ImTheCaptain
I disagree with you
We don't, but the chair read the paper and liked it. Presumably, the chair didn't have the same issues either but that's unclear from the article.
It's weird that nobody has clarified whether or not A happened, but I'd guess not based on the way the comment was phrased.
I don't think B is a good assumption to make, either. Suffolk is a private school and probably has relatively small classes, but most professors are teaching 3-4 classes/semester, teaching really large classes, and/or having their TAs or designated readers grade papers. I'm not sure it's really possible outside of small liberal arts colleges for college professors to get to know students' writing anymore. I may be wrong, but this is a hot take generated as I grade 130 midterms.
also, can't blame someone for pulling out a thesaurus every once in a while.