Why are assignments so boring compared to other projects / why can't I submit my own projects in place of assignments?

i have the same at work, i always have to do what someone else asks me to do

why can i never make it look the way i want it to work instead of how the client wants it to work

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uni, work, it's all the same amount of disapointments

CS education is terrible that's why. Play the game and get ur little piece of paper