Professor had special rules about formatting in essays and expected every student to follow them, one student complied, but it wasn’t what he expected: ‘By the next essay, the formatting section of the syllabus had basically doubled in length.’

If you want students to follow your instructions to the T, then make them clear enough for that…I remember when I was in school, I was the kind of student who always complied with what the teachers asked. I used to be one of those students that only got A's and was always noted as "the good student" or "the model student". In the long run, it actually ended up doing a number on me as I started to get incredibly anxious about academics and obsessed with grades. But the good part was being noted and liked by teachers for my efforts and test scores. I remember that it got to a point where I was so advanced with class tasks that I went home and had no homework. I was always working towards doing my best and being the best at school. When, in reality, it wasn't really that important.Because of how I behaved at school, I actually miss all the pranks and giggles that other students were doing. I was not included in them as I was too busy paying attention. I remember thinking I was better than other students because I actually focused in school, but later on I realized that I just missed all the fun. That's why in my last year I tried to chill a bit. I got more involved with other classma…