Oh no! He was our Cali Li’l Sebastian

Absolutely. Tests can have complex processing, so they may need to check the progress (since you haven’t heard back). It’s important and normal for you to ask.

Yes. Getting lost in the details or justifying the small picture is not what’s needed. It’s a rather complicated play to use someone’s sense of fairness against them (then debate petty details). But here we are. And we need to focus on the big picture.

it simply isn't true that "integrity" requires you to loudly proclaim that the kernel of truth in a bad faith attack has to be given it's due. i feel dirty even conceding it here because it feels necessary to the larger point that you DO NOT need to be That Person.

I have *literally* taught fundamentalists who do better work; this was a bullshit low quality essay that is unacceptable at the college level and there's no credible First Amendment claim here. And as has been made clear, this is Turning Point acting with malice.