I think I may have set myself up for a problem w/ my teacher!

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When I logged into the site tonight to post my homework, I read a post from our teacher, with no responses that says, "Observation Please read" so I read it. The teacher was saying that he doesn't understand what our problem is and that there is a wide range of variation in the formatting of the assignment papaers that he is grading. And that we could all accept this post as his warning that he fully "expects" all of our papers submitted in APA format and that he is grading very harshly on papers that are not in the correct format from here on in. I SAW RED! WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS? I wrote in response that if he was talking about the assignment for last week then his "expectation" may very well be unfounded as in the syllabus there are assignments which it states are to be done and submitted in APA format and there are some that are not. I reminded him that unless that is specified in the instructions which are given in the syllabus that there was absolutely no grounds for his demands and no support for it as the syllabus is a legally binding document which spells out word for word the reasonable expectations that they have regarding every assignment in each class. I also (like a fool) stated that there is no such thing as "implied" with a legally binding document, that if it ain't there then there should be no expectation of anything other than what is spelled out in that syllabus. While I am right this man seems to be a bit of a sanctimonious high handed Donkey who probably will not care that I am right, and will only care that I have just challenged his authority. And being right will only make it that much worse. Why can't I just keep my big yap shut?