She only feels this way because he actually asks her to explain and justify her decisions and wants to assess her leadership. In her mind, he should already be treating her as God's gift to the CFD.
Is this type of work indicative of true high school work? Sometimes.
I once read an essay calling Lennie from Of Mice and Men a "genital giant" throughout and ended with "whatever, I don't know, just give me an A, okay."