My writing teacher wants my entire paper in past tense. but the topic im writing on is happening now so when i word everything in past tense it sounds weird like it happened along time ago. my question is whether she means make sure every paragraph is in the same tense(Past) or the entire paper

sounds like a question for your teacher tbh.

I remember when I took that class. Just showing you can write in complete sentences and know what past tense means will get you at least a b