[Q] Is my stats Professor too strict or am I not sufficient

Hello guys, I've recently been taking this stats class and I was wondering if all stats professors re llke this? My professor for context is rated 2.5/5 on rate my professor. He has a 19% will-take-again score. For assignments, he does not allow us to use outside sources. When making a solution for a problem, we have to follow everything from Mario Traiola's book. Simply using a standard error formula from the internet will dock us points. Answers will need to be exactly as the technology output. When dealing with a large data set, I was off by decimals but still was deemed incorrect. When making a sentence, the smallest change in wording will dock you points. He is suspicious that we used AI just because we use information obtained outside his handouts. Is it normal for a stats professor to be this strict? I'm currently failing his class and the course is split in two so I'm at risk of getting academic probation and losing my FAFSA.