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Re:Teens' anxiety levels dropped during pandemic, study finds by ben-schaaf on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @05:56AM (#24351628)
If anything homework let me practice my excuses and lying. Teachers and parents alike provide plenty of extrinsic motivation for doing even the most pointless of homework. If I hadn't found a passion in programming I likely wouldn't have developed any intrinsic motivation whatsoever, and that's a real problem.
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Re:Teens' anxiety levels dropped during pandemic, study finds by WJW on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @06:17AM (#24351729)
Arguably, "excuses and lying" is also a useful life skill. Not necessarily for society, but certainly for the individual. Even if you never lie again after school, it's useful to be able to detect the behavior in others.
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