u/PastPerformance8358

wrote several discussion posts for a class that got flagged by turnitin. Professor won’t show me the transcript to show me the similarity score and I’ve appealed it with the chair of the department. I’ve wrote an assignment using a pen in an English class spring 2026 and typed it out and turnitin still claimed it to be similar to ai generated content. The professor for that class even acknowledged it. For another class in the fall, I got a 24% similarity score on a research assignment but the chair ended up asking the professor to restore my original grade of 90/90 because it was flagging original Writing and some that were properly cited. Are professors relying too much on this software, ironically, to make up their minds on originality? it’s kinda stupid. other students in the class also received zeroes for the same reason but no one has been shown official transcript. It’s even weird because the professor and the chair of the department for the class I’m appealing don’t even know the procedures for assessing academic dishonesty, which is something every professor has to follow before they can even give you a failing grade for an assignment. I had to tell them about it. I even had to involve the dean of students who told me I was correct in asking for an appeal.

I sent a proposal to frieze months ago and received the message that they don’t cover shows that are drawn from collections. then a couple weeks ago I saw that one of the editors who told me this had published a piece on a show about the manosphere that is drawn from works from the museums collection. am I tripping or is this completely out of line and just straight up gaslighting? Not only that but they doubled down on it when I asked them about it…