It really depends on what kind of assignment you were going 'above and beyond' on. If you were doing a creative writing assignment and your ideas couldn't be contained within the minimum page allotment, then she should have been happy that you had such a vibrant idea. If she wanted it under a certain amount of pages, though, she should have specified (for instance, saying she wanted a minimum of five pages, but didn't want more than ten).
On the otherhand, going too far over the specified page number on an essay or research paper can be a problem. My AP English class use to write at least one 5-page paper a quarter, and my teacher would accept anything between 4 and a half pages to 6 pages, because she knew that it was sometimes hard to get a precise amount without having to cut out possibly important things or BS another half a page. Anything more than that, and it meant you probably had more than you needed and could easily cut out part of it without losing anything overwhelmingly important. If this was the case, you should have talked to your teacher about helping you figure out what was important and what wasn't. If you're planning to go to college, or already are, and find yourself having the same problem with keeping within the correct page numbers, maybe you could talk to your professor about helping you figure out what you can cut out?
Is it normal for English teacher to be this lazy?
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It really depends on what kind of assignment you were going 'above and beyond' on. If you were doing a creative writing assignment and your ideas couldn't be contained within the minimum page allotment, then she should have been happy that you had such a vibrant idea. If she wanted it under a certain amount of pages, though, she should have specified (for instance, saying she wanted a minimum of five pages, but didn't want more than ten).
On the otherhand, going too far over the specified page number on an essay or research paper can be a problem. My AP English class use to write at least one 5-page paper a quarter, and my teacher would accept anything between 4 and a half pages to 6 pages, because she knew that it was sometimes hard to get a precise amount without having to cut out possibly important things or BS another half a page. Anything more than that, and it meant you probably had more than you needed and could easily cut out part of it without losing anything overwhelmingly important. If this was the case, you should have talked to your teacher about helping you figure out what was important and what wasn't. If you're planning to go to college, or already are, and find yourself having the same problem with keeping within the correct page numbers, maybe you could talk to your professor about helping you figure out what you can cut out?