The Inflexibles

I have a new word for the people in Strasbourg: the inflexibles. It seems that they don't want to alter the smallest things, really small things. My example is my first French final. First of all, I didn't know that I was going to have to take the final. I walked into class and she just starts going a mile a minute, in French, talking about that being the only option. So another Guy and I went to "Kahina's" office and sitting there was the other girl that wears the glasses. She gives us some blank booklets and another paper with our assignment. Keep in mind, I am from the U.S and we do things quite differently. First of all, no matter how many times we have taken a certain type of test, like scantron,essay, etc., the professors make it a point to give us clear directions. She just gave it to me like I was supposed to know what to do. So, thinking that the professor was supposed to write his/ her comments on the first page, I turn and start on the second, or really the third page. While I am half way done with my 200 word response, she stops me and tells me, " you started on the wrong page." I wish some one was there to see her face! She was so distraught. So she says something along the lines of answering the second question on the first page, where I should have started. I completely ignored her and continued on, I did not want any body to be confused about what I was doing. To make a long story short, I handed in my paper. She looked at it, and made a sigh. You didn't start on the first page, she said. " You had time to rewrite. I was hungry and was short and I asked " Is that a big problem?" She said no, but it looked like she was really bothered by me not starting on the right page. Why can't you just open the booklet and start reading where I started writing. Its that simple. Just make a little movement, I'm not asking you to move a mountain.