This guy was a Senior and his major was English???? How did someone who writes like a 5th grader make it all the way through college, especially if his degree was in English? Wonder what grade he made on these plays?
Back in the Dark Ages when I was in college, we had about 50 Iranians suddenly enroll. Even back then, they were full of hate and it was very plain they didn't want to be there. They never said hello, never smiled at you in passing, never participated in class, and who knows if they could speak English or write it. The professors were ordered to pass them even if that meant American students failed with the bell curve. This sounds very much like the same.
It's called the public school system. Passing into the next grade isn't dependent on your ability to grasp and master the academic work, what determines whether or not you pass to the next grade is the opinion of a "psychologist" (him or herself a emotionally disturbed leftist who studied the theories of another emotionally disturbed leftist professor who has never lived a life outside of a classroom) with absolutely no life skills and experience raising children.
Leaving a student behind a year to better understand the academic work isn't near as important as the emotional humiliation and psychological scars being left behind by his peer group would cause.
I'm sure the grade he received was determined keeping positive reinforcement and confidence building measures in mind so as not to discourage the student and hurt his feelings.
Does that answer satisfy your curiosity? If not I can come up with another that will make you feel more reassured that our children are in capable hands while they attend classes in the public indoctrination education system system... /s
With all apologies to freeper English majors, the English department at randog U wasn't known for its great thinkers. It was more of a dumping ground for soon-to-be dropouts.
To a lib, personal failure + social injustice = success of the (perverted) hive.