A College Athlete Wrote This Pathetic Paper And Got An A-

"A whistleblower at the University of North Carolina has revealed a typo-riddled, 146-word term paper that earned a football player an A- in a bogus course meant to boost his GPA and keep him eligible.
The single-paragraph report on Rosa Parks was revealed in an ESPN interview with Mary Willingham, a campus tutor who spent a decade working with UNC athletes and who has taken the lead in speaking out about how the school allegedly jipped jocks out of a quality education.
In the segment, Willingham and former Tar Heel gridder Deunta Williams explained how athletes at the school were urged to take scam "paper classes," listed in course books as independent studies classes in departments such as African American Studies."* Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz (What The Flick?!), Dave Rubin (Rubin Report) and Wes Clark Jr break it down on The Young Turks.
*Read more here from Philip Caulfield / NY Daily News:www.nydailynews...
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[@FourthDerivative]

Forget college, I would have been embarrassed to turn in a paper like that in 4th grade.

[@sugarapsa]

LemonComputer it is

[@aerohk]

3rd grade

[@marissatong2297]

I was better at writing in 2nd grade oml

[@daisyroach3989]

I broke your demonic 666 like. You're welcome

[@valour8510]

you stole this comment

[@kathya.h7078]

That paper would have gotten a F or C in a 5th grade class.

[@TriCop]

A a- in a final 3rd grade exam

[@kathya.h7078]

TriCop maybe a 89

[@in_wino_veritas]

i guess, it would be a D- in 5th grade

[@Kortezxero]

Matthew Roy agreed, there shouldn't be a teacher in this country that should give anything other than an F for that waste of time. Simply reading that crap made everyone a little bit dumber.

[@noah_lot2842]

Matthew Roy It doesn't matter if a kindergartener is writing it; the expectations for that and any paper are clear and correct usage of writing/conventions, accurate research and sources, and thought-out additions to the material. This paper fails to meet any of those expectations.

[@foreverlibra93]

Forget college , thats an F- in middle school

[@ananyavasireddy9216]

+Monae Jones You're right

[@ivancorredera4241]

I'm in high school, and I would instantly get a zero for turning something like this in. Where do I began. No citation, no work cited page, very minimal amount of words, simple dialogue and rhetoric, lack of understanding the influence that Rosa Parks had, not double spaced, etc.

[@majesticsnowleopard]

Ivan Corredera No times new roman, size 12...

[@chasebowers3251]

Majestic Snow Leopard I didn't notice that he didn't use Time New Roman size 12.

[@theAppleWizz]

No double space.

[@MisterJonesification]

"You may do that." - Rosa Parks Rosa Parks, a woman of few words lol.

[@BettyAlexandriaPride]

MisterJonesification omg 😂😂😂

[@jared5346]

Maukie Paukie I was really confused at the "evening" addition lol. I always thought she was arrested midday or something

[@oliviadenger5414]

MisterJonesification LOL

[@cohenhar]

“No.” - Rosa Parks

[@adm8849]

Almost as few words as the student athlete

[@hadrian6709]

In Norway, the professor grading any exam doesn't know which student handed it in, and on top of that can't grade their own students' final exams...

[@chefawkes]

+Laura Fossmark Why do you people make so much sense and are better at everything.

[@cristinasantamaria7700]

+chefawkes but "America is the best country in the world"

[@thenextgen1able]

+Cristina Santamaría We have the most gun rights(besides maybe Czech Republic) , the best medical professionals, and the strongest military in the world. So in more aspects than none, we are the best country.

[@hadrian6709]

***** You might be right, my statement came from my siblings whom for all I know may have been mistaken.

[@pascalschackmann3936]

+Buck Rogers wow are you serious? Prof from University A corrects exams of students of university B, B corrects stuff from A...

[@samwiseshanti]

I'm sorry this is just brilliant. Definitely at least A- purely on comedy value.

[@ethanjames5165]

for a final paper in college? Ludicrous

[@Spr33h0x]

A-? what a broken system, college athletes get so misrepresented, what a stupid corrupt way of grading. A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ at least.

[@exotic4310]

samwiseshanti iiii,,

[@Reyn_the_Insane]

And I got a B+ on a paper I spent a week on. Okay...

[@charlesbronson2104]

Haha, hopefully he kept his grade.

[@bruceleeroy8302]

Him fail english? That's Unpossible!

[@easysnake205]

lol you are right, he got an A-

[@DieuDeMort]

Bruce Leeroy Me and you would do gooder.

[@Ematched]

Dieu DeMort your the most bestest.

[@MrGamerxpert]

You guys will be the bestest.

[@piccolo11394]

MrGamerxpert Nun of u r da bestest, I is, becuz i lurnd mi englissh frum da ooniversitey of Dolan. Regards, me

[@lacountess]

Civil Rights fanfiction. It will be later published as 50 shades of Parks.

[@mikemacaulay84]

It's more like a civil rights version of Jeff the killer's origin story. Kid off the bus which causes him to go insane and murder people.

[@lf8198]

There was a genre in the 70s called blacksploitation...

[@TheRealMtruth]

😭😂

[@yeetmcgeet9787]

More like 50 Words on Paper

[@author_tiffany_dionne]

lacountess 😂😂

[@legolasgreenleaf2389]

Is it just me, or does this paper remind you of a badly written fanfiction?

[@dreampaste5499]

Legolas Greenleaf I do believe that fangirls write a bit better than that.

[@pavelthefabulous5675]

Say what you want, but even My Immortal required more effort than this!

[@PositiviteaTheFirst]

The worst fan fiction I read is better than this. And it's the character x reader kind.

[@EternalLoss6]

Even if this was a 5th grade public school essay he would have gotten a D.

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

Eternal Light I would have given it an F. Not only is it way to short, but it is filled with grammar errors.

[@GrubKiller436]

***** FIFTH GRADE. I don't know about you, but myself as a 10 year old is *nowhere* near who I am today. I'd say C could be acceptable. People in 5th grade are still learning a lot about the very basics of English tbh.

[@syn010110]

Eternal Light fifth graders can writer better than this.

[@jordanwallace4138]

F

[@mycosys]

+Raging Light gives are you smarter than a 5th grader a whole new sad connotation

[@Airicks1]

I'm just saying, that paper isn't even in MLA format. A-

[@SushiCombo]

What a complete joke.

[@KBMamba0824]

or APA format. like come on bruh

[@DarkReapersGrim1]

MLA format? What are talking about? The writer's name, the name of the class, the name of the professor and the date? I've understood MLA to be about the bibliography, largely, and citing sources like parenthetical citations.

[@Ilovegrunge123]

At first I thought that was the intro and was thinking this is such a poorly written introduction, then I found out that this is the whole paper. If only all essays were this easy to write.

[@Airicks1]

Batman MLA format is double spaced, with 0" spacing on both right and left sides, also, there needs to be a header with your last name and page number. Also, compared to like Chicago style or something MLA has a very basic in-text citation system (you literally only use the last name of the author of the source you're using) So yeah, generally in composition classes you use MLA format, but regardless, this guys paper isn't formatted in any style that I can tell.

[@msbookercat]

ALL of them, even the former English teacher, missed this one: "Her and the driver started to talk..." It should be "SHE and the driver...."

[@anthonyhemmings8925]

That's what happens when Americans "teach" english :P

[@JimFortune]

Vic Lemon They didn't miss it. Watch the video again.

[@jackragnarok8141]

***** LOL. Americans are like "shut up darwin, einstein, pythagoras and davinci. We got all the info we need right here in the bible".

[@jackragnarok8141]

***** You're not the sharpest tool huh? You said foreigners said idiotic things and that you didn't respect them. So I mentioned some foreigners who said some very clever things, that you ought to respect them for. It was a joke meant to point out how stupid it is to generalize. I made the bible comment to give you a taste of your own medicin. I'm afraid you're the only idiot here buddy.

[@jackragnarok8141]

***** Do you even understand my comments? I don't have time to explain, just know that you completely misunderstand.

[@SubLBCgrowingforfreedom]

100K education and this is what you get? This school should lose all accreditation and be reduced to the likes of the Discovery Institute...

[@ChollieD]

Bill Buckley TROOOOOLLLLLLL! Except that I love Faulkner.

[@Ilovegrunge123]

Bill Buckley Its a whole paragraph, not five pages.

[@AE86ofMtAkina]

Well, he is just lazy that's it.

[@giinks]

Sub LBC yeah dude UNC, one of the most reputable schools in the nation, being reduced to a “Discovery Institute”....

[@ThePolarBearProductions]

Well of course he got an A-. He's an Athlete. If I handed that paper in I would have been expelled.

[@agnesnatasha1517]

This comment made me laugh so hard! 😆😂😭

[@blacksmithorange8906]

Athletes are probably the most useless source when it comes to contributing anything to society. They are literally just tossing a ball around. And yet people will worship them like they are a God. I got news for you: They aren’t. They didn’t save Anne Frank they just rammed into each other like goddamn barbarians.

[@Tigranis]

They should drop the pretence. Either require them to actually LEARN, or have them on the rolls as purely a player / employee. This is pathetic.

[@mattsmith9604]

Tigranis for realll though

[@wickedninja8599]

There was a study recently that showed many high school athletes are reading at below 4th grade levels too. It's not surprising that this happens, and that is sad.

[@Dannyx7802]

Yeah people at my school have trouble reading. It's crazy, but it's such a huge issue that the teachers feel bad. Education today has been such a joke for some kids, and they would rather just sit on a cellphone listening to the latest song released by Chief Keef than listen to a teacher explain a lesson.

[@degenret01]

This has been true for the last 60 years, nothing "recent" about it.

[@Dannyx7802]

But the problem is with technology, it has became a bigger issue. 60 yrs ago people didn't have electronics to mess around with, and the only thing they could of is just no pay attention. Drugs could also be a factor, as kids are getting into more and more hard drugs. There are many factors that play in, but it's serious trouble now. Kids are getting too lazy, and don't care about what's ahead of them anymore.

[@Pleebian94]

Dannyx7802 Technology took away physical contact from these kids too. In my algebra class two girls were texting each other even though they were 8 feet apart from each other and they were in the same classroom together. It's their loss though and the youth nowadays almost never think at all. America is a half-assed country now.

[@brigadierharsh1948]

My high school soccer coach would check everyone's grades daily, I don't even know if he was technically allowed to do that. He made people run for getting anything below a B. I actually really liked him though, athletes should be held to the same standards as everyone else, they aren't special.

[@Sweetp000433]

Forget any college, any middle school and this student would have been given an F.

[@syn010110]

as a career writer this makes me weep for humanity. this would have been an acceptable paper for a third grader. NOT A COLLEGE STUDENT.

[@mycosys]

+Corinn Heathers your pay level doesnt make you weep for humanity more?

[@katakisLives]

+Corinn Heathers There was this Adidas advert a few years ago which showed a soccer boot under an X ray machine and there was a small brain in the tip of the boot! some peoples talents are in different areas not necessarily academia but these people are none the less compelled to excel at college leading to this crazy situation.

[@ibrahimn9278]

No offence, but do you really think your life as a writer is harder/requires more work than a professional athlete?

[@MsZsc]

anyone can learn to write, well structured and thought out essays probably arent for everyone, but you should be able to write a rudimentary opinion piece that a 3rd grader could do

[@zacharydapolito1448]

Corinn Heathers makes you weeb for humanity I'll leave

[@squarewheel1860]

This is why school and sports should be separated. At the very least they shouldn't gain any profit off of them. That throws off the entire already broken system.

[@lolpauve]

Nun Ya College sports make a lot of money, this allows for more students, more teachers and cheaper education. Just saying.

[@squarewheel1860]

College is a place for education. Not athletics. That argument aside, with the we have scholarships, as well as merchandising, the "education" part of school can be almost completely bypassed. The educational system should be strictly educational. Just saying.

[@lolpauve]

Nun Ya This is the dictionary definition of the word college: "an organized group of professional people with particular aims, duties, and privileges." see where I am going with this?

[@squarewheel1860]

I'm glad your opinion is stupid. I gave you mine, I don't care what you think it should be, this proves otherwise. Go pick a fight somewhere else nub.

[@lolpauve]

Nun Ya Not picking a fight. If I wanted a fight I'd walk a quarter mile down the street. I'm not saying what it should be, I am saying what it is, is going to be in the future (more likely than not) and has been for the last 60 or so years. I'm not even giving an opinion as I don't have one, I'm just setting the facts straight.

[@tangerinefarmer]

So sad, this kid is losing out. He may not know it now, but he will feel the repercussions later in life.

[@Idiodyssey87]

Fuck him. You know who's really missing out? The honor student who values education whose spot he took.

[@tangerinefarmer]

Idiodyssey87 You know what, I did not think about that. You are probably right.

[@devilmikey00]

Unless he gets a lucrative NBA deal (hell even just a mediocre one) he will be a millionaire and none of this will matter. Sadly life isn't always as karmic as people wish it was. Again taking the very safe assumption this kid is a basketball player.

[@VenezuelaNow]

devilmikey00 Stupid millionaires never keep their money, so yes he will feel the repercussions later in life

[@ThePeacemaker848]

? no he won't. Even if he is stupid and loses his money. Way better to be rich for 10 years than never to be rich at all.

[@SuperTrainStationH]

Damn. I'd expect a paper like this in 3rd grade.

[@babyzorilla]

That's B- 3rd grade work

[@LACwriter]

Nationofmillions Even that's too much. That's at most a C-.

[@Kevin15047]

Don't insult 3rd graders like that.

[@dementiaboy8295]

I earned money in junior high school writing papers for jocks. It was a decent living for a 12-year-old nerd.

[@rorotho]

Hell yeah. Except high school and college for me.

[@Kevin-Hdz]

You were part of the problem.

[@ForgeStudiosWRZ]

Kevin Hernandez Nah man. They go on to fail while I get some extra cash 💰

[@jared5346]

Lol I did this a few times at the end of middle school (I was switching to a private high school). However, at the end of the year we had to hand in a 7-8 page research paper and I was doing one for another kid and I decided to just bullshit his paper and write complete lies. Needless to say he got like a D on the paper, but I faced no repercussions cause I didn't go to school on the day when grades were given back and I never saw him again. MUAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

[@MrGrowslikeatree]

"Her and the bus-driver talked..." horrible grammar

[@nickcarbaugh4301]

Gramer*

[@BareJuggernauts]

+Nick Carbaugh Grmaer

[@BareJuggernauts]

+Bare Juggernauts Graymar

[@adampalmer7387]

Jonathan Seale absolutely terrible

[@itsssuper]

So? Everybody's made that mistake when young.

[@aqualeung]

You've missed the worst part of this paper. The title of this paper is "Rosa Parks: My Story". So either we should be amazed that Rosa Parks is alive, well, and a student athlete at UNC or this person has had a major identity crisis.

[@chigoziea.991]

Kevin Leung XD, he even got the story wrong a bit too

[@lanesmith2853]

I think it was supposed to be a book report because I think that’s her biography

[@blacksmithorange8906]

I think it’s safe to say this person most likely doesn’t possess the attention span to get through the first page of a Junie B. Jones book.

[@Matoaka01]

Ok, that is SO rediculous! The rest of us are writing 3+ page essays... Im working on a 50 page thesis... Yep, its just dumb and unfair.

[@barbarahanna597]

Ridiculous*

[@Matoaka01]

+QWERTY DVORAK most in class or take home essays are 3-5 pages. 10+ is more like finals and research papers. See also that I am writing a THESIS. In any case we write more than that guy.

[@Matoaka01]

+Sir Fur The Angry Furry totally agree! Like i said , its rediculous and makes goid hard working students look bad. And thats not an. "Overly long" paragraph either.

[@TriCop]

Classic American retarded football player knowledge.

[@ashphillips4753]

Anastasiya Hoefflinger well, USA worships football players. Hell, they don't even attend class regularly and still pass.

[@christian8933]

Kids write better papers in the fifth grade the day before they were due

[@christian8933]

***** You're right hahaha

[@christian8933]

***** Haha Sadly yes

[@GrubKiller436]

***** First grade, are you serious? You must be on crack. That's like kids' first time being in school if they didn't go to kindergarden; and you think they even know what an essay is let alone intro/body/conclusion? You really don't remember going to first grade. Not that they're not able to know, but just expecting them to write an essay about Rosa Parks is generally uncalled for.

[@blusclues-04]

Lol forget that they write better papers at lunch when the paper is due next period

[@AstronomyGuru84]

I would be pissed off if I were in that class and I had actually wrote a good paper.

[@shadowmyfeet]

Had written* Automatically not 100. Really you should keep the tenses the same. If you would be pissed then you should have written.

[@Vashu627]

shadowmyfeet I believe the original statement was grammatically correct. No correction was required.

[@smittywerbenjaegermanjense7376]

Vashu627 shadowmyfeet is correct.

[@shadowmyfeet]

Vashu627 I teach English and the verbal section of the SAT. Trust me, you must use the past perfect tense to be correct with that grammar, because of the dependent clause. But truth be told, I was being facetious, just playing around. Don't take it srsly plz

[@fyrecraftedgaming]

That paper wouldnt even cut it in middle school...

[@squidneythesquid2487]

Middle school? Middle school papers aren't easy. This wouldn't have worked for a third grader.

[@willdasd7392]

+Squidney The Squid13 Yes, the paper wouldn't cut it in middle school

[@mr.parabola5051]

In 3rd grade I could see this being a C- if the teacher is lenient enough, but anywhere past that and this would just be ridiculous.

[@kirtjoe283]

Fyre8 I can confirm as I am in middle school right now.

[@JimFortune]

I worked at a college that had "Football English" and "Football Math" classes. You had to be in the football program to enroll in those classes, and the coach didn't have to pressure the instructor. He was the instructor.

[@Kakerate2]

Jim Fortune LOL WAT. Whats the point of this being in a university? It should be an entirely different school.

[@ericgustafson1860]

oh, the corruption!

[@sopcannon]

Eric Gustafson Good thing there is no corruption in government.

[@drackmavanhelsing3504]

oh my god! How is that legal?!

[@JimFortune]

Zackulla Vanhelsing The coaches had degrees. Wrong discipline, but the law and accreditation organizations don't seem to care about that.

[@EnigmaHood]

Not only does that paper suck, he also plagiarized most of it from the wikipedia article on Rosa Parks.

[@Dantaru78]

Isn't plagiarism illegal? 0.o

[@Celrador]

Dantaru78 Depends on the controls afterall. In germany atleast you are very likely to get banned from your university, if you do that. But that also heavily depends on the professor who is correcting your essay.

[@underdawg47]

I don't even understand why college athletes that generate income for the school are even taking classes. They obviously are not there to get an education when their first priority is sports. I really don't believe they are held to the same academic standards as the other students. I seen this crap happen in my high school.

[@ojisama8]

That's an over generalization. I tutored student athletes at a Big Ten school for 5 years... I worked with a football player who went to law school and a basketball player who got a degree in engineering.

[@youreyesarebleeding1368]

Oblivion NPC dialogue

[@shinigaminerogb6160]

Why was she so upset, did someone take her sweetroll.

[@keatonsanders7179]

Shinigaminero gb no, another npc was just talking to her about the goblins and how gross they are.

[@ethanpierce324]

"Fellow magister, I need to ask you something" "Goodbye" "Take care"

[@AmericanAppleProd]

KevinCS lmfao

[@williamjohnson7247]

STOP!!!! YOU'VE VIOLATED THE LAW. PAY THE COURT A FINE OR SERVE YOUR SENTENCE!!

[@CasyCatastrophe]

I bust my ass writing college essays and if I'm lucky I get a B-. This should've been a failing grade.

[@eileenconway2966]

If they weren't an athlete they would have failed.

[@ameerragheb630]

Thanks Captain Obvious! Three thumbs up!

[@lolpauve]

Eileen Yost Edit: Nice grammar.

[@AmmoBops]

Eileen Yost u look pretty thicc Wanna exchange social media?

[@leuzephyr]

No shit

[@DOA4rocks]

but guys wait!!! hes an athlete!!! lets pay for his entire education because he can throw a ball!!

[@chrishanson7058]

Niburu Illyria You're damn right man, schoolwork and balancing sports is diffucult

[@angrybird16755]

why would be mad at having less skills in a game that involves moving a ball in one way or another

[@chrishanson7058]

angrybird16755 why do you automatically assume it's football?

[@angrybird16755]

i didnt assume it was football because basically almost every sport in existence involves moving a ball football, basketball, soccer, volleyball, tennis, baseball, kickball, golf, etc. all fit my comment

[@chrishanson7058]

angrybird16755 well there's no college team with a Kickball team, Volleyball is being moved up and down a court, so is basketball, golf is simply hitting a ball with a putter into a hole, and tennis is moving a ball back and forth over a net. Football and Soccer are the only 2 mentioned that actually move a ball up a field

[@selsuru]

This is a good example of why sports have no place in centers of education like university and college.

[@xxsamuroxx456]

Wtf? Sports are extremely crucial in college. Do not ruin an entire fucking trend. You don't understand. Don't base his stupidity off his fucking sport.

[@xxsamuroxx456]

Blah b You are an idiot. I'm not even going to argue this shit because your comment far exceeds my tolerance of stupidity.

[@needsmetal]

Avagantamos you do know only 25 schools in the country actually makes a money on their sports programs and most lose money on them right?

[@xxsamuroxx456]

*****​ Oh my bad. Because clearly it's completely possible and normal to have a sport team and not pay for it. All the equipment and games just magically appear because it's suddenly frightening to know that you lose money in exchange for what you need. Hm, right. You really know your edumacation. 

[@michaeldennis4203]

***** no I don't. Can you possibly share any information that would support this assertion that "only 25" by the way nice round number schools make money on sports programs??. Thanks

[@JimFortune]

I worked for 30 years in a community college district. Our Football English class was taught by a football coach. He might have thought a paper like that deserved an A-

[@Sighphi]

The first question should be how many concussions does this kid have.

[@MArtinezNINux]

they didn't even double space

[@The2005rwb]

Double-spacing is part of white patriarchy.

[@nicolasclermont893]

The2005rwb cant help but lul to this

[@stargazer-ik6iv]

The2005rwb lmao that’s why we had to start double-spacing our papers in English when we got a new American teacher

[@BlackLotus30]

I'm French Canadian and my English teacher would have killed me if I turned in a paper like that.

[@FelixDK14]

I think most creditable teachers would. I think my German teacher would probably kill me if I turned in a paper that resembles this but in German. I may not be fluent in German, far from it, but I know how to give my writing character, weather it be in English or German.

[@blackwolf721000]

Felix die Katze *whether I'm German ;)

[@FelixDK14]

I really need to brush up on what cases I should use specific spelling of whether, but there is a lot of things that would be beneficial if I brushed up on, like my german

[@blackwolf721000]

Felix die Katze As it so happens, I also wore your nym as a nickname in school. Because, you know, names. :)

[@FelixDK14]

The name you see is the name I go by in German class. It has been over a year since I have used my actual legal name in that class, I don't use my last name in that class. One of my friends doesn't even write his name o his papers, he just draws a house. His last name is House so he goes by Haus in class. Everyone, at least at the school I go chooses a name to go by their first year in German. I don't know abut the other languages though.

[@dav3fk]

We don't KNOW that he plays football, but... he plays football.

[@AmitielAOT]

I have a learning disability and I have written better papers then that! Why? Because I make an effort and try my best! This is a disgrace to people who actually struggle with college.

[@Kyreille]

We can laugh at this kid's grammar as much we like, but it was our school system that failed to educate him.

[@jam19h]

+Kristin Presley To be fair you can throw Maths at a brick wall all day and it will not get any smarter.

[@TriCop]

+Jam19th I only had trouble with fractions so for him fractions must be like solving EMC

[@Sly_cptn]

Uhh.... It's probably just your average black person

[@risingconjunctvenus6568]

Kristin Presley who's we sucker

[@WisemanTimes]

I wrote an essay during black history month back in the 90's when I was in grade 7, just starting out jr. high. My English teacher loved the essay so much... she literally setup an assembly in the gym and forced me to read my essay to the whole school. Im white.. I went to a mostly black school in Dartmouth NS called John Martin Jr High. I was 11 yrs old... It saddens me that there will be people going around as adults stupider then a 10 year old.

[@noble5386]

11 year olds aren't in grade 7?

[@WisemanTimes]

Raptor Jesus was that a question or a statement? lol Either way... I started grade 1 when I was 5.. do the math.

[@pacman5698]

I wrote an essay on the library of the Titanic in fifth grade, 2004, which was loved so much by the teacher, and principles, that I ended up cutting the ribbon at my Elementary School during its reopening. Papers like this really disappoint me. Great job to you man!

[@WisemanTimes]

Nice... Growing up in Nova Scotia the Titanic was required learning. I have done many projects myself on the ship and even did a project on the graves of the people from the accident that are in Halifax where I grew up. I agree also... Papers like this put the system in a state of shame when there are literally thousands of students around the world struggling to maintain their grades while forking over thousands to do so... meanwhile morons like this guy get a free pass.

[@AE86ofMtAkina]

the guy isnt stupid, just lazy

[@degenret01]

This course was designed specifically for the athletes to get As, it is not offered to the general student body.

[@losatta123]

My God... My 7 year old sister could probably write a better paper than that.

[@snowmenot]

That's the best I've seen from a college athlete

[@Tim_Marshall73]

Snowme that's also prob the only paper you've seen from a college athlete

[@zm5635]

Some niggas can’t even read, hahah. But they make more money in a month than your whole life though

[@lilbaby9547]

"I could potentially be a college athlete" Sure bud.

[@XxAlex530xX]

Dr. Complex you sound like Elliot Rodger

[@jaxf4140]

You must not know many then I’m sure there’s a lot that are way smarter than you

[@calebfultz6797]

That's like something that goes in notes not in a final paper.

[@jpelletier03]

In all seriousness, though, even in the 3rd grade that paper wouldn't have made the cut. 1st grade maybe, as a first time writing assignment . . . but by grade 3 you would have been expected to manage better. Whoever wrote this was in *college*. That had to be zero f*cks given thing, because no one hands something like that in thinking they did well. O_o

[@Ultrox007]

Meanwhile I write an essay that when showed to random people said I should try publishing it... And got an F because I dared to break the fourth wall in the paper and dared to point out that video games are actually *good* for you. (The assignment was to write about the harmful effects of video games and why people should play football instead... I was having none of that...)

[@Sentinalh]

Good on you, stick up for what you believe in. I'm wondering what professor would give you an assignment with such a loaded topic.

[@Tristen95gi]

Not your fault your teacher was a bitch.

[@Ultrox007]

Sentinalh A woman... Okay psudo-sexism aside she really was a female professor but was one of those ones that just *acts* like she wants to be a "woman" instead of a "human being". She was quite christian as well which doesn't help me BUT sticking entirely to the facts I will break down a conversation that sums up the professor very quickly. Alright class I want you to right a paper on a subject that is controversial. But don't do any research on it, I want it to be composed entirely of peoples opinions! Me: "...But research is the foundation of a proper argument, if you just want us to devise a paper that's fabricated from imagination are you saying I could turn in a paper stating 9/10 doctors agree that smoking camel's will help you live longer?" Of course not don't be ridiculous! Now just write about something controversial- Oh and because this is Humboldt I don't want to see *any* papers about marijuana. If you turn one in I will hand it back to you instantly with an F on it. Me: "...Well I may not like marijuana myself but it does hold quite a bit of controversy in it, I mean alcohols are far more dangerous and they're legal..." NO POT PAPERS Me: "Fine fine... How about a paper on gay marriage?" No, I don't want any papers that will cause people to become emotionally upset. Me: "So let me get this straight, you want us to do a research paper... without doing research... about something controversial... that can't offend anyone... Look I know you're a woman and have an oversized corpus callosum but this is just ridiculous" I WON'T HAVE SEXIST COMMENTS IN MY CLASS ROOM Me: "It's not sexist, it's a scientific *fact*... Maybe if you did research instead of relying on opinions you'd know that..."

[@Tristen95gi]

Damn. The only similar experience I have is a Teacher who was a self professed Johnny Cash fan. So I asked her about Cocaine blues and she had no Idea what I was talking about.

[@RichOrElse]

I'd given you an A minus

[@tek87]

The sad fact is only a handful of these people will get picked up the professional leagues. Most will fade away into obscurity with no education to fall back on.

[@bharlan2002]

... and this shining example of mental ability\ is getting a free ride. Jim the med student who probably has an IQ 2 or 3x as high as Mr Runs a Fast 40 Yard Dash will have to pay tens or hundreds of thousands before he graduates. Seems fair

[@HardcoreGamer101508]

'Murica: Home of the Jocks!

[@nateevans6456]

WVU Benjisaur but the doctor in the end will be better financially because their pay is more long term and still high. Look at NFL players and how they are in ten years after

[@andyxu9969]

Mr Runs a Fast 40 Yard Dash pays for his tuition with his athletic ability and the revenue the football program brings to the university. Jim the med student will have to pay with his wallet.

[@kavinkrishnasami6004]

But Mr Runs a Fast 40 Yard Dash makes the school and the NCAA a ton of money and doesn't even get paid for it, the least the school can do is give him a scholarship...

[@nateevans6456]

Mr runs a fast 40 yard dash has spent thousands of hours working at his sport to play at that level. He deserves the scholarship but not the grade

[@nicholasfazzolari3647]

Athletes need their wages cut to minimum wage. Time to get society on the right track, and encourage fields that advance humanity, and society. Instead of paying people millions to throw/kick round objects around.

[@nicholasfazzolari3647]

I will admit i argued my point poorly. Where I grew up (Germany) athletics, and academics were kept mostly separate. PE was there, because it is important to keep the body moving as well as the mind. However, team sports were provided outside the school system where parents enrolled kids who showed signs of athletic ability. If they did well they would receive a secondary school diploma and go train for the major leagues. I just find it strange that higher learning and sports are so integrated in the US. In conclusion I feel that the overly strong link between sports and academia undermine both in their own way.

[@eitkoml]

***** Nah, only the academics get undermined. It's ridiculous that the sports are considered so important in public schools, even when they're failing to teach basic literacy.

[@DremAndrew1]

***** STFU. TRY DOING WHAT ATHLETES DO. They THROW A BALL IN A GLOVE WITH 160 KPH. THEY RUN 90 MINUTES WITH THEIR BODY AT RISK. While using all techniques to win a game. They train every fucking day while they take all the pain and hold it for themself. they dont eat what they like cause they must not. And that's just a part of being an athlete.

[@ivogreci8607]

Art Andrew The issue here, Art, is not about "what athletes do" or any of us trying to "do it" ; it's about preferential treatment and the high grades that many athletes obtain undeservedly. Other students have to work hard for their grades. Athletes, in some cases, apparently don't; they can "train every fucking day, take all the pain, and be on a diet". BUT THATS NOT WHAT SCHOOLS ARE ABOUT, schools are about studying hard and learning philosophy, medicine, psychology, science , reading and writing - NOT HOW TO THROW A FOOTBALL. Universities have a lengthy history and (should) have an equally great legacy. They are centers of higher learning , not "playing games" (at least they weren't for many hundreds of years). The guys who lack the intelligence to pass tests on their own simply should not be in school no matter how hard they train to throw a ball around and push their opponents out of the way.This is not "education"- it's an obsession with "games" and that shouldn't be thereason for anyone to go to school-especially if he can't pass a test on his own no matter what the reason.

[@DremAndrew1]

That's true man. But it's not like they go to schools to study. they just take their chances to be found and gain experience in the Game they are interested in. Of course the Teachers let people pass their class are not good teachers but not all athletes are like that. Their coaches say to them to study or they will not play in the team. For example in some germany football teams they wont take you in their team if you are not good in school. Even if you are the best player in the world in your age.

[@Mareepu]

So despite the fact that my brother and my sister's schools are low-income and largely minority-based in student body (nothing wrong with that, since we are both), the schools are also quite rigorous, and Massachusetts often has really high standards (often impossible standards, actually, as we have a big problem with the mental health of our students). On Black History Month, Rosa Parks is pretty much talked about on the second day-the first day, of course, is left for Martin Luther King Jr. So my 10-year-old sister, in the midst of fifth-grade, writes a one-page essay in 45 minutes-and receives a B-. She's a very succinct writer and her handwriting is... well, terrible, but she's careful, doesn't make spelling mistakes, and focuses on clear speech. In comparison to this, her essay on Rosa Parks would be the Odyssey. My 8-year-old brother, in the midst of second-grade in a separate day-school for _special needs children_ (he has an emotional disability, rather than learning), who are often (unfortunately) given lower standards, had to write a paragraph based on Rosa Parks, with a worksheet to help. He's being assisted by this worksheet, but is otherwise left to his devices, and he needs extended time to finish writing. He writes about a paragraph, as long as this paper shown on the story, and while his language is also really simplistic, it's _also_ clear (... and his handwriting is beautiful, so he's got that going for him over my sister, lol), and he still has time to write about the significance of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat. So if this is a real thing (because I'm honestly on the fence about that), then I really don't know what to tell ya. I know some people are bad at writing, and that's okay-but your degree should mean you can write better than a fifth-grader, or a _second-grader in a modified school program_.

[@IamMrMatt]

90% sure it was a UNC basketball player.

[@wishbone346]

How did this guy even graduate highschoo- never mind, how did he pass 1st grade?!

[@starkiller18]

you would be surprised how schools treat people who can play a sport even moderately well. I knew several jocks who couldn't even read and could barley write their own names yet they graduated with high honors.

[@angryarkie1642]

Well.. to be fair.. it was more sophisticated than a first graders.. but I agree with the spirit of your point.

[@Groth1175]

Because high school also inappropriately prioritizes in favor of the sports programs to the detriment of education.

[@DStyleBoxing]

This is an F in 4th grade lol

[@kathrynsue1986]

that's a F in college? that would probably be a F in elementary school

[@jamesgrey13]

i dunt c nuthin rong wit hiz papur i wud giv him a+ n saiy nyse jerb now PLAY BALL!! :D

[@CC-mr5xq]

+Tony James Gilpin I dun unnastand wut ur tryin 2 say u morun

[@CC-mr5xq]

mooron

[@CC-mr5xq]

more-on

[@2HootHoot]

+Tony James Gilpin why is this so funny XD

[@jamesgrey13]

2HootHoot i kemigyniticly engeenerd it 2 b so... cuz im relly all syientifical n mah branz and on meh hart 2... :|

[@sanchagaspard]

This kid's probably going to be a future President. Remember Bush? But seriously; I hope this isn't true, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was. Stranger things have happened.

[@Shivpi3141592654]

Sancha Gaspard And his name is Donald Trump.

[@spaveevo]

I always wondered what was said on the bus. Now I know.

[@HitchedBug]

This infuriates me. I just got done writing a 6 page, 1,242 word political paper. My introduction paragraph to make sure everyone is on the same page before I state my thesis was a full page. I got a c- on that paper. The feedback said "could have been more percise on evidence." Bitch I had 8 sources. I had it peer reviewed TWICE.

[@justafork2642]

HitchedBug41630 teacher seems extremely unreasonable.

[@Kevin15047]

Great opening. Where's the rest of the paper?

[@monumentalgaming4513]

Lol too funny. I love how I wrote a 1000+ essay on the allusions of the bible used in beowulf and received an average B in the 11th grade. This guy can write less than a paragraph and receive an A-. The frustrations..

[@analyticalace6138]

Strickland Propene does not have a vending machine. It smells, and I thank God every day when I get home that I didn't get exploded. The end.

[@robbbyyy25]

i heard that this college person was running low on time so they asked there 2 year old disabled brother to write a paper for them...and well it worked!

[@AgeOfSuperboredom]

This mixing of sports and academia needs to end. It truly is the biggest thing undermining the credibility of higher education. Sports have absolutely no place in an institution meant to educate. All it does is lead to shit like this.

[@shanenanigans27]

Meh... it deserves a B- if you're in grade 4

[@jaydens.705]

Shane Doyle when I was in 4th grade, that would have been a straight up 0%.

[@bb5point0]

No one has pointed out that the one fact is wrong. Guys she was asked give her seat off the BACK of the bus. he couldn't even watch a 5 minute documentary.

[@jason666king]

For fuck's sake, TYT, this wasn't a speeeling nor grammar class, it wuz a feel good about yourself studies course in a reputabbbble instinktution of higher learning!!!

[@TheYoungTurks]

I see what you did there, nice.

[@prschuster]

Yu mis pelled lurning, yu jurk.

[@FelixDK14]

Nuno Pestana I hope you are joking about that. On the internet, especially KZbin, people tend to disregard spelling and grammar and spell similarly to how prschuster has spelled out his comment.

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

jason666king I really don't care what the nature of the course was, there are teachers who will dock points for grammatical mistakes, especially ones so easy, a child in elementary school would know that it's improper grammar. Something as simple as a misplaced comma can completely change the meaning of the sentence to something you do not intend. A common example brought up is the Oxford comma. Some argue it's not needed, some do, and some argue that it is situation.

[@TheMixedPlateFrequency]

+jason666king The paper written was barely high school level.

[@Paul_Ivanish]

Not sure that athlete's paper is a better story than Twilight...

[@LibertineDeSade]

It is...

[@Paul_Ivanish]

Ummm.... or not...? Maybe a tie?

[@LibertineDeSade]

PaulIvanish Maybe...

[@LibertineDeSade]

My head is going to *EXPLODE*!!!! I've written better papers than this in grade school!!! Seriously!?!?! *Seriously!?!?!* I got a B+ on a paper just recently. And this fool got an A?!?! Seriously!?!?!?!

[@lnhart7157]

My little brother wouldn't get a A- for this in 4th grade.

[@Youboremenow]

sad to say this but the primary reason i watched this is to feel better about my assignment...

[@stevej5185]

"I has been accepted to de univsity....da endz." A-!

[@HeatRun]

*when he applies for a job* Why do you want to be hired? “Becz I wrk hrd an colegge and I wnna eern mony” You’re Hired!

[@HAXXORAUDIO]

My girlfriend has a dog that can run faster than any athlete currently alive today - I might get the dog to write my University work for me if I ever go to America :) Thanks for the heads-up :) Quick question TYT - Why don't you *name & shame the tutor* responsible for this 'grade'?

[@alexjonezNH]

That piece of shit paper wouldn't have even passed in my high school! And I went to public school! Within the last decade!

[@mechajay3358]

If he can get an A- on a paper like that. Then why do I alway get C's when I put on the effort!?

[@AaronParker1977]

OMG he stoll my paper!!!

[@loralogue]

Why do university athletics even exist?

[@staryberrygin]

At one point it was just a fun way for different schools to compete against one another for prestige and bragging rights, and teams were made up of actual students whose main focus was an education first. It was a way for students to represent their school and stick it to that other school. Then at some point egos were bruised, and money happened.

[@hulkslayer626]

I'm amazed by the amount of stereotyping going on by a bunch group of people that are always so against stereotyping. Ironic, no? and btw I'm not defending that paper....cause damn, there isn't any defending that paper lol

[@drmayeda1930]

Hulk Slayer Why single out the University of Hawaii? Just because we're in a weak conference doesn't mean there is a lot of academic fraud going on. If anything they might have provided the wrong kind of help.

[@ldchappell1]

Doesn't surprise me at all living in this sports mentality society. Only in America can a person earn $50 million a year for throwing a ball into a basket. Meanwhile, public school teachers can't earn enough money to buy a house in the neighborhoods they work in.

[@ibrahimn9278]

Do you really think that teaching some twelve year old's something you've learned to an advance level is harder than practicing a sport and your body for 8-12 hours a day? Also, does anyone care about a public school teacher? It's all about supply and demand my friend.

[@tsbrownie]

The myth that college athletics is a money maker is dead. Teams are money sinks. Strong evidence: google highest paid government employee by state. Most are coaches. Athletics does not mean better brains, another dead myth, just ask Stephen Hawking. Teams DO mean high liability risk to universities, they DO mean frequent conflicts of interest (lowering the bar on grades). And worst of all, these "special ed" students are massively subsidized by other students in a time where universities are unaffordable. Let's be blunt, college athletic programs are taxpayer/student supported training camps for parasitic professional sports teams. Professional sports teams that make ungodly profits, BECAUSE they are subsidized. It's time pro sports pull their own weight. Pay their own bills. Like real men (and women). It's easy to do, just spin off the college teams into standalone public corporations. Then universities can invest without liability and with less conflict of interest. Sports teams can invest (but they probably won't since these are money sinks or they'd be running these teams already). Teams can sink or swim based on "free markets" (which universities teach.) It will end other students and parents being forced to subsidize "athletes". It will end coaches being the highest paid public officials in almost every state. It will free up education money for education. It's a winner, but I'm guessing it won't happen.

[@quiksix25]

You know nothing- it's all deceptive accounting tactics- it's how a Hollywood movie can make $500 million and accountants find a way to record it in the books as a loss when in reality they made a fortune off of it

[@mjgould1192]

tsbrownie u dont realize how much high profile athletes make universities. For big sports universities it would hurt small universities it would

[@lumonox]

tsbrownie excercizing increases brain power - that’s an objective fact.

[@throwdafrank]

Your point lost all meaning when you spelled exercising wrong

[@suleiman1653]

That rant was longer than his paper😂

[@DookieJuice1111]

College is a joke anyways. It's ridiculous that athletes are required to go to college in order to play professionally. A lot of classes in college, at least for the first two years, are meaningless. And seeing how the topic for that paper was Rosa Parks, I can conlude that whatever class that was assigned in was meaningless. Shit, from 1st grade up to 12th grade, most classes are meaningless. Our whole education system is designed to conditon you into doing shit you don't wanna do, because you'll be doing shit you don't wanna do at a pointless job when you're done with school.

[@loganvetter8295]

LOL, you do realize that he is a college student right? Please understand it is a great oppurtunity to play for a college. They need to monitor these things closer, just like most things in the government. I bet most cops dont need to pass IQ tests. Whats little to YOU can be huge to the WORLD. Nutcase its not gonna happen anymore i promise you, you can watch and complain but im gonna do something about it. If THEY have a say why shouldnt you? Excuses...

[@thagenius1018]

Those are the people who should get paid by the university???

[@Zach-zv9rs]

Exactly and those are the teachers always wanting more money.

[@julianpolancosierra4857]

This is why I never trusted university rankings.

[@RickyPro888]

I handwrote 3 pages in an hour in an exam at school on a book using quotes having to memorise those quotes and I'm in Australian Year 9. This guy couldn't write an essay in weeks at College? This doesn't help the American stereotype and you know what that is...

[@Blade9RR]

Nice, that's probably way better than me. I took an admission test to this school which included an essay at the end. I couldn't even handwrite a five paragraph essay by hand and had to codense it to four. I got a 2.1 out of 4...

[@Warsie]

I wrote a paper (uh 5 pages?) While drunk and then hungover. How the duck did I get a B?

[@connorhart7850]

Not many people know, but it is supposed to be, “The bus driver and she....”

[@screamingphoenix8113]

But can he throw a ball? If yes then he doesn't have to work a day in his collegiate life AND he has diplomatic rape immunity.

[@Trusseck]

It's just been revoked!

[@screamingphoenix8113]

***** They FUCK YOU at the drive-thru, okay? They FUCK YOU at the drive-thru! They know you're gonna be miles away before you find out you got fucked! They know you're not gonna turn around and go back, they don't care. So who gets fucked? Ol' Leo Getz! Okay, sure! I don't give a fuck! I'm not eating this tuna, okay?!

[@Pythagoras211]

Some people are not equipped for abstract or analytical thinking, I'm surprised that people are surprised about this. We have an education system with a very narrow understanding of 'intelligence', and this standard is imposed on everyone regardless of the individual's temperament. In some ways it would actually be better if we had a caste system

[@andrewboz8990]

Pythagoras211 This person could written a few paragraphs in racism, stereotypes etc in Modern America. I could of stretched it to 1000-1500 words. 2000 words on a good day.

[@piccolo11394]

Andrew Boz You may be able to stretch the paper out, but given your atrocious grammar, sentence structure, and poor use of punctuation, I really doubt that you would make a much better grade.

[@swoll1980]

Andrew Boz "This person could written"? Enough said.

[@piccolo11394]

swoll1980 "could written", "in racism", no commas, "could of", period instead of a comma after "1500 words", and the last sentence (which should be part of the previous one) has no subject or verbs. I give his comment a 3/10 for correct spelling only.

[@xxFortunadoxx]

Andrew Boz "This person could have written a few racist and stereotypical paragraphs on Rosa Parks. I could have stretched it to 1000-1500 words; 2000 on a good day." Fixed it for you.

[@Adrizzle]

This is a slap in the face to every person who has put countless hours into writing papers that are in no way relevant to real life, but have to get the grades to achieve a degree that may lead to a successful career. Many of these athletes get free rides to college to come and play a fucking sport. The rest of us work our asses off to pay the thousands of dollars each year to attend school and take it seriously.

[@modelmajorpita]

What is with these whistleblowers hiding in places full of bigotry and human rights abuses?

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

Infiltration? Espionage?

[@Booga04Minecraft]

If I turned something in like that, I'd get punished for putting in no effort. An A-? What were they thinking?

[@ergotempusvernum]

There is not a single nerd/geek who is surprised by the story.

[@joecane6340]

It's no wonder why so many people in this country think the Earth is only 6,000 years old and and the Sun orbits the Earth. Fucking humiliating!

[@alexsdemkin]

This reminds me of that one King of the Hill episode. You know the one.

[@blacksmithorange8906]

Jocks: “The dumb jock stereotype is very offensive, harmful and has no ring of truth to it whatsoever.” Also jocks:

[@DblOSmith]

I was on the A/B border and begged the teacher for extra credit so I could get at least get an A. I'd do anything. ...and this gets an A-? So furious.