Not at all. Writing entails some creative freedom. It was more like "read this essay and make sure your opinion does not depart too far from the professor's"

I don't bother reading articles by people who can't form a complete sentence. In my experience, there's a strong correlation between bad writing and having nothing perceptive to say.

There are exceptions, but in general, an ability to communicate clearly correlates to an ability to think clearly.

I expected saying that would be unpopular. But I'm hardly alone in this attitude, and so it pays to learn how to write.