That's such bullshit man, what kind of phil teacher is this. This is the kind of thing that you only hear about in made up stories (eg: essay on why, student writes why not, gets a...). I am an Honors Phil major, and my thesis topic is "Brandom's pedagogical elaboration as an Algorithmic Elaboration: Connectionism," and example of a real philosophy paper...Focused. What kind of dork teacher asks "How."