Student Got F Because Professor Didn’t Know Australia Was A Country
A student at Southern New Hampshire University received a failing grade on an assignment because the professor didn’t know Australia was a country.
By Admin on February 9, 2018
A student at Southern New Hampshire University failed an assignment because her professor didn’t know Australia was a country. Seriously.
Ashley Arnold, 27, is currently pursuing an online degree in sociology. Her final project was to pick a country to compare the social norms with those of the U.S. Ashley wrote about Australia. When she received her graded paper, she was surprised to see that she got an F. The reason was that her professor believed Australia is a continent and not a country.
Update: This is the email response I received from my Professor. She has a Ph.D. In my original response I provided her…
Posted by Sylvia Ashley Arnold on Friday, February 2, 2018
Ashley told BuzzFeed:
“I was in shock. It was the most ridiculous thing ever. Part me thinks this is a joke but it’s real life, she is totally for real. I was like, ‘I did not get this wrong, right?’ It made me doubtful for a second. Thankfully, the facts were on my side.”
Ashley rightfully emailed her professor, sending the link to Australia.gov’s “About Australia” section.
Update: I sent her the link to Australia.gov and got this reply. At least we are making progress 😂
Posted by Sylvia Ashley Arnold on Saturday, February 3, 2018
After her professor did some “independent research,” Ashley’s grade finally got changed from an F to a B+.
Final update:Issue has been resolved and Australia is a country!!!! 😂😂😂 Here is the lesson I learned: as a student…
Posted by Sylvia Ashley Arnold on Thursday, February 8, 2018
Glad to hear everything got sorted out in the end! Surely the professor will never forget now that Australia is, indeed, a country.
