| >I'd come in and the entire rest of the class would be sitting around sharing their homework answers, copying each other on the ones they couldn't figure out, getting help from each other... And I'd say you are luckier that you didn't have access to this. When I was in university, I did my own homework.[1] I specifically didn't want any help from anyone because I wanted to see how I measured up against other students and the material. I took chances with my answers. If the problem set included a hint, I tried using the hint privately, but then worked hard at finding a novel answer that didn't use the hint. This, in my opinion is a real education. Education isn't something the school gives you, it's something you pursue yourself. And BTW, my grades suffered as a result of this 'passion' for the material, but I don't believe my prospects after school did. If anything I think they were improved. [1] I don't know what it is these days, with everyone doing their homework together. Is that a millennial thing? Perhaps high schools switched to over-emphasizing group work? |