Do exams take away crucial knowledge needed....

[Daithi]

My sister is a high school English teacher and she is also a stickler in regards to following her rules, but there is a reason for it. She actually reads the essays that she makes her students write, so having everyone follow the same formatting rules saves her a lot of time, as reading all those essays is time consuming enough. As I've said before, I personally prefer learning on my own, and I'd really be ticked if a teacher marked down one of my papers because I didn't follow some formatting rule that had nothing to do with the subject I was learning. On the other hand, I also understand why teachers may insist on students following their rules. BTW, last year the school at which my sister teaches had four students get accepted to Stanford. My sister taught every single one of them, so she must be doing something right.