Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Takket

(23,398 posts)
44. BUMP!!!!!!!!!!
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 08:34 PM
Friday

She's officially made herself famous.........

https://www.comicsands.com/oklahoma-house-fulnecky-citation-recognition?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram#Echobox=1764963019

Samantha Fulnecky, the University of Oklahoma student who received a zero on a psychology essay about gender after using the Bible as her only source, was honored by the Oklahoma House of Representatives with a special "Citation of Recognition" this week after her complaint—which resulted in a transgender graduate student being placed on administrative leave—made headlines.

Fulnecky's instructor Mel Curth, a transgender woman, assigned her students a 650-word essay about how gender stereotypes impact societal expectations of individuals. Fulnecky instead wrote about what the Bible says about "traditional gender roles," arguing that to refer to them as "stereotypes" is "demonic."

Curth began their feedback to Fulnecky by stressing that the grade was not penalized over the student’s personal views, but instead reflected the fact that she failed to follow the assignment guidelines, contradicted her own arguments, included offensive remarks, and offered no empirical support.

But Fulnecky complained—and immediately received the support of the conservative organization Turning Point USA, which said Curth "lacks the intellectual maturity to set her own bias aside and take grading seriously."

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Teeing up for the Supreme Court. 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 30 #1
Sounds a bit like a wingnut operation. Turbineguy Nov 30 #2
Oh give me a f*cking break. Dave Bowman Nov 30 #3
"Lacked any academic rigor" BOSSHOG Nov 30 #4
Seriously....... i feel like a sucker for making an honest living when I could have just been Riley Gaines Takket Nov 30 #19
BUMP!!!!!!!!!! Takket Friday #44
Italy complained BOSSHOG Saturday #45
Well, today they have the supreme court they love, so bluestarone Nov 30 #5
White "Christian" Nationalist bullshit Nigrum Cattus Nov 30 #6
Beyonce disagrees with her conclusions. intheflow Nov 30 #7
"...biblical teachings to argue for traditional gender roles..." J_William_Ryan Nov 30 #8
Of course, it's Biblical Oklahoma. sinkingfeeling Nov 30 #9
A zero? That does sound a bit extreme. Jim__ Nov 30 #10
The paper and assignment are linked in the article Boo1 Nov 30 #12
Thanks, I hadn't seen those links. Jim__ Nov 30 #15
I agree. The assignment gave the students a lot of flexibility. This is a failure of the instructor & the grader... Blasphemer Monday #24
Have you taught college ever? róisín_dubh Monday #41
She didn't engage with the article at all Stargleamer Friday #43
I'm guessing, the "because God says so" argument didn't meet the critical thinking threshold Raven123 Monday #31
I had the same thoughts. The grade feels reactive. Iris Tuesday #42
This is Oklahoma, so... Diraven Nov 30 #11
Samantha might want to look into a transfer to cloudbase Nov 30 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author valleyrogue Nov 30 #14
Doesn't know the Bible enough to reference specific scripture.... Sounds like a Trump Christian. Norrrm Nov 30 #16
Sounds like the lead up to a GiveSendGo/GoFundMe scam. flvegan Nov 30 #17
I don't know about that. Iggo Nov 30 #18
kind of hard to use religion as an excuse when you don't even quote scripture Takket Nov 30 #20
This is (should be) a private matter between the student and the professor. Ms. Toad Nov 30 #21
Two extremists collide. yardwork Nov 30 #22
It won't get that far. Ms. Toad Monday #26
Agree with everything you said Boo1 Monday #29
I hope you're right but these are weird times. yardwork Monday #35
The action taken by the school (suspending the graduate student's teaching role). Ms. Toad Monday #38
This Husband-of-a-Professor appreciates your perspective. Drum Nov 30 #23
In her essay she said: 'Gender roles and tendencies should not be considered "stereotypes". 'Women naturally want to do BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #28
I took a "Bible as Literature" class once... hunter Monday #25
Yeah, religious studies is not proselytizing iemanja Monday #39
This IS from a part of our nation that tried to legislate the value of Pi lapfog_1 Monday #27
They always play the role of the persecuted. SamKnause Monday #30
Hun, if you feel that strongly about Biblical traditional gender roles, then why are you in college? tanyev Monday #32
One wonders why she took a psychology course. yardwork Monday #36
Turning Point had a huge rally there recently. redstatebluegirl Monday #33
As a former "graduate assistant paper grader", I would not have given a grade of zero. JustABozoOnThisBus Monday #34
Christian Taliban youth core. nt Hotler Monday #37
There are ways to study Christianity iemanja Monday #40
The instructor could have given a zero without commenting on the students point of view Buckeyeblue Saturday #46
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»OU student claims bad gra...»Reply #44