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Originally Posted by Alex
Homework beyond that which is necessary for you to have learned what you're learning is a sucker's game. Don't let them make you a sucker. 20% of the effort will get you 90% of the result. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try to get that last 10% but there's a point at which getting the last 0.1% isn't worth the effort.
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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
But there will be teachers that demand it anyway, and at some point it becomes more effort and frustration fighting it, even if you're 100% right that the work is stupid and unnecessary, than you would have expended just doing the work.
In other words, pick your battles.
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Agreed with GD. I spent much of high school wasting energy fighting the system. "Why should I do the homework if I already know how to do it" lead to my C average. Alex's advice only works if the teacher grades the class that way. Make sure you understand what percentage of your grade is composed of homework, tests, reports, etc. Then do the opposite of what I did. Get over yourself and do what you have to do. It's not necessarily that your grades matter so much - what matters is that you don't get an ulcer over walking the tightrope.
Unless you feed off of that kind of adrenaline. Even so, "Get over yourself and do what you have to do" is a good life lesson.