So don’t excell, stay within the box and boundaries, do not be creative nor use you imagination. Learn to stifle creativity. I would accept the C grade and move on. Maybe he should have made 2 of them showing the difference between following the directive and moving beyond the limits of constriction.
The point is that if he does go further in school, a big part of completing assignments is to follow instructions as they are laid down. There are times when creativity will be rewarded. Ignoring instructions which are required for completion of the assignment will not. And this extends to life after school. Many years ago there was a local manufacturing plant which had just completed a large addition and accepted 1000’s of new job applications for high paying, skilled jobs. I knew a guy who worked there who was told by someone in human resources that a very large proportion of applications were immediately rejected because applicants could not follow instructions on how to properly print their personal information at top of the forms.
I wrote a few mildly amusing lines in the Acknowledgements page of my Master’s of Science thesis. I was told to take them out. I made the page as dry and unamusing as possible. Every thesis in my department on the library shelf was bound in red with gold lettering on the spine — I don’t know why. Nobody told me it had to be that way. And I’d already turned in the paper and gotten credit for it. So on my way out of town (I was heading from Illinois back to the mid-atlantic) I had mine bound in the colors of my beloved undergraduate liberal arts college: orange and black. As I said… nobody told me I had to, nobody told me I couldn’t.
Julius Marold Premium Member 2 months ago
The lesson was not about creativity Mrs. Ardin, the lesson was about following the rules.
morningglory73 Premium Member 2 months ago
So don’t excell, stay within the box and boundaries, do not be creative nor use you imagination. Learn to stifle creativity. I would accept the C grade and move on. Maybe he should have made 2 of them showing the difference between following the directive and moving beyond the limits of constriction.
VoodooMom 2 months ago
It’s called “Following Directions.”
rbrt6956 2 months ago
The point is that if he does go further in school, a big part of completing assignments is to follow instructions as they are laid down. There are times when creativity will be rewarded. Ignoring instructions which are required for completion of the assignment will not. And this extends to life after school. Many years ago there was a local manufacturing plant which had just completed a large addition and accepted 1000’s of new job applications for high paying, skilled jobs. I knew a guy who worked there who was told by someone in human resources that a very large proportion of applications were immediately rejected because applicants could not follow instructions on how to properly print their personal information at top of the forms.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 2 months ago
Now it becomes a question of creativity or follow directions. The outcome will be veryinteresting!
Stat_man99 2 months ago
If you don’t follow the rules, you suffer the consequences—especially if it’s written out and you know you have to follow them to get a good grade.
Tina Rhea Premium Member 2 months ago
I wrote a few mildly amusing lines in the Acknowledgements page of my Master’s of Science thesis. I was told to take them out. I made the page as dry and unamusing as possible. Every thesis in my department on the library shelf was bound in red with gold lettering on the spine — I don’t know why. Nobody told me it had to be that way. And I’d already turned in the paper and gotten credit for it. So on my way out of town (I was heading from Illinois back to the mid-atlantic) I had mine bound in the colors of my beloved undergraduate liberal arts college: orange and black. As I said… nobody told me I had to, nobody told me I couldn’t.
MarshaOstroff 2 months ago
I can’t imagine my mother calling one of my teachers to complain about a C I had received. But, then, I always got As and Bs!