[S_A_P]

May be an unpopular take on this, but maybe something to think about. There are many things in school that amount to being "busy work" or pointless excercises. Is it possible that intellegent kids see through the bs and want to short cut what they perceive to be a waste of their time? Now the article is light on details about the kinds of cheating that occurs, so I dont know that fully explains it. I could see receiving praise and validation akin to a drug and wanting to continue receiving that.

[usrusr]

What is the difference between busywork and training exercise? Often there is some kind of strawman goal to make the training exercise more interesting, but those who see through the strawman might be better off with a honest "you need to go through these stupid repeats because more interesting challenges later will be overwhelming of you can't do these in your sleep".

Rocky Balboa prepares for the showdown at the end of the movie with a series of boring morning runs, not with a series of exciting bar fights. Similar patterns apply to writing, music and even maths.