How the Right Turned Nonsense Into a “Crisis”
Oklahoma Psych Essay Escalation Sparks Culture War Discourse
Learn how a singular, poorly written undergraduate reaction paper triggered intervention from a state governor and national right-wing media apparatus. Analyze the absurdity of disproportionate responses in modern culture conflicts.
Short Summary
- A University of Oklahoma undergraduate received a zero on a 650-word psychology essay, leading her to involve Turning Point USA.
- Speakers critique both the poor quality of the student essay and the overly harsh grading (a zero), noting the assignment was brief and reflective.
- The controversy escalated when the Oklahoma Governor publicly intervened regarding the grade, highlighting how minor academic disputes become nationalized culture war events.
This discussion breaks down the structure of these predictable "woke professor bias" cases and the strategic misuse of internal university grievance procedures.
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Top Comments (10)
Psychology professor here. Just wanted to say that science is a method not a discipline. Also, psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior.
JVL, you are crazy here lol. I majored in history and even there I couldn't just say "because the Bible says so." I'd be failed and I'd deserve it
Psychology is a science, albeit a social science, and grad students do much of the grading at many universities.
She's basically upset a graduate assistant didn't give her an assignment participation trophy.
Undergrad first year classes in state schools are often taught by grad students, especially intro courses. If you don’t follow the assignment, you don’t pass. I think it was a ploy to get the “Trans Professor” in trouble and fired.
Her mother, Kristi Fulnecky is an attorney and podcaster. She defended J6 rioters. All you need to know how far that apple fell from the tree.
JVL is wrong. Students must react to the article within the guidelines that the rubric lays out. They can't just react anyway they want.
Zero because she chose not to address the point of the article but instead she wrote a religious screed. If a 50% is a fail, as it should be, what’s the difference? Failure is failure.
Caving in to this level of stupidity is how we end up being run by ignoramuses.
Oklahoma 50th in education!!
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Top Comments (10)
Psychology professor here. Just wanted to say that science is a method not a discipline. Also, psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior.
JVL, you are crazy here lol. I majored in history and even there I couldn't just say "because the Bible says so." I'd be failed and I'd deserve it
Psychology is a science, albeit a social science, and grad students do much of the grading at many universities.
She's basically upset a graduate assistant didn't give her an assignment participation trophy.
Undergrad first year classes in state schools are often taught by grad students, especially intro courses. If you don’t follow the assignment, you don’t pass. I think it was a ploy to get the “Trans Professor” in trouble and fired.
Her mother, Kristi Fulnecky is an attorney and podcaster. She defended J6 rioters. All you need to know how far that apple fell from the tree.
JVL is wrong. Students must react to the article within the guidelines that the rubric lays out. They can't just react anyway they want.
Zero because she chose not to address the point of the article but instead she wrote a religious screed. If a 50% is a fail, as it should be, what’s the difference? Failure is failure.
Caving in to this level of stupidity is how we end up being run by ignoramuses.
Oklahoma 50th in education!!