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I have an article you may want to read, http://austingwalters.com/please-excuse-my-grammar/ http://austingwalters.com/please-excuse-my-grammar/ I almost never

I have an article you may want to read, http://austingwalters.com/please-excuse-my-grammar/ http://austingwalters.com/please-excuse-my-grammar/ I almost never did "homework" prior to college, the one exception being that I read everything that was assigned in my school (in every class). I barely graduated and almost dropped out in the junior year of high school. I only passed with the help of several teachers and my knowledge that, "well, the public education system is awful." That being said, I have a slightly different perspective than many. I don't think homework is a good idea, daily quizzes (during every class), is the best way to learn. 5 minutes at the start of every class to show people what to focus on (make this worth an extra credit point or something). Then the last 5 - 10 minutes make give quiz that covers the material. This ensures that the 8 hours a day people are in school, are the only time they are working on "studying." Let's be honest, no kid really wants to do homework or bashing their head into their homework after football/band/dance/etc practice. I should note, that I had worked my way through several programming books, a calculus/physics books, and had read a hundred or so books in my junior year (50 or so were technical/business). This is the same year I nearly dropped out, because I never did anything in school.

essofluffy 12y ago
You sound like me, but I'm still in high school currently in my sophmore year. What advice would you give to your high school self?
- idoh 12y ago
  I'm not the OP but I did similar things and had similarly bad grades. Now I am doing well for myself, so the stories about how I got kicked off the track team for academic ineligibility or had a college pull an admissions offer due to bad grades senior year are funny and amusing anecdotes. Anyway, looking back here is what I wished I did: try to build relationships with the teachers. Use every chance during school to talk with them and get to know them. If they have a personal connection then they have a lot of freedom to help you out. Feel free to zig while other people zag. It's OK to let everyone else compete for the top grades, just stay hungry and do an awesome job and get really excited by your own thing. Also, homework really sucks. But in all honesty and seriousness, I really wish I had done my math homework. Math is such an important skill, and there really is no other way to learn it than to just suck it up and do the problem sets.
- lettergram 12y ago
  Do your homework and get good grades. It sucks, but I'm the only person I know who was like me that pushed to the top. Compete to win, try your best, and work hard. I went to a junior college before I got into UIUC, then from there I have two amazing job offers (better than Google), that's because I worked hard and blew away people with my work. If you do decide to blow stuff off, or did, it's not too late. Push as hard as you can now. If you do it through school that works (best), and if you do it on your own you have to be disciplined. Make goals and accomplish them, and in college you have to push yourself to the top.
- highschooler 12y ago
  I'm a high school junior if you want to chat some time.

essofluffy 12y ago

You sound like me, but I'm still in high school currently in my sophmore year. What advice would you give to your high school self?

idoh 12y ago
I'm not the OP but I did similar things and had similarly bad grades. Now I am doing well for myself, so the stories about how I got kicked off the track team for academic ineligibility or had a college pull an admissions offer due to bad grades senior year are funny and amusing anecdotes. Anyway, looking back here is what I wished I did: try to build relationships with the teachers. Use every chance during school to talk with them and get to know them. If they have a personal connection then they have a lot of freedom to help you out. Feel free to zig while other people zag. It's OK to let everyone else compete for the top grades, just stay hungry and do an awesome job and get really excited by your own thing. Also, homework really sucks. But in all honesty and seriousness, I really wish I had done my math homework. Math is such an important skill, and there really is no other way to learn it than to just suck it up and do the problem sets.
lettergram 12y ago
Do your homework and get good grades. It sucks, but I'm the only person I know who was like me that pushed to the top. Compete to win, try your best, and work hard. I went to a junior college before I got into UIUC, then from there I have two amazing job offers (better than Google), that's because I worked hard and blew away people with my work. If you do decide to blow stuff off, or did, it's not too late. Push as hard as you can now. If you do it through school that works (best), and if you do it on your own you have to be disciplined. Make goals and accomplish them, and in college you have to push yourself to the top.
highschooler 12y ago
I'm a high school junior if you want to chat some time.