College Professor lwt go after arguing Australia isn't a country

[~~whimsy~~]

An online adjunct professor incorrectly told a student that Australia isn't a country and gave her a failing grade, prompting Southern New Hampshire University to replace the instructor.


Buzzfeed News reports that the 27-year-old student in Idaho was assigned to compare American social norms to that of another country. She chose to study social media use in Australia, but the professor gave her a zero on that portion of the assignment, saying Australia is a continent, not a country.

Australia is actually both — a country and a continent.

University officials tell WMUR-TV the instructor has been replaced following an investigation. In a statement, the university said it deeply regrets the interaction between the professor and student, and wished athletes from Australia good luck in the Olympic games.

http://abcnews.go.com/amp/Weird/wireStory/professor-replaced-insisting-australia-country-52983067

Hilarious! And even better they wish them well in the Olympics :1orglaugh

 

[sean miguel]

An online adjunct professor incorrectly told a student that Australia isn't a country

What a dumbass. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Adolf Hitler would beg to differ.

 

[Will E Worm]

Is Australia an Island?

At about 3 million square miles (7.7 million square km), Australia is the smallest continent on Earth. In fact, it’s closer in size to Greenland than it is to South America. Does that make Australia an island like Greenland?

Although Australia is sometimes called an “island continent,” most geographers consider islands and continents to be separate things. According to Britannica, an island is a mass of land that is both “entirely surrounded by water” and also “smaller than a continent.” By that definition, Australia can’t be an island because it’s already a continent.

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