Okla college student protesting against getting 0 for her personal religious opinion submitted as a Psychology essay
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Anonymous
I’m the PP who wrote that and I’m an atheist. I’m also politically not at all aligned with the student. But, I think a lot of the reaction to the left on this is excusing what looks like improper behavior from the instructor because the left would rather not be objective on this matter given the identity of the instructor and the subject matter of the essay. Looking at the rubric, and comparing it to what was wrote, it’s clear there was political animus in the grade of zero. It was a terrible essay, but met some elements of the rubric. Furthermore, what the instructor wrote about being offended was not something that was part of the rubric. To be specific, this is what the instructor wrote: The essay “does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive.” Part of this comment reflects the rubric. But the part about being offended does not. The issue here isn’t whether it was a terrible essay or not, it’s whether the instructor graded it fairly or not, compared to other students. We do not have access to what other students wrote, but I suspect a nonsense essay written by a far-left student that was equally incoherent would not have received a zero. And even without that, it seems pretty clear that the instructor behaved inappropriately and graded outside the rubric. |
Anonymous
The instructor would have gotten away with it if they hadn't commented that parts of the essay were "offensive." That's a very subjective opinion and exactly opposite of following the rubric |
Anonymous
Or maybe he should have elaborated upon the word "offensive." Offensiive to whom? How was it "Offensive"? to a certain kind of reader? to the sprit of the assignment in general? To anyone reading it who does not share the writer's ideology? etc. |
Anonymous
Precisely. I suspect that the academic investigation found equally bad essays from progressive students that were not graded in the same fashion. The instructor did not follow the rubric. “Offensive” was not part of the rubric and is undefined in any event. I really wish people on both sides would calm down about this. It’s being misrepresented across the board. |
Anonymous
Through God, all things are possible. |
Anonymous
She did not use faith as an authority. She quoted the Bible. You should read the story before you ask something stupid. |
Anonymous
BS |
Anonymous
| The student was lazy and didn’t do the assignment. She could have quoted the bible while also providing evidence based research. She deserved to fail. College isn’t about religion. It’s not a religion class and it’s not a religious college. I’d fail her. Maybe not with a zero but with less than 50%. As for the instructor, I have mixed feelings. |