hard to tease out when people have very different motivations. rationally, i understand the importance of education, but emotionally, i found it a bit odd that

hard to tease out when people have very different motivations. rationally, i understand the importance of education, but emotionally, i found it a bit odd that i was paying to do work. so i always did the minimum required to get a B or low A, except on programming assignments where i wanted to prove to myself that i was the best. i usually had the highest project average in the class. once i got myself into a position where i actually get paid to work, i didn't have much trouble getting motivated.