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Debate sparks after OU student's essay citing Bible gets failing grade (www.oklahoman.com)
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This is a huge meltdown in conservative circles, and considering how spineless the OU administration is, they’ll probably end up nixing the professor. They are currently working on getting rid of the African American studies department as is.

Edit: absolutely bonkers

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[–] Zak@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I read the assignment, the paper, and the instructor comments. The instructor is correct to give this a failing grade, however a zero was probably too harsh.

The criteria were:

  1. Is there a clear link back to the assigned article? Can the reader assess whether the student has read the assigned article? (10 points)
  2. Does the paper provide a reaction/reflection/discussion of some aspect of the article, rather than a summary? (5 points)
  3. Are the main ideas and thoughts organized into a coherent discussion? Is the writing clear enough to follow without multiple re-readings? (5 points)

These are not particularly tough criteria. It's an easy assignment aimed at ensuring students read a particular article and think about its contents. Here's how I think I'd grade it:

  1. I skimmed the article myself. In 2020, I would have been pretty confident the student read it. In 2025, I can't be sure an LLM didn't summarize it for the student. I would expect more discussion of specific details from the article rather than a general overview of themes, especially now. 5/10.
  2. The student definitely has plenty of her own reactions to the article in her paper, but all of them are based on religion rather than psychology. If she wrote that there's substantial reason to believe certain gendered behaviors are based on biology and instinct, and that going against those instincts causes stress, that's fine. In a more rigorous paper, she'd need to cite sources for that, but not here. She could even use the presence of gender norms in religious texts to argue that multiple cultures have discovered something similar to what she believes. She didn't though. She talked about her religious beliefs regarding gender. 4/10.
  3. It's easy enough to follow her writing. 4/5.

13/25 (52%) is not usually a passing grade.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What concerns me is that there is already a massive problem with mental health care in Oklahoma being very religious, and this person being a psychology major. This is not a person who would be a safe practitioner for an LGBT person to turn too - they are showing that they are someone who cannot remain professional and separate their work from their personal religious beliefs.

As an OU alum myself, I also am disappointed with that quality of writing from a junior.

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

Oh, sure, her views are very concerning and totally unsuitable for a therapist. Invoking Satan and calling trans acceptance demonic should get some serious attention from the university outside of her grade for this particular assignment.

Sadly, I fear that's not likely in the current political climate, at least not in a red state.