Florida Student Loses Credit for Using Word ‘Man’ in History Essay.
Florida Student Loses Credit for Using Word 'Man' in History Essay - Breitbart
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A student at the University of Florida lost points on an essay assignment for his decision to use the word “man,” instead of the word “humankind.
Student Martin Poirier received a B-minus on an essay assignment, despite his professor’s claim that the paper was “thoughtful.” The reason? He dared to use the word “man,” instead of “humankind.”
“Thoughtful paper, although the writing-mechanics errors are killing you,” Professor Jack Davis wrote at the bottom of the paper.
Davis claimed that the exercise is “not to enforce political correctness” but rather serves as “both a grammar refresher and a style and user guide.” He also claimed that students would only lose points when they violate two or more “writing-mechanics” guidelines, meaning that just the singular usage of “man” was not enough for Poirier to have his grade marked down.
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Writing-mechanics error? Grammar refresher? Style guide? Well, at the very least, I'll give this pseudo-intellectual SJW masquerading as an "educator" points for creativity. Then again, I guess the usual LW tactic of viciously accusing someone outright of being a racist/sexist/homophobe for daring not to be up to date on the latest grotesque euphemisms won't fly in an environment where lawsuits are possible.
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