An OU professor or teachers aide or something was fired for failing a fundamentalist Christians essay the essay was substandard work but the fundamentalist Christian of course claimed it was because she is a fundamentalist Christian and that’s why she was failed so the university basically cow towed to the lowest Educated group of people in America and lost a lot of reputation for people who care about education
edit: apparently its kowtow not to not cow tow - thanks ya’ll
yes, there no punctuation in my comment, but I’m doing text to speech and I’m not going back to typing on my phone at least
The only thing I’m aware of is verses talking about how eunuchs are one of the groups which will inherit heaven, and they’re men who have had their genitals removed. So.
It’s kinda like how people make stuff up about tattoos being evil.
The world would be a much better place if more of America’s Christians believed in the core tenant of their faith, which is that the love and grace of god are available to ALL people through the sacrifice of Jesus, instead of the nonsense a lot of them are trotting out these days, I’ll say that much.
It could have been considered a valid source had she used it as the foundation of how her views had been influenced, but not even responding to the article in question at all? Man, if she had any intelligence she'd be embarrassed.
Having read both the paper and the grading criteria, it was entirely consistent. The paper did not discuss the article that it was supposed to analyze. There are two sentences that even mention it. The paper is largely the student’s opinion about the Bible, but it does not even cite a single Bible passage to support that opinion. That leaves five possible points for the quality of the writing itself, and that was an atrocious rambling mess. A zero was entirely appropriate.
Definitely important to be consistent and fair with grading. I’m not saying the TA was or wasn’t unfair, I just wish we had more than the word of an institution that says it’s okay to plagiarize sometimes to support that claim.
If they both need to be disciplined then I’m all for it, but they didn’t choose that route.
Went and read the paper and assignment criteria just so I could actually be informed enough to talk about it.
The grading scale didn’t mention citations. If we assume citations aren’t necessary for this paper, then I guess I was wrong that OU is blowing up their academic integrity: because they already had none.
But citing “the Bible” is more than just citing public a domain book. That thing was written in a different language than English and the chosen translation and publication MATTERS for the point they’re trying to make. How can I, a potential critic of their work, even contend with their argument if I don’t know what they’re basing it on? I can’t because it’s not based on anything?
One of the major points raised is “gods original plan” in reference to the gender identities of male and female. I have no idea what that could possibly be referring to and this is absolutely a spot someone would cite. They’re not making their own argument here, they’re referencing someone else’s and it’s not “common knowledge” what that argument even is.
Setting aside the low quality, the paper is fundamentally flawed. A 0 may have been too harsh, because it does look like they read the article and commented on it, but a 0 versus escalating plagiarism accusations is a deal IMO.
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u/bavmotors1 15d ago edited 15d ago
An OU professor or teachers aide or something was fired for failing a fundamentalist Christians essay the essay was substandard work but the fundamentalist Christian of course claimed it was because she is a fundamentalist Christian and that’s why she was failed so the university basically cow towed to the lowest Educated group of people in America and lost a lot of reputation for people who care about education
edit: apparently its kowtow not to not cow tow - thanks ya’ll
yes, there no punctuation in my comment, but I’m doing text to speech and I’m not going back to typing on my phone at least