unfairly in his job, explaining that he doesn’t “regret” the teacher that he was. “We need to stop making the excuses for our children and start holding them accountable for their words, their actions, their behaviors, the choices they make and stop minimizing these things.”

“I will not compromise my character and my integrity and who I am to just give kids free grades to let them sleep in class, to have no discipline to respect…” he explains. “You will not lie to me, you will not cheat, steal, you will not sleep in my class.” He expects kids to be prepared, to stay in class and not walk out whenever they want, all normal things that a teacher would do, but it didn’t matter.

This is where things get a little complicated — its possible Yalden was let go unfairly but it's also possible that kids who are sleeping in class need assistance beyond "writing them up."

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Yalden touches on an important subject regarding teacher burnout.

These days, teachers are feeling more and more burnt out about their careers and jobs as teachers, and a lot of it has to do with how the kids treat them.

According to education research non-profit Chalkbeat , teacher resignations at the end of the 2021-2022 school year were at an all-time high in many parts of the country. Morale to continue working has also been at an all-time low, with just 12% of teachers being satisfied with their job, and a staggering 55% considering leaving the field, according to a 2022 study by the Education Weekly Research Center .

One veteran teacher on TikTok explained that it’s because of the kids, but that it’s also not entirely the kids’ fault either. "This is not a money problem. It's not an admin problem. It's not a parent problem," Teresa Kaye Newman said. "It is an emotional dysregulation problem."

Yalden says as much as well. In a separate video, he claims that he specializes in “teen mental health” and “teen suicide crisis intervention” and explains that these days, it’s hard growing up as a teenager.

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Isaac Serna-Diez is an Assistant Editor who focuses on entertainment and news, social justice, and politics.

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Nazi quote prompts Summerlin school to recall yearbooks

The school says the quote, from American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell, runs counter to its “core values.”

A prominent private school in Las Vegas is recalling its yearbooks after administrators learned a student used a quote from the founder of the American Nazi Party in its pages.

The yearbook for the Meadows School, located in Summerlin, featured a photo of a student with a quote: “Being prepared to die is one of the great secrets of living,” according to a copy of the yearbook page obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The quote, attributed anonymously, was taken from a 1966 interview that George Lincoln Rockwell, a notorious American white supremacist, gave to “Roots” author Alex Haley.

In another response on the student’s yearbook page, when asked, “How can I influence others?” the student replied, “Take control of a country.”

The student also listed politics, history and human biology as interests on the yearbook page.

Lauren Walker, a spokeswoman for the Meadows School, said the school is investigating the matter.

“We are collecting our yearbooks due to a quote that was included with an anonymous attribution that runs counter to our school’s core values,” Walker wrote in an email Thursday. “We are taking this very seriously, and cannot provide further details until our investigation is complete.”

On Friday, Meadows’ Interim Head of School Claude Grubair and Board Chair Matthew Chilton released a statement saying they do not condone hate speech or racism and would not allow a quote from a “known hate group leader” to remain in the yearbook.

The school said it had consulted with the Anti-Defamation League — a Jewish civil rights organization that works to combat antisemitism — and other community leaders on its response and support for students. Representatives with the ADL did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday afternoon.

“It is our job to help our students navigate what is morally right and wrong, and we have let not only our student-led yearbook staff down but our community as a whole,” the statement read.

Grubair and Chilton said the student had been removed from campus and “is no longer a part of our Meadows community.”

Walker said Friday there hasn’t yet been a determination as to whether the student would still be able to graduate and that the school would not divulge additional information until it had consulted with the student’s family.

When reached for comment, a man identifying himself as the student’s father said they are working with the school and declined to comment further.

‘Unfortunate, regrettable mistakes’

Rockwell was a notorious provocateur in the 1960s, known for inflaming controversy on college campuses, leading a violent counterprotest to Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago and his harassing of the Freedom Riders. He was assassinated by a disgruntled former member of his own movement in 1967.

The Meadows School was founded in 1984 by Carolyn Goodman, the current mayor of Las Vegas. The nonprofit school serves grades pre-K through high school. The upper school costs more than $31,000 a year to attend.

Goodman could not be reached for comment Friday.

In a Wednesday email to parents obtained by the Review-Journal, Dana Larson, director of the Meadows’ upper school, said the yearbooks were being recalled to correct “unfortunate, regrettable mistakes.”

Larson requested that students bring back their yearbooks to their advisers.

“Please know that we will return them to you (with your personal notes, etc.) as soon as possible, but we need all of them back first,” Larson said.

A previous version of this story misspelled the first name of Matthew Chilton.

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But let’s say when the high school sophomore clicks Tabroom, she sees that her judge is Lila Lavender, the 2019 national debate champion, whose paradigm reads, “Before anything else, including being a debate judge, I am a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist. . . . I cannot check the revolutionary proletarian science at the door when I’m judging. . . . I will no longer evaluate and thus never vote for rightest capitalist-imperialist positions/arguments. . . . Examples of arguments of this nature are as follows: fascism good, capitalism good, imperialist war good, neoliberalism good, defenses of US or otherwise bourgeois nationalism, Zionism or normalizing Israel, colonialism good, US white fascist policing good, etc.”

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How does that sophomore feel as she walks into her debate round?

How will knowing that information about the judge change the way she makes her case?

Traditionally, high school students would have encountered a judge like former West Point debater Henry Smith, whose paradigm asks students to “focus on clarity over speed” and reminds them that “every argument should explain exactly how [they] win the debate.”

In the past few years, however, judges with paradigms tainted by politics and ideology are becoming common.

Debate judge Shubham Gupta’s paradigm reads, “If you are discussing immigrants in a round and describe the person as ‘illegal,’ I will immediately stop the round, give you the loss with low speaks” — low speaker points — “give you a stern lecture, and then talk to your coach. . . . I will not have you making the debate space unsafe.”

Debate Judge Kriti Sharma concurs: under her list of “Things That Will Cause You To Automatically Lose,” number three is “Referring to immigrants as ‘illegal.’ ”

Should a high school student automatically lose and be publicly humiliated for using a term that’s not only ubiquitous in media and politics but accurate?

Once students have been exposed to enough of these partisan paradigms, they internalize that point of view and adjust their arguments going forward.

That’s why you rarely see students present arguments in favor of capitalism, defending Israel or challenging affirmative action.

Most students choose not to fight this coercion.

They see it as a necessary evil that’s required to win debates and secure accolades, scholarships and college acceptance letters.

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On paper, the NSDA rejects what Lavender, Gupta and Sharma are doing.

Its rules state, “Judges should decide the round as it is debated, not based on their personal beliefs.”

Founded in 1925, the NSDA chooses the debate topics and facilitates hundreds of tournaments, including the annual national tournament, starting June 11 in Arizona, where six thousand students will compete.

(The NSDA did not respond to emails and phone calls asking for comment.)

A random scroll through Tabroom reveals there are still sane judges out there.

“I have been a trial lawyer for 25 years,” reads Amanda Marshall’s paradigm.

“I like clash, quality evidence from qualified sources, comparative analysis, and crystallization in last rebuttals. Don’t take anything for granted. You have to explain your arguments, why your evidence is compelling, and how the arguments weigh in the round. It’s your job to persuade me and communicate your positions in a way that is effective—that is how you will win my ballot.”

Unfortunately for students and their parents, there are countless judges at tournaments across the country whose biased paradigms disqualify them from being impartial adjudicators of debate.

From “I will drop America First framing in a heartbeat” to “I will listen to conservative-leaning arguments, but be careful,” judges are making it clear they are not only tilting the debate in a left-wing direction, they will also penalize students who don’t adhere to their ideology.

In the past year, Lindsey Shrodek has judged over 120 students at tournaments in Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey.

The NSDA has certified her with its “Cultural Competency” badge, which indicates she has completed a brief online training module in evaluating students with consideration for their identity and cultural background.

Until last month, Shrodek’s paradigm told debaters, “If you are white, don’t run arguments with impacts that primarily affect POC [people of color]. These arguments should belong to the communities they affect.”

Recently, her paradigm was updated to eliminate that quote.

When I asked Shrodek why, she told me she didn’t “eliminate the idea itself” and that she “doesn’t know if it’s exactly my place to say what arguments will or won’t make marginalized communities feel unsafe in the debate space.”

I disagree. In debate, “unsafe” conversations should be encouraged, even celebrated.

How better for young people from all backgrounds to bridge the divides that tear us apart, and to discover what unites them?

The debate I knew taught me to think and learn and care about issues that affected people different from me.

We’ve come a long way from the 2004 Democratic National Convention, when an obscure state senator from Illinois named Barack Obama said, “If there’s a child on the south side of Chicago who can’t read, that matters to me, even if it’s not my child. . . . If there’s an Arab American family being rounded up without the benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties. It’s that fundamental belief — I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper — that makes this country work. It’s what allows us to pursue our individual dreams, yet still come together as a single American family.”

Twenty years ago, the NSDA I knew encouraged me to think and speak about how policies and issues impacted different communities.

Not anymore.

One judge gives people of color priority in her debates.

In general, students voluntarily, and mutually, disclose their evidence to their opponents before the debate round, as both teams benefit from spending more time with the other team’s evidence.

But X Braithwaite, who’s judged 169 debate rounds with 340 students, has her own disclosure policy in her paradigm, which uses a racial epithet: “1. N s don’t have to disclose to you. 2. Disclose to n s.”

This is racial discrimination , of course: If you’re black, you get to keep your evidence to yourself and have a competitive advantage.

If you’re not black, you must disclose all of your evidence to your opponent and accept a competitive disadvantage.

Students who win under this rubric may view their victory as flawed, as if their win isn’t a reflection of their hard work.

Those who lose may view this as the singular reason for their loss, even if it wasn’t.

Students suffer and so do the sportsmanship and camaraderie that high school debate was once known for.

It’s not just that certain arguments are no longer welcome; it’s also the students who make those arguments.

At the 2018 NSDA National Tournament in Fort Lauderdale, a student was publicly ridiculed by peers for making conservative arguments.

She later posted an “Open Letter From A Deplorable Shitbag” on Reddit, which read, “To the judge(s) and student(s) wearing the “fuck trump” shirt(s), Tears stream down my face as I write this. I have never felt so hurt in my entire life. I really did not appreciate your words towards me after the round. I did not appreciate the spectators/competitors wearing shirts with matching sentiment with you following me to my next rounds. . . . I understand I speak fast sometimes, and that I often unknowingly use words that offend certain groups of people. . . . Also, I am sorry that my attire did not fit your standards. I know about the stain on my shirt, but it really is all I had.”

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As a coach, I saw many students lose interest and quit.

They’d had enough of being told what they could and couldn’t say.

A black student I coached was told by a judge that he would have won his round if he hadn’t condemned Black Lives Matter .

In 2019, I gave up on the NSDA and formed a new debate league, Incubate Debate.

To judge debates, we recruit elected officials, members of the armed forces, business executives, faith-based leaders and others.

At the 18 no-cost tournaments we’ve hosted this year, thousands of students have come together to debate, have fun and learn from each other.

Think back to that high school sophomore who’s nervously pacing before an NSDA debate.

Before she enters her round, she reads her judge’s paradigm and says to herself, “I’m going to lose.”

Her loss won’t be because her argument lacked evidence or support.

Her argument simply doesn’t conform to her judge’s ideology.

Imagine her disappointment and hopelessness, imagine her weeks of research and rehearsal.

She never had a shot.

Reprinted with permission from The Free Press.

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30 best high school graduation gifts of 2023

These are the best gifts to give your 2023 high school graduate.

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Graduating from high school is a major accomplishment. After years of hard work, your grad is ready to take on the real world with college and work. They deserve to be rewarded for the time and effort they have sacrificed, so we've rounded up some of the best gifts to give to your 2023 graduate.

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For every graduate, there is a diversity of interests. That's why we've found gifts like a coffee machine for the grad who loves coffee, or a portable speaker for the grad who loves music. Whatever fascinates your proud graduate, there's something here for anyone.

1. For the grad learning how to cook on their own: A cookbook

For graduates trekking off to college, learning how to cook is a life skill they have to learn. Lucky for them, this Half Baked Harvest cookbook by Tieghan Gerard has everyday recipes that are perfect for beginner cooks. They're balanced meals to help your graduate stay healthy and keep their minds sharp for college.

2. For the graduate who loves jewelry: A personalized jewelry box

If your grad loves wearing chunky or dainty pieces of jewelry, they most likely need somewhere to keep them organized. This personalized glass jewelry box is something they can use years down the line. The clear and beveled box has an antique but classy look to it, making it the perfect space to hold cherished jewelry.

3: For the graduate on the go: Yeti Rambler

Treat your grad to a Yeti Rambler that they can store cool and hot drinks it. It's leakproof and convenient for anyone on the go. They can bring it with them around campus to stay warm with some coffee, or stay cool in the summer with some icy water.

4. For the grad who needs a new laptop for college: HP ENVY Convertible Laptop

If your graduate needs a reliable, new laptop at an affordable price point before they head off to college, this one is perfect. The HP ENVY x360 Convertible Laptop is the best budget laptop we tested because of its premium performance, beautiful design and sturdy hinges. Your grad will definitely send you a thoughtful "thank you" email from their new computer.

5. For the proud graduate: A diploma frame

Made from solid wood and real glass, this diploma and tassel shadow box with a double mat is a beautiful way to show off that hard-earned diploma. The sturdy frame with three hangers can be displayed horizontally or vertically, and makes a great addition to a new office or workspace.

6. For the graduate who deserves something extra: A necklace

Treat your graduate to something truly special! These affordable gold plated initial necklaces are timeless. You can choose between yellow or white gold plated finishings, both equally as stunning. The material is nickel free, lead free and hypoallergenic.

7. For the graduate who loves versatility: A laptop sleeve

This pastel pink laptop sleeve contains handy pockets so your graduate can fit more than just a laptop. It has shock resistant bubble foam padding layer, to fully protect a computer. The best part? This case has an extendable handle so your grad can carry around their laptop with ease.

8. For the graduate hosting a grad party: A guest book

Signing an end of the year yearbook is old news! This creative guestbook alternative poster will surely have your guests flocking over to sign cute notes and designs. It's professionally printed to fit any 11x17 inch frame. Treat your graduate to something they can proudly hang on their wall and look back to cherish the memories.

9. For the graduate who loves to relax: A scented candle

As a candle lover myself, receiving candles as a gift is top notch. Candles are something that bring warmth and comfort. This "Congrats!" candle is sure to bring a smile to your grads face. The fruits and sugared citrus island scented candle burns for 40 hours and is perfect for summer.

10. For the graduate who has big dreams: An inspirational necklace

Etsy is a hotspot to find unique pieces of jewelry. This rose gold necklace writes "She believed she could so she did," which is the perfect statement for any grad. You can choose to engrave both sides of the necklace or just one. This piece is customizable, dainty and beautiful.

11. For the timely graduate: Apple Watch

The Apple Watch Series 7 is one of the best smartwatches of 2023 . Our reviewers found the product to offer a stunning design and contains stellar advanced features like blood oxygen tracking. Your graduate can put this watch to use for years to come. They can be sure to make it to class on time while also keeping track of their fitness.

12. For the graduate moving out: A crate set

It's a big step to move out of your home after graduating! One thing that graduates have to master is keeping their apartment or dorm room organized. There's no better way to do this than with a good stack of baskets . These will help your grad ensure that their space is never cluttered. The colorful basket set is youthful and is sure to fit any aesthetic!

13. For the graduate who's stocking their living space: A set of bath towels

These Classic Turkish Cotton Towels check all the boxes for texture, performance, and overall experience. For your graduate who is moving into a new place and needs everyday essentials, these towels fit the bill. They come in various shades of blue and nudes, colors that are sure to fit any vibe.

14. For the graduate ready to pack those textbooks: A new backpack

Finding the right backpack to fit heavy college textbooks is tough! Help your graduate out and gift them a Nixon backpack , which has a sleek and simple design but is very sturdy. They have a wide selection in different colors like black or a swampy green, so it will be easy to choose which style best suits your grad.

15. For the graduate who is low-key a photographer: Kodak Photo Printer

The best part of the college experience is to capture moments. Luckily with technology these days, you can print pictures straight from your phone. With this Kodak smartphone printer, your graduate can snap memories and print them out quickly. It comes with an 80 sheet bundle and uses bluetooth to connect to your device, so no messy wires to worry about!

16. For the graduate who loves to jam out: Sonos speaker

This Sonos Roam has earned a spot as one of the best portable speakers of 2022 . Through WiFi, this portable Bluetooth speaker will definitely be used by your grad. It contains automatic Trueplay tuning, gets up to 10 hours of play time and all you need is a handy USB cable to charge it. Your graduate will be able to create whatever ambiance they want, wherever they go.

17. For the graduate who needs quick meals: An air fryer

With an air fryer, you can make a quick meal in the flash of a few minutes. For graduates headed to college who don't have much time in between classes to cook a full meal, an air fryer is the perfect gift for them to quickly heat up frozen items. This Dash Deluxe air fryer is simple to operate so your grad won't have to waste time fidgeting with too many buttons.

18. For the grad who likes personalized gifts: A personalized tumbler

These cute tumblers can be customized with several different skin, hair and hood colors in addition to the graduates' name and quote options to choose from. The skinny size is convenient for taking on the road, and the stainless steel, double wall insulated cups are an eco-friendly alternative to plastic bottles and cups.

19. For the sneaker head graduate: Puma sneakers

If there's one thing your graduate is going to do a lot of in college, it's walking. Gift your grad these unisex Puma shoes ! These casual athletic sneakers will pair perfectly with any kind of style, feminine or masculine. They come in different colors like black and white or blue and navy.

20. For the coffee lover graduate: Breville Coffee Maker

If your graduate loves drinking coffee as much as they love making it, then this is the perfect gift. This Breville precision brewer thermal is a 60 oz drip coffee maker. It's been commended to be capable of packing a few gadgets into one . The machine can make cold brew, iced coffee, and even-pour using an adapter.

21. For the graduate who loves reading: A new book

A huge part of graduating is adulting and becoming a more mature part of yourself. This Four Agreements book is filled with powerful words of wisdom. It explores a code of conduct that can transform life experiences of freedom, happiness and love.

22. For the graduate who loves games: Wavelength board game

Board games can make for a fun bonding experience. If your graduate loves gathering friends and family to play games, get them this Wavelength Board Game . Up to 12 players can play the game which sparks discussion and laughter.

23. For the graduate that loves to jam out: Sony headphones

We love these Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Premium Noise Canceling Overhead Headphones for excellent audio quality and all-day comfort. Your graduate will think of you every time they put these headphones on to listen to music or a podcast.

24. For the dorm: Soda mini fridge

This Soda Mini Refrigerator holds up to 6 12 oz cans or 4 16.9 oz bottles. If your graduate is living in a dorm for college, then gift them a mini refrigerator they can keep in their room. They'll be able to grab a cold drink whenever they want.

25. For the graduate who loves scents: Incense sticks

Incense sticks bring a freshness and beautiful aura to any space. This Natural Surf Incense Stick Set can create a relaxing ambiance for your giftee. They will enjoy lighting these sticks that have a lasting scent.

26. For the graduate that loves to capture moments: Kodak film camera

Gift your graduate a one-of-the-kind Acme Camera Co. Vintage Kodak Fisher-Price 110 Film Camera . From 1984, this is a super adorable blue Fisher-Price 110 camera from Kodak. The film for this 1984 camera is still produced and is functional. Your graduate can capture the best memories.

27. For the organized graduate: A planner

The Smart Planner Pro is every organized person's dream. It's a 13 month planner that has a simple aesthetic. If your graduate is looking to better their time management and optimize their productivity, gift them this planner to help get them on track.

28. To remind your graduate of home: Homesick Candles

If your graduate is going out of state for college, then remind them of home with a Homesick Candle . Each state has its own unique scent. Your graduate can think of you and of home every time they light the candle.

29. For the sweet tooth: Shortbread cookies

Write congratulations on these Custom Message Shortbread Cookies . It's a box of 24 cookies so your graduate can enjoy this with family or eat the whole box themselves.

30. For the career-focused graduate: The Epic Mentor Guide

The Epic Mentor Guide has empowering advice from 180 women at the top of their game. The careers include tech, finance, media, sports and more. This book can inspire your graduate with advice they can carry with them for the rest of their lives.

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Japan’s long-suffering stock market is back. This boom may have ‘staying power’

April 2023, Mazda museum, Hiroshima, Japan (Marketplace Asia ep.23)

Japan’s stock market has waited more than three decades for its moment in the sun.

The country’s major stock indexes are trading at highs not seen since 1990, when its infamous asset bubble of the late 1980s was just deflating.

So far this year, the benchmark Topix has jumped almost 14%, and the Nikkei 225 (N225) , which tracks Japan’s blue-chip companies, has leapt nearly 17%. The indexes have outpaced the United States’ S&P 500 and Europe’s Stoxx 600 benchmark indexes, which have both risen 8% in that time.

“In my 33 years in the market, things do seem probably more positive now than they’ve seemed at any time in that whole period,” said Jeffrey Atherton, an investment manager at Man GLG, a subsidiary of hedge fund giant Man Group. “It’s not based on hype.”

Investors say Japanese stocks have benefited from relatively cheap valuations, a long-awaited return of inflation , and a weakening currency.

An endorsement by Warren Buffett probably didn’t hurt either — the legendary investor told Japanese publication Nikkei in April that his flagship investment firm, Berkshire Hathaway, planned to increase its holdings in five Japanese companies.

Foreign investors bought $15.6 billion worth of Japanese stocks last month, the highest monthly amount since October 2017, according to the Japan Exchange Group.

For years, investors have hoped modest rallies in Japanese stocks would translate into a sustained market revival for the world’s third-largest economy, which is also home to a raft of household-name electronics companies and carmakers, like Sony (SNE) and Toyota (TM) . But they never did.

But this time, investors tell CNN, really is different.

Change from the top

Japanese stocks have received their biggest bump from an overhaul of corporate governance rules that has compelled company executives to improve shareholder returns. JPMorgan analysts said last week that the “structural change” taking root in Japan could give the current market rally “staying power.”

Earlier this year, the Tokyo Stock Exchange began telling companies to pay more attention to their stock price. It urged them to come up with plans to boost their price-to-book (PTB) ratios — that is, the firm’s share price relative to its net assets.

Half of companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange trade at a PTB ratio of less than one, according to Man Group data from February, compared with just 3% of firms on the S&P 500.

A low ratio means the stock is a bargain. The problem is that at least half of Japan’s companies have been stuck trading at a ratio of below one for most of the past 20 years. As a result, there has been little incentive for investors to buy the stocks if they don’t believe they can sell them at a higher price later on.

An electronic board showing the closing numbers on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

“There’s long been a lot of undervalued companies in Japan,” Atherton noted. “We take it for granted in the US and Europe that corporate management is trying to maximize the share price, but that’s by no means been the case in Japan for the last 30-odd years.”

That may now be changing.

Companies tracked by the Nikkei index paid out record dividends in 2022. At the same time, a spate of share buybacks has helped swell stock prices.

Japanese firms bought back 9.7 trillion Japanese yen ($7 billion) worth of their own stock in the fiscal year ending March 2022, according to Frank Benzimra, head of Asia equity strategy at Societe Generale. That’s the most since he started tracking the data 24 years ago.

For the 2023 fiscal year, share buybacks have totaled around 8.6 trillion Japanese yen ($6.2 billion). That number could rise because a few companies are still to report their earnings.

Inflation is back

A recent spate of encouraging economic data in Japan has lifted investors’ spirits, while a weakening currency has made the country’s exports more competitive.

What central banks in other major economies have been fighting over the past year — soaring inflation — has been welcomed by Japan’s policymakers.

Following decades of deflation, the country’s consumer prices rose in January at the fastest annual pace in 41 years . Inflation has since slowed down a little, but remains well above the Bank of Japan’s 2% target.

Still, the central bank has kept its main interest rate below zero while its counterparts in the United States, United Kingdom and the European Union have jacked up borrowing costs at a record clip to keep prices in check.

“[Japan] is an economy where policymakers have been beating on the inflation beehive for decades, hoping the bees would come out,” Jack Ablin, chief investment officer and founding partner of Chicago-based Cresset Capital Management, told CNN. “And now it appears, finally, they’re getting the inflation.”

That difference in monetary policies has driven down the value of the Japanese yen against most other major currencies. The currency has fallen almost 9% from a year ago to trade at 139 to the US dollar — “table-poundingly cheap,” according to Ablin. A weaker currency makes the country’s exports relatively cheaper on the world market, a particular boon for a major exporting nation like Japan.

Japan’s improving economic fortunes have also made its companies more attractive.

Gross domestic product grew 0.4% in the first quarter this year compared with the last three months of 2022, beating analysts’ expectations of a 0.1% bump.

Activity in Japan’s private sector also grew in May at the fastest pace since late 2013, according to preliminary PMI data from au Jibun Bank, a Japanese lender, compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Challenges ahead

Japan’s economy still faces some enormous hurdles. It has a rapidly aging population — almost one-third of its people are over the age of 65 — and a shrinking labor force, not helped by the government’s restrictive stance on immigration.

More immediately, the country’s market rally could stall if the US Federal Reserve decides to put a brake on its rate hike cycle, says Eddie Cheng, head of international portfolio management at Allspring Global Investments.

“We have already seen US kind of getting into the peak of their hiking cycle,” he said, adding that if central banks began to cut rates, the value of their currencies would fall, meaning the Japanese yen would be “no longer cheap” by comparison.

— Laura He contributed reporting.

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AI Writing Detection Capabilities - Frequently Asked Questions

How do Turnitin’s AI writing detection capabilities work?

1. does turnitin offer a solution to detect ai writing .

Yes. Turnitin has released its AI writing detection capabilities to help educators uphold academic integrity while ensuring that students are treated fairly.

We have added an AI writing indicator to the Similarity Report. It shows an overall percentage of the document that AI writing tools, such as ChatGPT, may have generated. The indicator further links to a report which highlights the text segments that our model predicts were written by AI. Please note, only instructors and administrators are able to see the indicator.

While Turnitin has confidence in its model, Turnitin does not make a determination of misconduct, rather it provides data for the educators to make an informed decision based on their academic and institutional policies. Hence, we must emphasize that the percentage on the AI writing indicator should not be used as the sole basis for action or a definitive grading measure by instructors.

2. How does it work? 

When a paper is submitted to Turnitin, the submission is first broken into segments of text that are roughly a few hundred words (about five to ten sentences). Those segments are then overlapped with each other to capture each sentence in context.

The segments are run against our AI detection model and we give each sentence a score between 0 and 1 to determine whether it is written by a human or by AI. If our model determines that a sentence was not generated by AI, it will receive a score of 0. If it determines the entirety of the sentence was generated by AI it will receive a score of 1.

Using the average scores of all the segments within the document, the model then generates an overall prediction of how much text in the submission we believe has been generated by AI.

Currently, Turnitin’s AI writing detection model is trained to detect content from the GPT-3 and GPT-3.5 language models, which includes ChatGPT. Because the writing characteristics of GPT-4 are consistent with earlier model versions, our detector is able to detect content from GPT-4 (ChatGPT Plus) most of the time. We are actively working on expanding our model to enable us to better detect content from other AI language models.

3. What parameters or flags does Turnitin’s model take into account when detecting AI writing? 

GPT-3 and ChatGPT are trained on the text of the entire internet, and they are essentially taking that large amount of text and generating sequences of words based on picking the next highly probable words. This means that GPT-3 and ChatGPT tend to generate the next word in a sequence of words in a consistent and highly probable fashion. Human writing, on the other hand, tends to be inconsistent and idiosyncratic, resulting in a low probability of picking the next word the human will use in the sequence.

Our classifiers are trained to detect these differences in word probability and are adept to the particular word probability sequences of human writers.

4. How was Turnitin’s model trained? 

Our model is trained on a representative sample of data that includes both AI-generated and authentic academic writing. While creating our sample dataset, we took into account statistically under-represented groups like second-language learners, English users from non-English speaking countries, students at colleges and universities with diverse enrollments, and less common subject areas such as anthropology, geology, sociology, and others.

5. Can I check past submitted assignments for AI writing? 

Yes. Previously submitted assignments can be checked for AI writing detection if they’re re-submitted to Turnitin. Only assignments that are submitted after the launch of our capability (4th April 2023) are automatically checked for AI writing detection.

6. What languages are supported? 

English. For the first iteration of Turnitin’s AI writing detection capabilities, we are able to detect AI writing for documents submitted in long-form English only.

7. What will happen if a non-English paper is submitted? 

If a non-English paper is submitted, the detector will not process the submission. The indicator will show an empty/error state with ‘in-app’ guidance that will tell users that this capability only works for English submissions at this time. No report will be generated if the submitted content is not in English.

8. Can my institution get access to AI detection to be able to trial this new capability? 

Yes, admins can set-up test accounts and allow instructors to use and assess the feature. If you’re an existing TFS customer, your admin will be able to create a sub-account and enable AI writing for only that account for testing purposes.

If you’re an Originality, Similarity or Simcheck customer, you can request test accounts by contacting your account manager or CSM.

New customers should speak to a Turnitin representative about getting a test account.

9. Can I or my admin suppress the new indicator and report if we do not want to see it? 

Yes, admins have the option to enable/disable the AI writing feature from their admin settings page. Disabling the feature will remove the AI writing indicator & report from the Similarity report and it won’t be visible to instructors and admins until they enable it again.

10. Will the addition of Turnitin’s AI detection functionality to the Similarity report change my workflow or the way I use the Similarity report? 

No. This additional functionality does not change the way you use the Similarity report or your existing workflows. Our AI detection capabilities have been added to the Similarity report to provide a seamless experience for our customers.

11. Will the AI detection capabilities be available via LMSs such as Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas, etc? 

Yes, users will be able to see the indicator and the report via the LMS they’re using. We have made AI writing detection available via the Similarity report. There is no AI writing indicator or score embedded directly in the LMS user interface and users will need to go into the report to see the AI score.

12. Does the MS Teams integration support the AI writing detection feature? 

AI writing detection is only available to instructors using the new Turnitin Feedback Studio integration . Since the MS Teams Assignment Similarity integration does not offer an instructor view due to Turnitin not receiving user metadata, AI writing detection is unavailable.

If an instructor using the Similarity integration has a concern that a report may have been written with an AI writing tool, they can request that their administrator use the paper lookup tool to view a full report.

13. How is authorship detection within Originality different from AI writing detection? 

Turnitin’s AI writing detection technology is different from the technology used within Authorship (Originality). Our AI writing detection model calculates the overall percentage of text in the submitted document that was likely generated by an AI writing tool. Authorship, on the other hand, uses metadata as well as forensic language analysis to detect if the submitted assignment was written by someone other than the student. It will not be able to indicate if it was AI written; only that the content is not the student’s own work.

AI detection results & interpretation

1. what does the percentage in the ai writing detection indicator mean .

The percentage indicates the amount of qualifying text within the submission that Turnitin’s AI writing detection model determines was generated by AI. This qualifying text includes only prose sentences, meaning that we only analyze blocks of text that are written in standard grammatical sentences and do not include other types of writing such as lists, bullet points, or other non-sentence structures.

This percentage is not necessarily the percentage of the entire submission. If text within the submission is not considered long-form prose text, it will not be included.

2. What is the accuracy of Turnitin’s AI writing indicator? 

We strive to maximize the effectiveness of our detector while keeping our false positive rate - incorrectly identifying fully human-written text as AI-generated - under 1% for documents with over 20% of AI writing. In other words, we might flag a human-written document as AI-written for one out of every 100 fully-human written documents.

To bolster our testing framework and diagnose statistical trends of false positives, in April 2023 we performed additional tests on 800,000 additional academic papers that were written before the release of ChatGPT to further validate our less than 1% false positive rate.

In order to maintain this low rate of 1% for false positives, there is a chance that we might miss 15% of AI written text in a document. We’re comfortable with that since we do not want to incorrectly highlight human-written text as AI-written. For example, if we identify that 50% of a document is likely written by an AI tool, it could contain as much as 65% AI writing.

We’re committed to safeguarding the interests of students while helping institutions maintain high standards of academic integrity. We will continue to adapt and optimize our model based on our learnings from real-world document submissions, and as large language models evolve to ensure we maintain this less than 1% false positive rate.

3. How does Turnitin ensure that the false positive rate for a document remains less than 1%? 

Since the launch of our solution in April, we tested 800,000 academic papers that were written before the release of ChatGPT. Based on the results of these tests, we made the below updates to our model in May to ensure we hold steadfast on our objective of keeping our false positive rate below 1% for a document.

Added an additional indicator for documents with less than 20% AI writing detected We learned that our AI writing detection scores under 20% have a higher incidence of false positives.This is inconsistent behavior, and we will continue to test to understand the root cause. In order to reduce the likelihood of misinterpretation, we have updated the AI indicator button in the Similarity Report to contain an asterisk for percentages less than 20% to call attention to the fact that the score is less reliable.
Increased the minimum word count from 150 to 300 words Based on our data and testing, we increased the minimum word requirement from 150 to 300 words for a document to be evaluated by our AI writing detector. Results show that our accuracy increases with just a little more text, and our goal is to focus on long-form writing. We may adjust this minimum word requirement over time based on the continuous evaluation of our model.
Changed how we aggregate sentences in the beginning and at the end of a submission We observed a higher incidence of false positives in the first few or last few sentences of a document. Usually, this is the introduction and conclusion in a document. As a result, we changed how we aggregate these specific sentences for detection to reduce false positives.

4. The percentage shown sometimes doesn’t match the amount of text highlighted. Why is that? 

Unlike our Similarity Report, the AI writing percentage does not necessarily correlate to the amount of text in the submission. Turnitin’s AI writing detection model only looks for prose sentences contained in long-form writing. Prose text contained in long-form writing means individual sentences contained in paragraphs that make up a longer piece of written work, such as an essay, a dissertation, or an article, etc. The model does not reliably detect AI-generated text in the form of non-prose, such as poetry, scripts, or code, nor does it detect short-form/unconventional writing such as bullet points, tables, or annotated bibliographies.

This means that a document containing several different writing types would result in a disparity between the percentage and the highlights.

5. What do the different indicators mean? 

Upon opening the Similarity Report, after a short period of processing, the AI writing detection indicator will show one of the following:

Blue with a percentage between 0 and 100: The submission has processed successfully. The displayed percentage indicates the amount of qualifying text within the submission that Turnitin’s AI writing detection model determines was generated by AI. As noted previously, this percentage is not necessarily the percentage of the entire submission. If text within the submission was not considered long-form prose text, it will not be included. To explore the results of the AI writing detection capabilities, select the indicator to open the AI writing report. Our testing has found that there is a higher incidence of false positives when the percentage is less than 20. In order to reduce the likelihood of misinterpretation, the AI indicator will display an asterisk for percentages less than 20 to call attention to the fact that the score is less reliable. To explore the results of the AI writing detection capabilities, select the indicator to open the AI writing report. The AI writing report opens in a new tab of the window used to launch the Similarity Report. If you have a pop-up blocker installed, ensure it allows Turnitin pop-ups.
Gray with no percentage displayed (- -): The AI writing detection indicator is unable to process this submission. This can be due to one, or several, of the following reasons: - The submission was made before the release of Turnitin’s AI writing detection capabilities. The only way to see the AI writing detection indicator/report on historical submissions is to resubmit them. - The submission does not meet the file requirements needed to successfully process it for AI writing detection. In order for a submission to generate an AI writing report and percentage, the submission needs to meet the following requirements: - File size must be less than 100 MB - File must have at least 300 words of prose text in a long-form writing format - Files must not exceed 15,000 words - File must be written in English - Accepted file types: .docx, .pdf, .txt, .rtf
Error ( ! ): This error means that Turnitin has failed to process the submission. Turnitin is constantly working to improve its service, but unfortunately, events like this can occur. Please try again later. If the file meets all the file requirements stated above, and this error state still shows, please get in touch through our support center so we can investigate for you.

6. What can I do if I feel that the AI indicator is incorrect? How does Turnitin’s indicator address false positives? 

If you find AI written documents that we've missed, or notice authentic student work that we've predicted as AI-generated, please let us know! Your feedback is crucial in enabling us to improve our technology further. You can provide feedback via the ‘feedback’ button found in the AI writing report.

Sometimes false positives (incorrectly flagging human-written text as AI-generated), can include lists without a lot of structural variation, text that literally repeats itself, or text that has been paraphrased without developing new ideas. If our indicator shows a higher amount of AI writing in such text, we advise you to take that into consideration when looking at the percentage indicated.

In a longer document with a mix of authentic writing and AI generated text, it can be difficult to exactly determine where the AI writing begins and original writing ends, but our model should give you a reliable guide to start conversations with the submitting student.

In shorter documents where there are only a few hundred words, the prediction will be mostly "all or nothing" because we're predicting on a single segment without the opportunity to overlap. This means that some text that is a mix of AI-generated and original content could be flagged as entirely AI-generated.

Please consider these points as you are reviewing the data and following up with students or others.

7. Will students be able to see the results? 

The AI writing detection indicator and report are not visible to students.

8. Does the AI Indicator automatically feed a student’s paper into a repository? 

No, it does not. There is no separate repository for AI writing detection. Our AI writing detection capabilities are part of our existing similarity report workflow. When we receive submissions, they are compared and evaluated via our proprietary algorithms for both similarity text matching and the likelihood of being AI writing (generated by LLMs). Customers retain the ability to choose whether to add their student papers into the repository or not.

When AI writing detection is run on a submission, the results are shared on the similarity report - unless suppressed – and results regarding the percentage AI writing identified by the detector, along with the segments identified highly likely written by AI – are retained as part of the similarity report.

9. What is the difference between the Similarity score and the AI writing detection percentage? Are the two completely separate or do they influence each other? 

The Similarity score and the AI writing detection percentage are completely independent and do not influence each other. The Similarity score indicates the percentage of matching-text found in the submitted document when compared to Turnitin’s comprehensive collection of content for similarity checking.

The AI writing detection percentage, on the other hand, shows the overall percentage of text in a submission that Turnitin’s AI writing detection model predicts was generated by AI writing tools.

10. Why do I see the AI Writing score and the corresponding report on the similarity report prior to April 4? 

Our AI writing detection capabilities are part of our existing similarity report workflow to detect unoriginal writing. While we released AI writing detection capabilities on April 4, 2023, prior to launch, we were preparing for the release and running our AI writing detector on a sampling of papers as part of our QA testing. This allowed us to confirm our readiness for release on April 4. As a result, you may see the AI writing score along with the corresponding report on some similarity reports submitted between March 8, 2023 and April 4, 2023.

11. Does the Turnitin model take into account that AI writing detection technology might be biased against particular subject-areas or second-language writers? 

Yes, it does. One of the guiding principles of our company and of our AI team has been to minimize the risk of harm to students, especially those disadvantaged or disenfranchised by the history and structure of our society. Hence, while creating our sample dataset, we took into account statistically under-represented groups like second-language learners, English users from non-English speaking countries, students at colleges and universities with diverse enrollments and less common subject areas such as anthropology, geology, sociology, and others.

12. How can I use the AI indicator percentage in the classroom with students? 

Turnitin’s AI detection indicator shows the percentage of text that has likely been generated by an AI writing tool while the report highlights the exact segments that seem to be AI-written. The final decision on whether any misconduct has occurred rests with the reviewer/instructor. Turnitin does not make a determination of misconduct, rather it provides data for the educators to make an informed decision based on their academic and institutional policies.

13. Can I download the AI report like the Similarity report? 

No. At this time the functionality to download the AI report is not available. However, we are actively working on developing this capability, and we should be able to add it as a functionality in the near-term.

Scope of detection

1. which ai writing models can turnitin’s technology detect .

The first iteration of Turnitin’s AI writing detection capabilities have been trained to detect models including GPT-3, GPT-3.5, and variants. Our technology can also detect other AI writing tools that are based on these models such as ChatGPT. We’ve completed our testing of GPT-4 (ChatGPT Plus), and the result is that our solution will detect text generated by GPT-4 most of the time. We plan to expand our detection capabilities to other models in the future.

2. Which model is Turnitin’s AI detection model based on? 

Our model is based on an open-source foundation model from the Huggingface company. We undertook multiple rounds of carefully calibrated retraining, evaluation and fine-tuning. What we must emphasize really is that the unique power of our model arises from the carefully curated data we've used to train the model, leveraging our 20+ years of expertise in authentic student writing, along with the technology developed by us to extract the maximum predictive power from the model trained on that data. In training our model, we focused on minimizing false positives while maximizing accuracy for the latest generation of LLMs ensuring that we help educators uphold academic integrity while protecting the interests of students.

3. Is your current model able to detect GPT-4 generated text? 

Yes it does, most of the time. Our AI team has conducted tests on GPT-4 using our released detector to compare its performance and understand the differences between GPT-3.5 (on which our model is trained), and GPT-4. The result is that our detector will detect text generated by GPT-4 most of the time, but we don’t have further, consistent guidance to share at this time. The free version of ChatGPT is still operating on GPT-3.5, while the paid version, ChatCPT Plus, is operating on GPT-4.

4. How will Turnitin be future-proofing for advanced versions of GPT and other large language models yet to emerge? 

We recognize that Large Language Models (LLMs) are rapidly expanding and evolving, and we are already hard at work building detection systems for additional LLMs. Our focus initially has been on building and releasing an effective and reliable AI writing detector for GPT-3 and GPT-3.5, and other writing tools based on these models such as ChatGPT. Recently, we conducted tests on GPT-4, the model on which ChatGPT Plus is based, and found that our detection capabilities detected AI-generated text in most cases.

5. Will the AI percentage change over time as the detector and the models it is detecting evolve? 

Yes, as we iterate and develop our model further, it is likely that our detection capabilities will also change, affecting the AI percentage. However, for a submitted document, the AI percentage will change only if it's re-submitted again to be processed.

6. Can Turnitin detect if text generated by an AI writing tool (ChatGPT, etc.) is further paraphrased using a paraphrasing tool? Will it flag the content as AI-generated even in this instance? 

Our detector is trained on the outputs of GPT-3, GPT-3.5 and ChatGPT, and modifying text generated by these systems will have an impact on our detectors’ abilities to identify AI written text. In our AI Innovation Lab, we have conducted tests using open sourced paraphrasing tools (including different LLMs) and in most cases, our detector has retained its effectiveness and is able to identify text as AI-generated even when a paraphrasing tool has been used to change the AI output.

7. Does Turnitin have plans to build a solution to detect when students paraphrase content either themselves or through tools such as Quillbot, etc.,? 

Turnitin has been working on building paraphrase detection capabilities – ability to detect when students have paraphrased content either with the help of paraphrasing tools or re-written it themselves – for some time now, and the technology is already producing the desired results in our AI Innovation Lab. In the instance when the student is using a word spinner or an online paraphrasing tool, the student is just running content through a word spinner which uses AI to intentionally subvert similarity detection, not using generative AI tools such as ChatGPT to create content.

We have plans for a beta release in 2023, and we will be making paraphrase detection available to instructors at institutions that are using TFS with Originality and Originality for an additional cost. It will be released first in our TFS with Originality product.

Access & licensing

1. who will get access to this solution will we need to pay more for this capability .

The first iteration of our AI writing detection indicator and report are available to our academic writing integrity customers as part of their existing licenses, so that they’re able to test the solution and see how it works. This includes customers with a license for Turnitin Feedback Studio (TFS), TFS with Originality, Turnitin Originality, Turnitin Similarity, Simcheck, Originality Check, and Originality Check+. It is available for customers using these platforms via an integration with an LMS or with Turnitin’s Core API. Please note, only instructors and administrators will be able to see the indicator and report.

Beginning January 1, 2024, only customers licensing Originality or TFS with Originality will have access to the full AI writing detection experience.

2. When can customers get access to this solution? 

Turnitin’s AI writing detection capabilities are available now and have been added to the Similarity Report. Customers licensing any of the above Turnitin products should be able to see the indicator and access the AI report.

3. Is Turnitin’s AI writing detection a standalone solution or is it part of another product? 

The first iteration of Turnitin’s AI writing detection capabilities is a separate feature of the Similarity Report and is available across these products: Turnitin Feedback Studio (TFS), TFS with Originality, Turnitin Originality, Turnitin Similarity, Simcheck, Originality Check, and Originality Check+. The indicator links to a report which shows the exact segments that are predicted as AI-written within the submitted content.

4. Why is AI detection not being added to other Turnitin products like Gradescope and iThenticate? 

We focused our resources on, what we view, as the biggest, most acute problem and that is higher education and K12 long-form writing. We are currently investigating how we can bring AI writing detection to iThenticate customers. We do not currently have plans to add these capabilities to Gradescope, since the primary use case for Gradescope is handwritten text while for AI detection we’re focusing on typed text. However, we are happy to learn more about customer needs for AI writing detection within this product. In addition, we are not pursuing ChatGPT code detection at this time.

5. Where can I find more information about this new solution? 

You can find information about Turnitin’s AI writing detection capabilities on this page .

6. I’m offended that Turnitin is making the AI writing detection free for instructors then charging for it later. It feels like Turnitin is advertising to faculty. 

We made the decision to provide free access to our detection capabilities during this preview phase to support educators during this unprecedented time of rapid change. We received a significant amount of positive feedback from customers, and we acted on that feedback.

Our goal has always been to work closely with our customers to create an optimal solution for educators. We need as many educators as possible to use our AI writing detection feature quickly to gather feedback and address any gaps.

We understand that you may be apprehensive about instructors using a tool or feature that the institution may not wish to purchase in the future. However, we have invested heavily in developing and improving our AI writing detection technology over the past two years. We believe that this technology provides significant value to our customers by providing data and insights on when AI-generated content is submitted by students. This enables educators to uphold academic integrity while advancing students' learning. Nonetheless, maintaining and improving our technology requires ongoing investment as AI writing tools evolve and improve at a rapid pace over time.

The decision to move to a paid licensing structure beginning January 2024 was made to ensure that we can continue to provide high-quality AI writing detection features to our customers. This enables us to invest in further research and development and improve our infrastructure to meet the evolving needs of our customers.

7. If I opt-out of AI detection, does it mean that my students’ submissions will not be assessed by the detection tool and data retained by Turnitin? 

Customers come to Turnitin to provide services that detect unoriginal writing, which, with the development of AI writing, now includes both unoriginal writing by humans and non-humans (LLMs). Our AI writing detection capabilities are part of our existing similarity report workflow. When we receive submissions, they are compared and evaluated via our proprietary algorithms for both similarity text matching and the likelihood of being AI writing (generated by LLMs). As such, suppressing the appearance of the AI writing indicator does not stop the assessment for AI writing. When AI writing detection is run on a submission, the result is shared on the similarity report, unless suppressed. When the AI writing detection is suppressed, it is simply suppressing the indicator showing the predicted percentage of AI writing; thus, the indicator will not be displayed on the similarity report, and the linking AI writing report showing the segments identified as written by AI will not be showing either. However, they are retained as part of the similarity report. Therefore when the feature is re-enabled, the AI writing score will appear on the similarity report.

This process is separate and apart from your designation of whether or not submissions can be stored in the ‘repository.’

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Simple Yet Important Lesson. Regular journal writing is one of the absolute best ways for teenagers to sort through their experiences, learn critical thinking, and begin making better decisions. As your ninth graders write about topics like privileges and rights, peer pressure, daily life, and their greatest fears, they will start forming brand ...
144 Picture Prompts to Inspire Student Writing
Write a short story, poem or memoir inspired by this illustration. Related Picture Prompt Glenn Harvey. Trapped Inside. Wilderness Wayfaring. Magical Chores. I'm Sorry. Dollar Bills. Dinosaurs ...
43 Dynamic Writing Prompts for High School
Writing prompts for high school can be tricky to navigate. You don't want to be too basic, but maybe not too niche, either. Find exactly the prompt you need here.
55 Journal Writing Prompts High School Students Love
Journal Writing Prompts for High School Students. Below you'll find 55 journal writing prompts. High school students will find plenty to say about these topics, but I suggest setting ground rules for writing and setting a time limit (with timer projected). First: Write for the whole time. Second: Don't worry about making sense or making ...
50 Writing Prompts For High School Sophomores [PDF Included]
Furthermore, they can also be used in many creative writing activities. So, here's a list of 50 creative writing prompts to help young sophomores experiment with their creativity! Write a story about a time traveler who goes back in time to prevent a tragedy. Imagine a world where animals can talk. Write a story about a young girl who ...
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of your school. What are five rules that every kid should follow at your school? What should the punishment be for rule breakers? • What do the five friends you hang out with most have in common? How are you most like them? How are you different from them? • What contributes to someone becoming a bully? What can help stop someone from bullying?
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Writing essays is a big part of high school education, and for good reason. Learning to write clearly, concisely, and persuasively provides big benefits throughout your life. Sometimes, though, the hardest part is just deciding what to write about. If you're looking for ideas, check out this huge round-up of essay topics for high school.
50 Writing Prompts for All Grade Levels
To organize the daybook, direct young writers to leave the first three pages blank and number and date each entry—adding these entries to a table of contents that they create as they work so they can return to specific entries later. 50 Writing Prompts for All Grade Levels. pdf 144.59 KB.
PDF Writing Prompts for High School
High School Writing About Literature Prompts 1. Read the poem "Our Son Swears He Has 102 Gallons of Water in His Body" by Naomi Shihab Nye. In an essay, discuss the son's relationship with his parents and explain what the last stanza reveals about this relationship. Be sure to include specific examples from the text to support your ideas.
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Find 10 top prompts for high school students listed below. TED Talks. Among the hundreds of Ted talks available online, you can always choose one that inspires you. Browse the topics, find something that interests you, watch one of the talks and reflect on it in your paper.
61 Great High School Writing Prompts
What's more, these high school writing prompts activate critical thinking, boost confidence in expressing one's thoughts, and sharpen writing skills. So schedule into your weekly lesson plans a handful of these high-interest high school writing prompts. Related: best bell ringers for high school. High School Writing Prompts. 1.
Writing Prompts for High School
High School Writing Prompts Practice makes perfect, especially when it comes to essay writing. Below, find prompts to help you practice writing argumentative, descriptive and narrative essays.
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Fun creative writing prompts for high school: Rewrite the story of the 3 little pigs by using the names of people you actually know. Write about a time you broke a rule. Create a how-to manual for something you know how to do very well. Write about a place that makes you very happy. Write about the most interesting that has ever happened in ...
2 Branford High School Juniors Win National Writing Contest
Branford High School juniors Clare Barnett, (l.) and Lucy Peterson, (r.) were recently honored for their writing in a national writing contest. (Photo courtesy of The Buzz) BRANFORD, CT — Clare ...
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Tie Bar Dress Shirts. Shop at Tie Bar. While graphic T-shirts and hoodies are perfectly fine for wearing every day in high school, a new graduate is going to need some fresh button-up shirts. The ...
Young Writers
Write Wilmington. The Young Writers Workshop (YWW) is a four-night, three-day camp that brings together up to 45 high school students to study the craft of writing on the UNC Wilmington campus. The workshop is organized and operated by UNCW's Department of Creative Writing, and camp participants have the opportunity to study with published ...
High School Teacher Asked To Resign After Writing Students Up For
According to education research non-profit Chalkbeat, teacher resignations at the end of the 2021-2022 school year were at an all-time high in many parts of the country.Morale to continue working ...
Nazi quote prompts Summerlin school to recall yearbooks
Updated May 19, 2023 - 6:05 pm. A prominent private school in Las Vegas is recalling its yearbooks after administrators learned a student used a quote from the founder of the American Nazi Party ...
Woke judges say there are topics high school kids CAN'T debate
Its rules state, "Judges should decide the round as it is debated, not based on their personal beliefs.". Founded in 1925, the NSDA chooses the debate topics and facilitates hundreds of ...
These are the best high school graduation gifts for 2023
From $50 at Etsy. 11. For the timely graduate: Apple Watch. The Apple Watch Series 7 is one of the best smartwatches of 2023. Our reviewers found the product to offer a stunning design and ...
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Japan's stock market has waited more than three decades for its moment in the sun. The country's major stock indexes are trading at highs not seen since 1990, when its infamous asset bubble of ...
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