And a client or boss would respect that you know "something" and your vision, etc. Just keep doing it as well as you know how and pleasing yourself. You can't really please someone else when it has to do with what you're trying to achieve in vision. I didn't learn until I was 40 that school and what I learned was 100% about me and what I wanted to learn/do with it. It's not about grades or what teachers or parents or bosses or anyone else thinks about it. You're learning for you and if you are true to yourself and your vision, it will attract others and get you where you want to go.

Be grateful for teacher's comments; they're like "training wheels" on a bike kind of, a guide of what's out there ahead of you and how others see how closely you're working toward a vision. You can't very well design a new car design to other people's specs can you? That wouldn't be "your" design.