Formatting rules
Why is it that professors place such an huge importance on using a specific set of formatting guidelines? I ask this as I write my mid-term case analysis for one of my classes. I’ve had experience in the past with this professor regarding formating. I forgot to italicize one heading in a 10 page paper and she counted of a whole 10 points. I went from and A to a B because I left 3 words without italics. Maybe it’s just me, but I think that the content of the paper is far more important than having the right font size or margin or spacing or format. It’s just a pet peeve that I have. I wish I knew Word better so I could use the built in formatting to do it for me.
I understand that in the corporate world or working for the infamous federal government, that you may have reports to file that require a certain format. So I do see the merit in formatting being part of your grade. I just think that some profs make it more important than it should be.
