> You could come up with something totally new that totally changes the state of the art, and if you turn it in as homework but make a couple of insignificant m

> You could come up with something totally new that totally changes the state of the art, and if you turn it in as homework but make a couple of insignificant mistakes you will still get a B. In my experience in many cases you may even get a complete fail for novel work at any education level below graduate work.