When I was in college, I took an English class with a professor that had very strong ideology; our readings reflected that. In our writings on what we read, getting an A was easy: "toe the party line". Once I had a A for the semester pretty much locked down, I took the opposite position in my final paper. C.

Even when you can defend your perspective, when the position of authority wields power, you're disincentivized by the system.