Social Wait, What? Australia is a Country?

[wwkirk]

Everyone knows, university professors are highly educated, but not all of them are smart. Or rather, in this case, they might have been smart, but their arrogance made them obtuse.

An online student got an 'F' on her assignment and almost failed her course, because her paper included the "nonsensical" notion that Australia is a country, when even grade school kids know that it is a continent. Fortunately, everything worked out in the end.

What follows is a summary of her exchange with the unnamed professor.

The student was taking an online sociology course from Southern New Hampshire University. Her assignment was to compare social norms between the USA and another country of her choice. She chose Australia.

The professor, a PhD, gave her a failing grade telling her that Australia is a continent not a country

The student sent the prof references from credible sources including Australia where it is referred to as a country.

The professor then messaged her this:

"I will gladly re-examine your week 2 milestone project report. But before I do I want you to understand that any error in a project can invalidate the entire research project. Research is like dominoes, if you accidentally knock over one piece the entire set will also fall. Australia is a continent; it is not a country. That error made it nearly impossible for you to accurately complete your week 2 research outline correctly. As I mentioned above I will look over your week two paper once again and see if you earned more credits than I gave you."

The student responded with:

"Australia is both a country and a continent. It’s the only country that is both. I provided a resource in the first email that clarifies that for you. If you need further clarification google or the SNHU Shapiro Library has that information you.

"Again I mean no disrespect but my grade is affected by your assumption that Australia is not a country when it in fact is. Thank you and let me know if I need to provide further resources proving Australia is a country."

The professor then replied:

"Thank you for this web-address. After I do some independent research on the continent/country issue I will review your paper."​

This Student Failed Her Assignment Because Her Professor Said "Australia Isn't A Country"

SNHU replaces professor after ‘Australia isn’t a country’ claim

 

[Cole train]

I thought its a planet

 

[Diogenes of Sinope]

this isnt surprising tbh. I was blown away by the lack of professionalism from the professors I met when I went to college.
Once had a professor selling spiral-bound "textbooks" that he personally put together from scanned articles he found and said we could only pay him with cash lol

 

[Jack Reacheround]

We all know Buzzfeed is a legitimate source of news. I’m positive this couldn’t have been made up.






You ever hear those drive time radio shows where they call guys and catch them cheating on their girlfriends and wives? I love those.

 

[GoodBadHBK]

Africa is definitely a country tho @Libski

 

[Zer]

Wow I always just thought it was like a state of New Zealand

 

[Osculater]

I thought they were ancestral humen that separated from monkeys

 

[Osculater]

this isnt surprising tbh. I was blown away by the lack of professionalism in the professors I met when I went to college. Had a professor selling spiral bound "textbooks" that he personally put together from scanned articles he found and said we could only pay him with cash lol

Community College?

 

[Diogenes of Sinope]

Community College?

San Jose State University

 

[Woldog]

Australia doesn't exist.

 

[Osculater]

San Jose State University

 

[Diogenes of Sinope]

Community college was more well-put together

 

[Flower2dPeople]

Wow I always just thought it was like a state of New Zealand

 

[Osculater]

Community college was more well-put together

Damn

 

[biscuitsbrah]

I always thought it was both a country/nation and a continent. Am I wrong?

 

[Osculater]

I always thought it was both a country/nation and a continent. Am I wrong?

No lol

 

[mb23100]

It's a founding member of the United NATIONS.

 

[Contempt]

Everyone knows, university professors are highly educated, but not all of them are smart. Or rather, in this case, they might have been smart, but their arrogance made them obtuse.

An online student got an 'F' on her assignment and almost failed her course, because her paper included the "nonsensical" notion that Australia is a country, when even grade school kids know that it is a continent. Fortunately, everything worked out in the end.

What follows is a summary of her exchange with the unnamed professor.

The student was taking an online sociology course from Southern New Hampshire University. Her assignment was to compare social norms between the USA and another country of her choice. She chose Australia.

The professor, a PhD, gave her a failing grade telling her that Australia is a continent not a country

The student sent the prof references from credible sources including Australia where it is referred to as a country.

The professor then messaged her this:

"I will gladly re-examine your week 2 milestone project report. But before I do I want you to understand that any error in a project can invalidate the entire research project. Research is like dominoes, if you accidentally knock over one piece the entire set will also fall. Australia is a continent; it is not a country. That error made it nearly impossible for you to accurately complete your week 2 research outline correctly. As I mentioned above I will look over your week two paper once again and see if you earned more credits than I gave you."

The student responded with:

"Australia is both a country and a continent. It’s the only country that is both. I provided a resource in the first email that clarifies that for you. If you need further clarification google or the SNHU Shapiro Library has that information you.

"Again I mean no disrespect but my grade is affected by your assumption that Australia is not a country when it in fact is. Thank you and let me know if I need to provide further resources proving Australia is a country."

The professor then replied:

"Thank you for this web-address. After I do some independent research on the continent/country issue I will review your paper."​

This Student Failed Her Assignment Because Her Professor Said "Australia Isn't A Country"

SNHU replaces professor after ‘Australia isn’t a country’ claim

What... I'm living in an actual country?

I thought it was just a huge desert filled with things that try and kill me on a daily basis?

 

[Fedorgasm]

We all know Buzzfeed is a legitimate source of news. I’m positive this couldn’t have been made up.






You ever hear those drive time radio shows where they call guys and catch them cheating on their girlfriends and wives? I love those.

I went to a business event where leaders from all different companies were giving talks on how they solved certain problems at their company.

Everyone shared valuable insights and described how they solved pretty complex issues with their businesses.

The buzzfeed guys got up and talked about how their problem was that Bob was too busy so they hired Dave to help him. That was it. Then they played an interactive game with the audience where we got to guess which things Dave liked vs which things Bob liked.

I don't remember their real names but they might as well have been Bob and Dave.

People were walking out the entire time. It was horrible.

I thought surely that company would be out of business soon if these two clowns were executives there.

 

[Crawler89]

God damn It Theyre on to us.
first they figure out were all actors and Australia isn't real and now this

Theyre gonna put it all together soon