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The liberal propaganda has gone too far

Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:06 pm
Posted by lsudave1
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Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:06 pm
Listen, I’m all for being politically correct, but I think there’s a point where it becomes a bit over the top and starts to get ridiculous. So I’m a high school teacher and over the Mardi Gras holiday I assigned an opinion essay for my class. Anyway, this one kid, who would be considered an SJW snowflake on here, writes an essay about how madden ultimate team offends him and how the video game should be banned because it promotes the selling of human beings. He argued that putting prices on different player cards is just an animated version of slavery, objectification, and makes it seem as though the players are property. Needless to say, I gave him a C- for his horrid use of textual evidence to support his claim and his poorly formulated argument. I just can’t believe people get offended by crap like this! Seriously, it’s a damn game!

ETA: thinking back on it, he actually does make a decent point, I just think that he’s taking it to an extreme. I gave him that grade not because of the topic, but because of his lack of following the guidelines on the rubric.
This post was edited on 2/21/18 at 9:11 pm
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
25455 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:07 pm to
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So I’m a high school teacher


Bless your heart
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
80227 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:07 pm to
Is it possible both of you are douches in this situation?

I think so.
Posted by bigberg2000
houston, from chalmette
Member since Sep 2005
70035 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:07 pm to
He is just a dumbass.
Posted by Bard
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Member since Oct 2008
51580 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:07 pm to
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I’m all for being politically correct


Posted by TigerGman
Center of the Universe
Member since Sep 2006
11203 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:07 pm to
You sound like a real dick. I think he made a pretty decent point.
Posted by lsudave1
Baton Metairie
Member since Jan 2005
7313 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:08 pm to
I understand what he’s saying but, seriously? It’s just madden. That’s clearly not the intention of the game.
Posted by fallguy_1978
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Member since Feb 2018
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Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:08 pm to
His parents are probably a lot of fun.
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
80227 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:11 pm to
So you disagree with his opinion so he gets a C-?

Why not grade him on the merits of his argument?
Posted by lsudave1
Baton Metairie
Member since Jan 2005
7313 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:12 pm to
I said I understand his opinion, I gave him a C- because he completely disregarded my directions on how to write the paper. This was his topic sentence: “Madden represents the common American Motif for the upper class to enslave and imprison both people of color and of Caucasian decent to aggrandize their own economic state.”
This post was edited on 2/21/18 at 9:15 pm
Posted by bott18240
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2009
561 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:13 pm to
Wait till someone tells him bout this thread and boom... your viral lol
This post was edited on 2/21/18 at 9:14 pm
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
62765 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:14 pm to
So, if you don't suck up to the teacher and talk points the teacher likes, you get a bad grade.
Thanks for letting your objectivity get pushed aside.
Posted by soccerfüt
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Member since May 2013
65655 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:14 pm to
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His parents are probably a lot of fun.
High probability that the boy is not the product of an intact nuclear family.

But if so, the dad sounds like he could be Joe Alleva.
Posted by cj35
Member since Jan 2014
6153 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:14 pm to
Why is it the conservatives on this site make conservatism sound like the douchebag approach to politics?
Posted by NotoriousFSU
Atlanta, GA
Member since Oct 2008
10208 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:14 pm to
Someone go tell those millionaires that play a game for a living their video game characters are practically slaves.
Posted by Zoo Crawfish
Member since Jan 2017
536 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:15 pm to
Did he follow proper TEAT format? I remember Teat in my english class junior year and that writing tip paved the road for the rest of the papers I wrote. Best tip imo.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171036 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:16 pm to
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because he completely disregarded my directions on how to write the paper.


Care to share what these were?
Posted by lsudave1
Baton Metairie
Member since Jan 2005
7313 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:16 pm to
Why does everyone hate on the conservatives on here until I make a thread and then suddenly I’m the douche bag?
Posted by Bho
Lexington
Member since Dec 2007
24804 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:18 pm to
Did it ever occur to you that maybe he really isn't that offended, but it was a topic that he was familiar with (Madden) and he could write the paper and make an argument? I would write papers and take a stance that I may not necessarily agree with but could come up with a strong or at least believable argument that may not have been considered by others? C- is harsh unless his paper was written poorly. To me, and I'm no English teacher, the paper should be graded on the merits of his writing and not whether you agree with what he is saying.
Posted by Mr Personality
Bangkok
Member since Mar 2014
27364 posts
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:19 pm to
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over the Mardi Gras holiday I assigned an opinion essay for my class.


Ah, the teacher who assigns homework over the holidays. fricker.
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