It's also nonsense. Who cares if you go through some pointless motions of pretending to be a hard worker? If it comes easy, why not just let it be. For some pe

It's also nonsense. Who cares if you go through some pointless motions of pretending to be a hard worker? If it comes easy, why not just let it be. For some people it comes easy simply because they are interested in it. Forcing them into busywork is purpose defeating. Demanding that someone go do meaningless work so they don't get to coast, while a different student has to bust their ass, is absurd. IMO that's often what it is. Teachers get frustrated by underachievers, and how they're often more successful than people that work very hard. It's not fair, and it hurts to see, but that's life.