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> Every homework assignment starts off with a grade of F - you work on it to get to a C, B, or A. That's an interesting and very important take and something I

> Every homework assignment starts off with a grade of F - you work on it to get to a C, B, or A. That's an interesting and very important take and something I learned doing semi-professional sports: As a runner (e.g.), you can't go faster, you can only go less slow. Beginning from the very first microsecond after the start, you're loosing time. This especially applies to sports that count points against a maximum. Same applies to homework: It's not a question about what you can miss and still get a B, the question is always _how much_ you need to do to go get a B. Different perspective.

tough 5y ago
I never did homework, was very boring for me. Some teachers where cool with it and would have me go in front of the class and solve it in the blackboard in real time instead, that was OK. Others hated me for it as it somewhat showed a lack of committment or interest for the classes they were teaching, who knows.
- pastaguy1 5y ago
  In primary/secondary school? And that was ok? Most of us made an attempt at homework, but it certainly wasn't because it was richly entertaining.
  - tough 5y ago
    Yeah sure, Dropped out at 16 as soon as it became legal for me todo so without putting my guardians at peril
- robertlagrant 5y ago
  How do you "solve it in real time" when it's memorising foreign language vocabulary, researching a topic, or writing an essay on a theme in a book?
  - tough 5y ago
    For english irregular verbs that meant studying the 3-4 verbs we were being tested on in the free breakfast time. Researching is done best by mostly hearing what your teacher has to say on the topic, staying engaged (until it got repetitive and boring for me) was a way to just get by. Read the book, Write the thing. I don't know, Lot's of F's and be cool with that
- formerkrogemp 5y ago
  Tough, I don't see many of teachers where I'm at allowing you to do that. They would call it coddling or have called you uncooperative and carted you off to detention or in-school-suspension. We really are failing our kids here to an extent in the US.
  - tough 5y ago
    One year was mostly spent -at detention- in the library. They didn't have my home's/parents phone number, so I spent a year not being willing to cooperate or give it and then my mum would just drop me / pick me up without knowing where I spent my day (at the school's library in 'detention') Yeah I wasn't a great student tbh. Best left to my own to do whatever I want
    - formerkrogemp 4y ago
      Interesting, I suppose that could have happened to me as well had I gone to a different school. I do wonder sometimes what might have been. Thanks for sharing.

tough 5y ago

I never did homework, was very boring for me. Some teachers where cool with it and would have me go in front of the class and solve it in the blackboard in real time instead, that was OK. Others hated me for it as it somewhat showed a lack of committment or interest for the classes they were teaching, who knows.

pastaguy1 5y ago
In primary/secondary school? And that was ok? Most of us made an attempt at homework, but it certainly wasn't because it was richly entertaining.
- tough 5y ago
  Yeah sure, Dropped out at 16 as soon as it became legal for me todo so without putting my guardians at peril
robertlagrant 5y ago
How do you "solve it in real time" when it's memorising foreign language vocabulary, researching a topic, or writing an essay on a theme in a book?
- tough 5y ago
  For english irregular verbs that meant studying the 3-4 verbs we were being tested on in the free breakfast time. Researching is done best by mostly hearing what your teacher has to say on the topic, staying engaged (until it got repetitive and boring for me) was a way to just get by. Read the book, Write the thing. I don't know, Lot's of F's and be cool with that
formerkrogemp 5y ago
Tough, I don't see many of teachers where I'm at allowing you to do that. They would call it coddling or have called you uncooperative and carted you off to detention or in-school-suspension. We really are failing our kids here to an extent in the US.
- tough 5y ago
  One year was mostly spent -at detention- in the library. They didn't have my home's/parents phone number, so I spent a year not being willing to cooperate or give it and then my mum would just drop me / pick me up without knowing where I spent my day (at the school's library in 'detention') Yeah I wasn't a great student tbh. Best left to my own to do whatever I want
  - formerkrogemp 4y ago
    Interesting, I suppose that could have happened to me as well had I gone to a different school. I do wonder sometimes what might have been. Thanks for sharing.