homework in junior high and high school was agonizing for me. So much busywork, so little attention to actual students needs. I clearly loved to learn and was e

homework in junior high and high school was agonizing for me. So much busywork, so little attention to actual students needs. I clearly loved to learn and was extremely engaged in learning, yet so many teachers wrote my curiosity off as a distraction. Only one teacher ever paid me any attention, and through his support I was able to graduate with a year of college credits under my belt, and ultimately got an Economics degree because of him. He encouraged me to learn what I wanted to learn and the rest would fall in line - after all the core subjects are needed for everything, so if you are passionate about something the core understandings will follow your passion.