This is a clear case of a professor forcing his beliefs on his students

I had something like that happen to me when I was in college! I went to a Christian college but I support a mix of evolution/creation. We had to do a paper for the theology class that we HAD to take. So I explained my view in my 5 page paper and whatnot and I got a 60. I know my paper was written very well and there was no reason to get a D. I brought it to my teacher's attention and he said that nothing was backed up and it was just me making stuff up when I actually had quotes from books and whatnot. So I went to the dean of the school of theology and he told me that the grade he would've given me was an 80 and he explained why and that made sense. Since I went to the dean of the school my grade was officially changed. We only had the papers for our midterm and final. So when the final rolled around the teacher realized he would have to grade me fairly because I wasn't scared to go to the dean.

It doesn't get any better once she gets into the real world. That's unfortunately how things work. I've had to lie about my religion to get apartments, jobs, and promotions. I live in a predominantly Christian area and am agnostic. I would have been passed up for a lot of things if I told the truth about what I believe. It's unfortunate, but that's just how the world works.

i was faced with the same problem. My science teacher in elementary wanted to explain on a test question how the land got divided and became the countries we have today known as continents. Anyways, I explained that my belief was that it happened when God brought the big flood and flooded everything and that after the eart shakes and the rain susbsided that was how the continents were formed. I got the answer marked wrong for answering it the way i believed it happened. My mom went in a talked to the teacher and when I explained why I thought that way she still stated that I needed to put the answer down that had been discussed earlier in class on the subject to get the answer right. Grant the teach had grounds to give me a o for the answer but I think she was trying to force her belief which wasn't really a belief just what other people thought happened and I trully believe maybe the idea was outrageous at a time but I still think something like that was possible. I mean come on it didn't rain where noah was ever and then all of a sudden it rains for fourty days and God is the one controlling everything on where the water goes to seperate the land and what not. I think she should fight now that the paper has been written. Another thing is, they didn't want her to pick the creation part they shouldn't have give her a choice. That's a cheesy professor in my eyes. Debate is all about having facts on both sides. So he's clearly not been informed of the other possibilities of what could have happened. Just like I used to not believe in the big bang theory but after researching it I now think something like that could have been possible. I just don't think a teacher has a right to force opinions if they themselves have not come up with enough evidence to prove it doesn't exist.