Things Your Teachers Tell You that You Wish were Lies but are Actually True

Oh no.  Everyone has that moment when they realize that their teacher was right.  Dang it.

So here is the list of Things Your Teachers Tell You that You Wish were Lies but are Actually True:
- Things do need to be formatted correctly.  When your teachers ask for your last name to appear at the top of every page, or for the title to be in bold but not in a large font, just do it.  Make those stupid little formatting things the first thing you do when you start writing a paper.  Many profs just won't accept papers that aren't properly formatted.
- Wikipedia is not a valid source.  When you write papers in college, there is ALWAYS the possibility that you will get published.  The absolute last thing you want is to have some erroneous fact challenged and then have to reveal that you got it off of Wikipedia.  You might as well be making things up.  Just don't risk it - stick to articles from peer reviewed journals.
- Highlight your reading assignments.  I hate the phrase "close-read" because it is an evil neologism of Peak, but it is a valid concept.  You just don't retain enough if you just read and don't highlight or take notes.  Look at your essay prompts ahead of time and keep an eye out for quotes or arguments that you can make.

Those are the things that I have noticed so far.  There are certainly more but I'm probably conveniently ignoring them because I'm too proud to admit that Hankla had a point about writing in pen.  Grr.