In a similar spirit: figure out why the faculty gave you specific homework. Most faculty think hard about which problems to assign. It isn't busy-work. There i

In a similar spirit: figure out why the faculty gave you specific homework. Most faculty think hard about which problems to assign. It isn't busy-work. There is a person on the other side of the problem-set/exam/essay, they only get a few assignments, and they are going to have to grade it (or some future work).