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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]There are some issues where you don't have to have a counterargument that is an opposing view.[/quote]

Lets agree that's true. It is also irrelevant. The teacher did NOT assign the topic. The student chose it. If you are asked to pick a topic and present opposing viewpoints, then the student failed to fullfill the terms of the assignment by picking a topic on which there are not morally acceptable opposing viewpoints.

Could it be that this is what happened? Even if we go further and ASSUME that the teacher is one of the horrible awful really bad people who holds what the student thinks is an immoral opinion, the student has STILL failed to fullfill the assignment.

Lets say that instead the the teacher was one of the annointed, i.e., the teacher shared the student's views. The teacher should still fail the student because he or she failed to fullfill the assignment.

You can't avoid getting a bad grade on an assignment that requires you to present an opposing view by CHOOSING a topic for which there is no opposing viewpoint.

I’m a yavhed and I said that 3 pages ago but people want to keep arguing. Almost certainly the teacher didn’t say “I don’t agree with your thesis.” I don’t care what these kids think or if it’s the same as what I think. I don’t argue with teens. What I WOULD say is “your thesis is weak and your evidence doesn’t support it. Additionally, you need a counter argument and refutation (per the state writing standards) and didn’t provide one. If you can’t provide one, choose another topic and rework your thesis so you can.”  
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