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Earlier this week, a photo of a 146-word e say that was allegedly submitted by a student-athlete at North Carolina seemed to offer critical insight into the school's questionable education policy.The e say -- more like a few scant paragraphs written at a level well below what one would expect from an average college student -- seemed to fit perfectly into the narrative that UNC was boosting
Rod Woodson Jersey the GPAs of its student-athletes to keep them on the field.But, as it turns out, the truth is more complicated.On the , Mary Willingham, the whistleblower and former learning specialist at the university, told viewers that the student who wrote the paper received an A-.Many automatically jumped to the conclusion that meant the student's grade on the actual paper, .Many also believed it was submitted to one of the "fake" courses.But as some pointed out, .Clarification on RP paper that went viral.It was a final e say for an intro cla s.Final grade in cla s
Joe Gilliam Jersey A-.Not a real education. Mary Willingham (@papercla sinc) ESPN's editing of the narrative never explicitly stated whether the grade was for the actual paper or the cla s, and so viewers were left to draw their own conclusions.It seemed logical.It fit the idea that the documentary was trying to sell, and the one that we all wanted to believe because it was salacious.But the documentary left many questions unanswered.There was confusion about whether the writing sample was a final copy that the student submitted for a grade (as the OTL editing seems to suggest) or, in fact, a rough draft.It seems that Willingham doesn't know the answer to that question either. that the e
Mike Wagner Jersey say was a draft, but couldn't say whether it was part of a larger take-home exam or a stand alone a signment.Its an original document from an athlete for an e sayfor a final. Thats all I know, Willingham told Slate. That is the grade level the person was writing at. Thats the point.Willingham's point is still powerful -- college students in general, regardle s of their various athletic prowe s, should be writing and reading at a level far beyond one that this e say demonstrates.Should both a rough draft and a final copy of this particular writing sample surface down the line, the comparison of the two would open
L.C. Greenwood Jersey a whole new set of insights into the tutoring proce s for athletes.Do tutors personally rewrite e says that they know won't make the cut in certain cla ses?And if they do, how does one draw the line between "helping" and falsifying student work?Who's to blame for filling in the gaps both in the education proce s and di secting the documentary's stance?Right now, we don't know.What we do know is that a few unmodified statements left open to interpretation, the influential groupthink of social media and a few mouse clicks in Final Cut Pro can change the entire shape of a story.So
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