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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 75 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh, FFS.

The grievance industry has definitely latched onto this shit. Meanwhile, her mom....

"And as an attorney, she has defended two people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol."

Oh, so this bullshit about fake victimhood and DARVO tomfoolery definitely runs in the family.

I watched a video where Hasan Piker goes over this essay and it's even dumber than you think....

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’m sure they arranged the whole thing.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I mean this essay is so bad, even by bible-banger standards...it very much does seem like a setup - do a fantastically big bellyflop on your assignment, but mention Jesus. Get a low grade for it....then go running to the grievance industry.

It looks like the grift is already beginning, too.

[–] Jolly_Platypus@lemmy.world 58 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Her essay was like 2 + 2 = Jesus .

So, she got a 0 and is now crying about.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 days ago

yeah, the word essay is being used very liberally there.

[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

The assignment called for students to write a clear and thoughtful 650 word response to a scholarly article about gender expectations in society. According to screenshots shared by Turning Point USA’s local chapter, Fulnecky wrote in her essay that the article irritated her, and described how God created men and women differently. “Society pushing the lie that there are multiple genders and everyone should be whatever they want to be is demonic and severely harms American youth,” she wrote.

Mel Curth, a graduate teaching assistant, wrote as part of the grading process that she had deducted points because Fulnecky submitted a “paper that does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive,” according to the screenshots of her messages.

Quotes and links are directly from the article.

It appears to me that the student did not complete the assignment according to the instructions. Rather, she attempted to generally contrast the conclusions of gender studies with the Bible. Although, personally, I might have thrown in a few points for word count, spacing, and completion which is more than some students are capable of.

It’s pretty disturbing how deliberately and blindly obtuse people become when given the opportunity to cheer for their team.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Her only source was the Bible, and she didn't even cite that properly. The instructor who set the essay concurred with the TA's assessment, and then the school suspended both of them for doing their jobs properly.

[–] MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

This is a mistake that should surface and get corrected in high school or earlier if the education system is working properly. Around 14 I bombed a writing assignment because my response was all personal feelings rather than reasoning and evidence. My teacher told me he agreed with me personally, but I did not actually complete the assignment as asked. I never did that again. Though I am not entirely convinced this wasn't deliberate to create a culture war story.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 48 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It was a hit job. Her mother is lawyer. She took this class and submitted this paperto start a shitshow and use it to attack a trans teacher. It worked perfectly, they won. Two teachers are now suspended and the entire education system was pushed a little bit further to the right. It's crazy how easy it is.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's easy because school administrators are more afraid of conservatives than they are of progressives.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 21 points 2 days ago

It's because higher education is a business and people running it only care about profits, not actually teaching anyone anything.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

Samantha Fulnecky, a college junior, contacted journalists and politicians about her grade dispute.

Self entitled cry baby. Mah Jesus WAHHH. 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago

The right wanted to grift again.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There's probably gonna be a pureflix movie about this shit

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Oh, LOL, Pure Flix is an actual thing. Good grief....

I unironically think this pissbag deserves to be hit by a truck and forced to communicate entirely through TTS for the rest of her miserable life. Now some of you may say that I'm cruel and yes that's the point, I ain't going to calm my bloodlust for some irrelevant BS like civility.

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Aayyy my old school is mentioned!

We need an explanation for this?

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

GOP Whore aspires to make daughter a pornstar.