#give me instructions give me guidelines give me super strict requirements give me a tight rubric give me overspecific info

[fictional-worlds-are-exquisite]

i love love love when a teacher says:

so i'm going to leave this assignment pretty open, there's about one sentence of vague instructions and i don't really have any guidelines for you, i just want you to interpret this however you want and make something from that, just be creative and enjoy the opportunity to explore however you want.

i'm definitely not heading for the nearest window that would be ridiculous