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Univ of Florida professor lowers grade for use of the non gender neutral word “man”
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:31 pm
Posted on 4/26/17 at 5:31 pm
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Hardly the greatest paper in the world, but is this what we're really marking down for in schools?
Writing Mechanic #20, showing students the correct word choice with regards to “mankind” and “humankind.”
seriously, frick this guy
(and frick that horrendously written paper)
Hardly the greatest paper in the world, but is this what we're really marking down for in schools?
Writing Mechanic #20, showing students the correct word choice with regards to “mankind” and “humankind.”
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In addition, the night before the papers were returned to students, Professor Davis sent a copy of Poirier’s essay to the entire class and asked the students to “scrutinize” the mechanics and content of his essay for the following class period. According to Poirier, Professor Davis refers to this as putting a student in the “hot seat."
seriously, frick this guy
(and frick that horrendously written paper)
This post was edited on 4/26/17 at 10:19 pm
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Posted on 4/26/17 at 6:27 pm to Lordofwrath88
Poirier should be grateful that he received a B- for that drivel. His grammar and use of pronouns are the least of his problems.
Witness the opening sentence:
The whole essay is like that. What the hell did he say? I'm shocked that this is from a UF student. Isn't that school supposed to be academically elite? For shame.
The professor can mandate the use of gender neutral words. If he did, then Poirier has no argument. It can be a learning experience for students.
I think Professor Davis was remiss in not pointing out the student's very clumsy attempt at stringing together cogent thoughts about water and mankind. Thoughtful paper? No, and it's disturbing to think that it's just a one-page essay, and double spaced at that.
Witness the opening sentence:
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Water is a thing prior to man, elemental in the original sense, it is totally integral to the experience of living phenomena, it is being and becoming in most of what can be witnessed.
The whole essay is like that. What the hell did he say? I'm shocked that this is from a UF student. Isn't that school supposed to be academically elite? For shame.
The professor can mandate the use of gender neutral words. If he did, then Poirier has no argument. It can be a learning experience for students.
I think Professor Davis was remiss in not pointing out the student's very clumsy attempt at stringing together cogent thoughts about water and mankind. Thoughtful paper? No, and it's disturbing to think that it's just a one-page essay, and double spaced at that.
Posted on 4/26/17 at 8:35 pm to Lordofwrath88
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seriously, frick this guy
You took the thoughts out my head.
Posted on 4/26/17 at 10:16 pm to Lordofwrath88
This paper knocked ten points off of my IQ and twenty years off of my life
Only problem I have with the professor is him not being hard enough
Only problem I have with the professor is him not being hard enough
This post was edited on 4/26/17 at 10:18 pm
Posted on 4/27/17 at 5:46 pm to Lordofwrath88
So Neil Amrstrong should be shamed for daring to tell the world as he stepped on the Moon, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
To satisfy the uber liberal elite he should have said, "one small step for humans, one giant leap for humankind."
To satisfy the uber liberal elite he should have said, "one small step for humans, one giant leap for humankind."
This post was edited on 4/27/17 at 5:47 pm
Posted on 4/28/17 at 10:01 am to Lordofwrath88
I disagree with the prof's insertion of a comma in the 5th line of the essay and there are a number of other errors he/she didn't mark. Otherwise, I think the grading is OK. If anything, it's generous.
"Areas...be them mountains, deserts or seas"?
"peasants engaged in intensive work such as rice"?
"Areas...be them mountains, deserts or seas"?
"peasants engaged in intensive work such as rice"?
This post was edited on 4/28/17 at 10:07 am
Posted on 4/28/17 at 11:22 am to Lordofwrath88
That was difficult to read. High schools are failing these idiots miserably.
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