My teachers obvious liberal grading bias.

[American4Americ]

Some moron (hes a leftist) in my class wrote a retarded essay that was supposed to be about your feelings about America, but his was about flowers
His was called "blue rose" and went like this

"O mythical island of Ivory,
Where suns of Gilded Gold lie within,
High above the mists of penury,
O In the solemn skies of heaven, mapped,

Vast miasmic vapors strain to wander within,
Voracious, a tireless veil striking the forge, to fasten a key to begin,
Vile hazel clouds lay below, mining gates, endeavoring to get in,

All entombed below the alabaster City of Silver
Wherein lie a hundred, heated, holy, hearts of Gold
Jade, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Opal, and Opulence tenfold
Along with buried hearts of dark, for Gold is cold, and thus neither is far apart"

This got a 20/20, while the essay that I wrote that was actually on topic


"America the Blessed: A Land of Free Enterprise

America is a land where anyone could be what they want to be
America is a land where we can be want we want to be
America is a land of opportunity
America where we were founded by the pilgrims & puritans
America is a good and holy place
America is where you and I can become good people
America, the best place to live in the world.
America, a land where we keep our nation safe from terrorists
America is the land where we used to protect free enterprise
America, the land where it is under attack by far-left radicals
America, land democrats despise
America, land that real Americans love
America, despite it’s setbacks will prevail like it always"

My poem got a 17/20, showing that the teacher is evil.

 

[Hoosier4Liberty]

The 1st poem doesn't have much to do with America at all, so it doesn't even seem to meet the requirements of the poem, though it does sound quite poetic, which probably is why it got 20/20. I would dock points because the person didn't follow directions.

Assuming there was no requirement for the format of the poem to be something like a sonnet/haiku/villanelle or something, the 2nd poem seems like it should get 20/20. The language is a bit simplistic, but I don't think poems should be graded the same way that a formal essay should be. Clearly, the OP had a passion that he wanted to reflect in his poem, and he did it in a way that would connect with broad swaths of the population.

 

[American4Americ]

Exactly, good reply.

 

[American4Americ]

Liberals have infiltrated the school system.

 

[koshergrl]

Yes they did that a looong time ago.

Walk your own path.

 

[Edgetho]

Liberals have infiltrated the school system.

That is completely true.

But let me tell you the truth...... The poem that got graded higher than yours is better.

Sorry, but it is. By a lot.

I don't like it, but it is what it is....

And nobody on this board is more Conservative than am I.

Nobody.

But I calls them as I sees them.

No offense

 

[Mr Natural]

The first example shows some imagination and creativity on the part of the author.

Yours is a list of unsupported opinions.

 

[rightwinger]

America is a land where anyone could be what they want to be
America is a land where we can be want we want to be
America is a land of opportunity
America where we were founded by the pilgrims & puritans
America is a good and holy place
America is where you and I can become good people
America, the best place to live in the world.
America, a land where we keep our nation safe from terrorists
America is the land where we used to protect free enterprise
America, the land where it is under attack by far-left radicals
America, land democrats despise
America, land that real Americans love
America, despite it’s setbacks will prevail like it always"

My poem got a 17/20, showing that the teacher is evil

Sorry, but as much as you wave the flag, your poem sucks

 

[American4Americ]

They weren't essays though, they were poems.

 

[rightwinger]

They weren't essays though, they were poems.

Sorry doesn't rhyme
Not worth my time
Not even worth a dime

 

[ClosedCaption]

This is a joke

"Showing the teacher to be evil" lol

 

[American4Americ]

Poems don't need to rhyme to be good, such as mine.

 

[American4Americ]

This is a joke

"Showing the teacher to be evil" lol

I actually care about my grade, and the fact that the teacher is goofing it up is serious.

 

[ClosedCaption]

This is a joke

"Showing the teacher to be evil" lol

I actually care about my grade, and the fact that the teacher is goofing it up is serious.

Suuuuuure

Don't let me stop a good "straight man" its funny

 

[rightwinger]

Poems don't need to rhyme to be good, such as mine.

What makes what you wrote a poem vs a bunch of random thoughts?

Where does what you wrote show more insightful reflection on our country than that a third grader could have written?

I think 17/20 is overly generous

 

[American4Americ]

Poems don't need to rhyme to be good, such as mine.

What makes what you wrote a poem vs a bunch of random thoughts?

Where does what you wrote show more insightful reflection on our country than that a third grader could have written?

I think 17/20 is overly generous

The first poem doesn't even make any sense, so it just shows how arbitrary the grading is.

 

[Steven_R]

You're going about this all wrong. The key isn't to learn and grow as a person, but to get a good grade and pass the class. Just regurgitate what the professor says. It doesn't have to be right or correct or even sane, but if the professor says Amerikkka is the land of evil, put that back on paper.

Save thinking and the free exchange of ideas for when you have your own class.

 

[rightwinger]

Poems don't need to rhyme to be good, such as mine.

What makes what you wrote a poem vs a bunch of random thoughts?

Where does what you wrote show more insightful reflection on our country than that a third grader could have written?

I think 17/20 is overly generous

The first poem doesn't even make any sense, so it just shows how arbitrary the grading is.

Of course it doesn't make sense....poems are pretentious bull shit
Yours is just a childlike rightwing rant

America is a good and holy place
America is where you and I can become good people
America, the best place to live in the world.


A third grader couldn't have written this?

 

[American4Americ]

It was about my ATTITUTDE towards America, so it was right

 

[JakeStarkey]

The first poem is better than the second poem.

Period.

The grading, however, should be based on the assignment's requirements.