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Yes, and I assume it was to be assessed with what the teacher, and the curriculum, were instructed to assess.

Just because you feel MySQL is better doesn't mean you should get bonus points.

I agree using Access to teach database design is stupid, but that's hopefully something that this will address. Going against the curriculum because you feel you're above the instructed way is a fantastic way to get low marks.

Fortunately when it comes to university there's usually flexibility if you want to go above and beyond the minimum, but you still have to tick the boxes of being able to meet their assessment criteria.

Edit: And what happened in that article is what should've happened, in my opinion. You don't get bonus points for being a smart arse. IT teaching is woefully poor, there's no way that teacher could assess a proper app when the original assignment proposed a mock-app in PowerPoint.