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I never ever thought I would miss the MLA format!  But that was before there was ... no format at all.  Just the lovely advice, "You will be marked down for poor presentation."

At least with MLA there is a right way!  At least with MLA you can grab your Wadsworth Handbook and make sure you're not doing it wrong.  How can you know if you're doing it wrong if there's no way to do it right?  I don't understand this school system at all!  Everyone only takes one subject, and class is optional, and there are no set texts, and there's no set essay format!  How do people ever graduate here?  How do you know what to change your major to if you don't have to take GEs?  How do you ever get the motivation to go to class if attendence isn't mandatory?  How do you know what to study for the tests if there's no set text?  How do you know how to format your essay if there are no set guidelines on how to format your essay?

I mean, I wouldn't care if they used APA or some other format I've never even heard of as long as there actually was a format.  Because it's not just about how wide to make the margins or how to format the header or if there should even be a header or what font I should put it in.  It's like, there's no set way to cite things; there's no set way to format a bibliography.  THERE IS NOTHING!  Just, "You will be marked down for improper citation."  How is there improper citation if there is no proper citation?  What the hell is wrong with this university?

I never thought I'd miss America so much...