Taught to Imitate

I completely agree with Pirsig's statement about how we are taught to imitate in school. Whenever I get a new teacher for an English/Writing course I have to adapt my style of writing to their liking. Every teacher thinks that one way of writing is better than another, and they will give an A to someone who writes the way they feel is correct. There is definitely an obvious difference between good and bad writing however A work and B work is sometimes subjective. Because one teacher may feel that more description with a lot of imagery is better while another teacher would prefer that you just get to the point.