Her professor gave her a failing grade because he said to pick a country, and Australia was a continent and not a country.





Fact: Australia is both a country and a continent.

Ashley was furious. She showed Buzzfeed the email she wrote to the professor.

I believe I got zero or partial credit because the instructor said, 'Australia is a continent; not a country. However, I believe that Australia is a country. The research starter on the SNHU’s Shapiro library written by John Pearson (2013) states, that Australia is the 'sixth-largest country in the world' (n.p.). The full name of the country is the Commonwealth of Australia, meaning Australia is both a continent and a country. Therefore, these sections of the rubric should be amended.