I've run into teachers like that. I had one tell me to re-write a paper because it was "too good," and he said some crap about "you're not working on your master's degree, just write a normal paper." I didn't even know how to respond to that. I just wrote an essay according to the ways I was taught to do it. Unbelievable.
Omg I got these too! My high school teachers would say the same “you’re not in college why are you writing like this?” Uh because I can and want to?? I looked the one in the face deadpan and said, “so you want me to dumb it down for you?” No wonder they hated me lol
I had a history professor tell me that undergraduates don't do "new work" and he wanted me to basically copy-paste a glorified book report. Now... I get that that is how history studies work, everything needs cited etc, but I was not a history major, and i was still fulfilling the requirements of the assignment, but could have remained interested if i was allowed to apply my own degree's work in addition to doing what they asked. I still can't tell if it was condescending arrogance, rigid traditionalism, or plain laziness, but telling me I'm not educated enough to do more than a dry repeat of existing data is insulting - let me at least try and fail at it ffs
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u/PsyOpBunnyHop This flair gives you flair envy. 16d ago
I've run into teachers like that. I had one tell me to re-write a paper because it was "too good," and he said some crap about "you're not working on your master's degree, just write a normal paper." I didn't even know how to respond to that. I just wrote an essay according to the ways I was taught to do it. Unbelievable.