The student didn’t use a technical nor scientific process to address the scenarios from the original assigned reading. This is a psychology course grounded in logic and scientific processes. The student was asked to practice the use of researching positions and supporting arguments with data, prior research, and logical structures. The student did not do that work so it’s an F, regardless of what they wrote or the position they take on the topic.
In my ethics class I made it clear from day 1 that some students would take or hold positions I disagreed with. I also made it clear that their work would be judged on the rigor of their reasoning and the quality of the use of supporting works, not my opinion. I failed some papers that I agreed with because they were emotional outbursts (like our OU student’s work) and passed ones that I detested (because they used the right process and forms to argue a case).
If OU’s leadership doesn’t back the use of science, logic, and formal argument in a course designed to teach scientific principles, then the school isn’t a University of Merit anymore. It’s just a religious shit hole like Liberty University and any graduates should be treated as with as much regard. But it is in Oklahoma so the locals will likely be mostly okay with their children being ill educated if it protects their incorrect Bronze Age worldviews.
You, I like you!
Thank you, I try. Huge high fives all around.
Oklahoma not be one of the shittiest states challenge: IMPOSSIBLE
Cmon you can’t say things like that in front of Alabama and Mississippi
that the review process “has been activated,” and that the graduate instructor was placed on administrative leave “to ensure fairness.”
In pursuit of fairness, I think it’s reasonable to label the Oklahoma University a bigot-friendly institution. Just while the investigation is ongoing, you understand. Certainly this shouldn’t be construed as punitive.
Was the student also suspended in pursuit of fairness? Is it fair to the students that paid to take the course having their professor suspended for a witch hunt? Of course not.
So I guess what this means is that anyone graduating Oklahoma University could be presumed to have coasted through by sprinkling bigotry into their assignments as a way to ward off bad grades
Oklahoma University ought to lose its accreditation.
A link to the paper(s) in question, if anyone wants to read them.
Wow, based on the actual assignment direction she didn’t meet expectations at all. The TA who was suspended gave great feedback for the paper to correct it.
Yes, but for Republican hate groups weaponizing their fear and ignorance is critical.
They love to co-opt the basic principles behind social justice, unfortunately it only ever turns out to be “Oh geez I’m offended, you need to hurt.”
