Talk about lack of freedom

So today I went to the library with my suitemate Jess. Sadly, she had attempted to conquer the libarary alone but failed miserably. She isn't the type to make frequent trips to the library she's more or a Wiki girl), so she had no idea as to what she was doing. When she came to my room begging for help, I couldn't help but say yes. I felt flattered and kind of smart because I use the library weekly...and I also felt kind of dorky..haha but anyway...

We made it to the libarary and I brought Jess to the computers. We started to search the Hatian Revolution, when a few of her classmates told her that their teacher had set aside books for them to use. We thought, oh you know, that's cool, we'll look for these books first and then check out the books that the teacher had left. Well, come to find out, they weren't allowed to use any other books other than the ones left by the teacher! We were both so confused. Jess was supposed to be doing a research project, yet, what research was she really doing? To make matters worse, they were only allowed to take the books out for 2 hours. This whole situation made me mad and I'm not even in the class. I think after having this class for 2 1/2 months now, I come to realize what it means to do research and what freedom in the classroom is. This teacher has restricted freedom altogether. It's so ridiculous that the class wasn't able to find their own sources.

First of all, most of the books were in use by all the other students, and second of all, everyone is going to have the same information! What is the fun of that? This whole project leaves hardly any learning experience or freedom what-so-ever. If Jess or any other student were to find their own information, they might learn or discover something in another book that no one else knew. I was just appalled over this whole situation!